acroig
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want to bet AMD and Intel people will run into each other in EVGA offices first thing monday morning
They should! Evga has a well deserved rep, would make a great partner for either of those, but Intel could use them more.
EVGA will no longer make video cards
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They should! Evga has a well deserved rep, would make a great partner for either of those, but Intel could use them more.
Riptide
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The health of the planet is not in jeopardy because of 0.2% electrical usage from mining. Not a lot of evidence here that mining is the primary causal factor. Their other partners aren't exactly quitting along with EVGA. This seems more like EVGA had enough of dealing with those jerks.
AMD and EVGA could be made for each other sure but does AMD really need them? Not having enough partners isn't really a big problem for them. Somehow I don't see them beating down EVGA's doors. Hope I'm wrong there.
AMD and EVGA could be made for each other sure but does AMD really need them? Not having enough partners isn't really a big problem for them. Somehow I don't see them beating down EVGA's doors. Hope I'm wrong there.
digitalwanderer
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I think it depends more on how quickly the CEO of EVGA gets bored and when he gets over his unrequited loyalty to nVidia.
digitalwanderer
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Yes but nVidia is free to respond with their side whenever they want, yet they're not commenting. That's sort of telling in its own way.
Plus nVidia sucks and all. :P
Dungeoncrawler
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Meh I don't always buy evga anyways. Things will be just fine without them selling nvidia gpu's..
Riptide
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Nvidia not commenting probably because zero F's are given at this point by them. They don't need EVGA and have very little to gain from releasing a statement.
The industry itself will survive I agree. Just kind of a sad deal to see EVGA bow out. I did like their products and service.
The industry itself will survive I agree. Just kind of a sad deal to see EVGA bow out. I did like their products and service.
better be soon
EVGA won't make it on PSU's only
now many video cards have you had on the same PSU
my 1200i corsair goes back to r9 290x Crossfire
I'm just trying to take the other side for debate purposes:
Imho,
Nvidia spends billions on R&D and has to control to some extent what the AIB's can do and needs to control the information offered to slow down leaks and such and offer stable hardware. A lot of this information control is done by drivers and hardware control is to have stable drivers.
Nvidia lost 44% revenue sequentially and was a horrible quarter and AIB's suffered as well. Was EVGA hurting when the prices were higher but were probably blind sided by the mining crash and over ordered Ampere GPU's as Nvidia created too many.
This has happened twice in a few years based on Nvidia and EVGA misreading the market because of mining.
nVidia has been hurting their own rep for decades. Although as pointed out by both Jay and Tech Jesus, there are also some personal reasons behind this. With the CEO seeming like he just tired of this crap and wants to spend more time with his family.
Nagorak
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Overall I consider this to be a shame. EVGA was my go-to for Nvidia based cards. I appreciated their respect for the customer. No nonsense like non-transferable GPU warranties.
I do have some concerns about how secure the extended 5 year warranties are on my cards. I suppose I probably won't need it, and it only cost something like $20 on each, but if I do will they actually have cards available? I guess it is what it is though.
If you think about it, their limiting themselves to Nvidia all along is what is responsible for them now being in such a bad position. Had they just made cards from both vendors, as most AIBs do, then they wouldn't be so reliant on either one. That's basically the point of diversifying your suppliers/sources of income. Sticking to just one GPU maker was a pretty boneheaded. It basically guaranteed themselves no leverage whatsoever. (The AMD only AIBs have similarly suffered when AMD's GPUs haven't been competitive. Maybe there are obstacles to working with both AMD and Nvidia, but ideally you'd want to work with both.)
I don't particularly understand the attachment of EVGA to Nvidia, especially if they now feel that Nvidia treated them poorly. It seems to me if you already have a GPU manufacturing line setup it makes sense to just transition over to another partner. I guess it could be that the whole thing is not very profitable for them, and they can't really compete in terms of price/efficiency with the bigger players?
I do have some concerns about how secure the extended 5 year warranties are on my cards. I suppose I probably won't need it, and it only cost something like $20 on each, but if I do will they actually have cards available? I guess it is what it is though.
If you think about it, their limiting themselves to Nvidia all along is what is responsible for them now being in such a bad position. Had they just made cards from both vendors, as most AIBs do, then they wouldn't be so reliant on either one. That's basically the point of diversifying your suppliers/sources of income. Sticking to just one GPU maker was a pretty boneheaded. It basically guaranteed themselves no leverage whatsoever. (The AMD only AIBs have similarly suffered when AMD's GPUs haven't been competitive. Maybe there are obstacles to working with both AMD and Nvidia, but ideally you'd want to work with both.)
I don't particularly understand the attachment of EVGA to Nvidia, especially if they now feel that Nvidia treated them poorly. It seems to me if you already have a GPU manufacturing line setup it makes sense to just transition over to another partner. I guess it could be that the whole thing is not very profitable for them, and they can't really compete in terms of price/efficiency with the bigger players?
Nagorak
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Founders Edition/Reference board production does seem to be a conflict of interest. On the one hand, I can see Nvidia and/or AMD wanting to make some more profit off selling the cards directly. On the other hand, without the AIBs, there won't be much diversity in card design. Especially if you want a more exotic cooler, like an AIO, that might not be there if you only have reference cards. I'd have to think that losing the AIBs would be a detriment to GPU customers, even if Nvidia and AMD could probably manage to pump out as much supply even without them.