EVGA terminates relationship with NVIDIA

uscool · 17 Sep 2022 at 15:28

Find it interesting the partners only find out about the prices same time we all find out on the stage with Jensen

humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 15:31

Besty said:

I knew someone would do this eventually..... :cry:

Murphy · 17 Sep 2022 at 15:41

MadMatty said:
BFG, XFX, Microsoft, Sony and now Evga has been burned. nVidia doesn't seem to like being a team player and the only ones allowed to profit from their gpu is nVidia themselves. Isn't the whole point of having aib's to sell your gpu without worrying about distribution costs themselves.

And the rest, like warranties and returns, research, development, and testing of cooler designs, and souring SMD's.

nomadd · 17 Sep 2022 at 15:51

Besty said:
There's a ton of unsold 3xxx inventory in the channel and EVGA have been left holding the baby on wafer-thin margins.

Apparently less than zero margin, after Nvidia cut prices on their 3090Ti range.

random_matt · 17 Sep 2022 at 15:59

humbug said:
I knew someone would do this eventually.....

Really? Outside of the kingpin, their 3000 cards are average at best. I'm biased for sapphire cards, but most of their cards are consistently high quality.

humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:07

random_matt said:
Really? Outside of the kingpin, their 3000 cards are average at best. I'm biased for sapphire cards, but most of their cards are consistently high quality.

Just the meme i'm not taking the content of it seriously, no one is supposed to.

Tired9 · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:08

random_matt said:
Really? Outside of the kingpin, their 3000 cards are average at best. I'm biased for sapphire cards, but most of their cards are consistently high quality.

I agree with this, never seen anything THAT special about EVGA hardware, their RMA service and step up program were awesome though.

humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:11

Listen to this, when Lines went bating for Hardware Unboxed in how Nvidia treated them this is how Nvidia reacted to Linus.
They tried to get Linuses partners to reduce advertising with them...

That's devious, sociopathic.

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humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:22

So even retailers are selling at 0 margins, the only way for them to make profit is to join Nvidia's sponsorship program for which you get kickbacks if you can keep volume of sales up.

Basically Nvidia don't allow you a profit unless you agree to also become (not just a suppler, a retail outlet) a marketing arm for them.

Its "A toxic power dynamic"

TrixP10 · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:42

Cyber-Mav said:
Evga has been looking to downsize for years now, they are using nvidia as a scape goat just to pass the blame for them to downsize and get rid of staff.
Plenty of other aib's around to split evgas share with.

BS

TrixP10 · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:42

Cyber-Mav said:
Evga has been looking to downsize for years now, they are using nvidia as a scape goat just to pass the blame for them to downsize and get rid of staff.
Plenty of other aib's around to split evgas share with.

BS

HRL · 17 Sep 2022 at 16:45

This the same EVGA that was selling cards above RRP during the pandemic lockdowns and the mining boom?

Purgatory · 17 Sep 2022 at 17:35

worth watching

Twinz · 17 Sep 2022 at 17:36

HRL said:
This the same EVGA that was selling cards above RRP during the pandemic lockdowns and the mining boom?

I must have missed that. They had the best system for getting cards to real people (instead of bots) and, over the course of the whe shortage I was able to buy two cards. -Both at retail price.

Murphy · 17 Sep 2022 at 17:57

HRL said:
This the same EVGA that was selling cards above RRP during the pandemic lockdowns and the mining boom?

Were they the only ones then?

HRL · 17 Sep 2022 at 18:20

Twinz said:
I must have missed that. They had the best system for getting cards to real people (instead of bots) and, over the course of the whe shortage I was able to buy two cards. -Both at retail price.

In the US, yes. UK and EU, I don’t think so.

HRL · 17 Sep 2022 at 18:21

Murphy said:
Were they the only ones then?

No of course not but I’d be a lot more sympathetic if they hadn’t been as money grabbing as they all were at the time.

Chuk_Chuk · 17 Sep 2022 at 18:28

MadMatty said:
BFG, XFX, Microsoft, Sony and now Evga has been burned. nVidia doesn't seem to like being a team player and the only ones allowed to profit from their gpu is nVidia themselves. Isn't the whole point of having aib's to sell your gpu without worrying about distribution costs themselves.

You forgot apple on that list

humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 18:35

Chuk_Chuk said:
You forgot apple on that list

And Intel, and AMD, Motherboard Chipsets, licencing disagreements meant that Nvidia first dumped Intel and then AMD.

humbug · 17 Sep 2022 at 18:48

During the GPU shortage, EVGA was the only maker that sold cards reasonably at MSRP or near MSRP prices. You signed up and got a link to buy when your turn came. They worked hard to get cards in the hands of gamers instead of miners. At fair prices.

One of the comments in Jay's video, is that true? I do remember something like that.