nvidia cards same.....?

shaffaaf27 · 4 Apr 2008 at 17:29

i have seen many a person state that all the nvidia cards are made at one facotry and the partners just add a bundle sticker and waranty.

wheres the evidence of this?

and do ati (partners) do this?

mdjmcnally · 4 Apr 2008 at 18:44

I think ATI have two companies make them, so me do put a different cooler on afterwards with the HIS cards but generally all the same.

LoadsaMoney · 4 Apr 2008 at 18:47

Foxcon make all the Nvidia cards, then the partners get their branding etc... put onto them.

VortexA1 · 4 Apr 2008 at 19:14

shaffaaf27 said:
wheres the evidence of this?

There's the previous post about Foxcon but I don't know about actual evidence..have you done a google ?

nightmare99 · 4 Apr 2008 at 19:16

Its Foxconn & PC partner, also think there is one other contract manufacturing partner as well but the name escapes me at the minute.

shaffaaf27 · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:02

LoadsaMoney said:
Foxcon make all the Nvidia cards, then the partners get their branding etc... put onto them.

yeah, i remember it being foxcon, but no one backs it up... so where did this rumor come from?

queamin · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:05

shaffaaf27 said:
yeah, i remember it being foxcon, but no one backs it up... so where did this rumor come from?

ATI

LoadsaMoney · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:14

shaffaaf27 said:
yeah, i remember it being foxcon, but no one backs it up... so where did this rumor come from?

Nvidia, as its not a rumour.

shaffaaf27 · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:18

got a link?

HAHA ati

Talrinys · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:26

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn

Spyhop · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:28

All the different brands are a real waste of time. It's always funny when sites do a review round-up of 4 of the same card.

nikebee · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:30

I'm in the same boat, I've heard Foxconn are supposedly the main manufacturer for nVidia but I've never managed to find anything.

Foxconn don't seem to mention anything on any other their sites, and nVidia only ever reference to Foxconn when they're talking about Launch Partners for upcoming graphics cards - even then Foxconn only ever are Launch Partners in either Europe or Asia.

nikebee · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:32

Talrinys said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn

General rule of thumb, Wiki doesn't always stand up as a "It says it on Wiki, it must be true" because for all that counts for, you could have edited it before you posted the link

That said, a quick scan of that link for the word nVidia and it only appears once.

Graphics cards

In March 2006, Foxconn branched into the manufacture of graphics cards, starting with a GeForce 7900GTX (branded as PX7900GTX) at clock speeds of 550 MHz / 1320 MHz for the core and memory respectively, but with intentions to market both NVIDIA and ATi boards. Foxconn also released the very popular Foxconn 7900GS, one of the most popular graphics cards on the market. The Foxconn 7900GS has a large user fanbase, because of its low price and high clockspeeds. Foxconn has released a 768MB 8800GTX card as well, with clock speeds comparable to the established competition.

Nothing there that says they're the main manufacturers.

Talrinys · 4 Apr 2008 at 23:50

Never said that Wikipedia is always right, but wouldn't you think that when everyone believes this, it must be true to some extent?

Besides that the list of other electronics they manufacture should mean that there's a good chance of them also manufacturing Nvidia chips.

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-337-1.htm says some of the same.

More of the goods here, from when the deal originally happened two years ago:

http://www.dailytech.com/Leadtek+Exits+Graphics+Market+Foxconn+Enters/article2682.htm
And more
http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Enters+Graphic+Card+Business/article1244.htm

VortexA1 · 5 Apr 2008 at 19:52

Talrinys said:
Never said that Wikipedia is always right, but wouldn't you think that when everyone believes this, it must be true to some extent?

No..lol.

It probably is foxconn but the actual argument 'but wouldn't you think that when everyone believes this, it must be true to some extent?' is flawed.

A lot of people believe a lot of things but it doesn't mean it's true.

Just my two cents.

Like I say probably 'foxconn' but I'm saying that 'cos other people say it is' lol.

:rolleyes:

VortexA1 · 5 Apr 2008 at 19:54

Ignore

Lightnix · 5 Apr 2008 at 19:55

Not entirely sure, but I think at least for the 8800 GT (probably goes for the 8800 GTS and 9800 GTX, too) it's Foxconn and Flextronics. Although some partners like XFX actually have their own manufacturing facilities (or so I'm told) and make (some of?) the cards themselves. I know they did this with some 8800 GT 256MB cards.

gurusan · 5 Apr 2008 at 20:03

What about companies like Galaxy that don't follow the reference designs? I'm pretty sure they made their own card.....

-iceblade^ · 5 Apr 2008 at 20:07

I always assumed they just slapped their own cooler on it, and had it modified wherever the other cards are made...

shaffaaf27 · 5 Apr 2008 at 20:08

Lightnix said:
Not entirely sure, but I think at least for the 8800 GT (probably goes for the 8800 GTS and 9800 GTX, too) it's Foxconn and Flextronics. Although some partners like XFX actually have their own manufacturing facilities (or so I'm told) and make (some of?) the cards themselves. I know they did this with some 8800 GT 256MB cards.

got a link?