They're not giving them away. They are just clearing the decks to make way for the new ones.
But, unlike Nvidia they are not continuing to be asshats and staying greedy til the end.
There's no doubt they would have made bank during mining. No doubt at all. And being a business you sell to the highest bidder. End of, it's business.
This however? Shows at least some compassion. You know? A hug after you've been screwed. Where Nvidia just continue to screw you completely unapologetically.
People can be as angry as they like but I don't care. I've bought two cut price AMD cards and I'm like a pig in poop.
All the while all of Nvidia partner cards are STILL over RRP. Even after all that has happened.
Brand loyalty could cause them serious damage here man. What I mean is yanks, for example, love stuff made on their home soil. So EVGA had a very loyal following. So loyal, it could be said, that people wouldn't give a crap if EVGA became an and partner. And that could damage Nvidia more than anything they have known.