EVGA Quits GPU Enterprise Over NVIDIA Disrespect!

EVGA simply confirmed that it’s quitting the GPU enterprise for good, citing disrespect and unfair behaviour by NVIDIA!

Here’s what we all know to this point…

EVGA Gained’t Produce Subsequent-Gen NVIDIA Graphics Playing cards!

EVGA has been a long-time NVIDIA accomplice for over 20 years, and completely produces solely graphics playing cards primarily based on their GPUs.

However on 16 September 2022, the veteran NVIDIA accomplice confirmed that it was quitting the graphics card enterprise for good in a terse neighborhood discussion board put up.

EVGA will proceed to promote the present GeForce RTX 30-series graphics playing cards, and help their current prospects.

Nevertheless, it is going to not produce the next-generation GeForce RTX 40-series (Lovelace) graphics playing cards.

The bulk – about 78% – of EVGA’s income comes from gross sales of its NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics playing cards, which is able to run out finally.

However the firm doesn’t plan to layoff its workers even after they end promoting their inventory of RTX 30-series graphics playing cards. As an alternative, it is going to give attention to different merchandise like motherboards and energy provides, though it doesn’t plan to increase into new product strains.

EVGA is just not even entertaining the thought of “working with Intel or AMD” to supply graphics playing cards. It should stop the graphics card enterprise for good.

The California-based firm presently employs about 280 folks worldwide, and workers presently engaged on graphics playing cards shall be reassigned to different departments, though it additionally expects some “attrition” to happen.

EVGA Quits GPU Enterprise Over NVIDIA Disrespect!

Whereas EVGA didn’t formally point out the explanations for its drastic choice, it was apparently over the way in which NVIDIA disrespected them and behaved unfairly.

EVGA CEO Andrew Han identified that the margin on graphics playing cards is extremely skinny, they usually make 300% extra revenue on energy provides. But NVIDIA was a nasty accomplice to them.

• NVIDIA wouldn’t inform EVGA their value value for GPUs earlier than saying the worth of playing cards just like the RTX 3080, making it tough for EVGA to determine how a lot to cost for their very own playing cards.
• NVIDIA sends journalists drivers for the brand new graphics playing cards earlier than sending them to EVGA
• NVIDIA retains EVGA at the hours of darkness about what number of GPUs it could obtain.
• NVIDIA competes immediately with EVGA with their Founders Version playing cards. EVGA complained that it needed to promote high-end playing cards just like the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 at a lack of “tons of of {dollars}” to compete with the Founders Version playing cards.
• NVIDIA blocks companions from promoting playing cards under a value ground for some fashions, and above a value ceiling for different fashions.

Han reportedly stated that “the choice to cease working with NVIDIA was simple, as a result of working with NVIDIA was so onerous”.

This discontent had been simmering for a very long time, and NVIDIA management was well-aware way back to April 2022.

When requested for a response to these allegations, NVIDIA spokesperson Bryan Del Rizzo stated :

Though EVGA has been with NVIDIA because the RIVA TNT2 days in 1999, the GPU large most likely couldn’t care much less as they’ll nonetheless rely on their different “companions” to fill within the gap.

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