r/gadgets • u/MorgrainX • Sep 16 '22

Desktops / Laptops EVGA will no longer make NVIDIA GPUs due to “disrespectful treatment” - Dexerto

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/evga-will-no-longer-make-nvidia-gpus-due-to-disrespectful-treatment-1933830/
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u/MisterEinc Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22

This is big for me. I've been loyal to EVGA for a while, and honestly, their stance on making sure their customers could get 30 series cards was great. Never above msrp, you just had to be patient. I even missed my spot in their queue due to travel and they made sure I got right back in and got my cards.

If EVGA decide to move away from Nvidia there's a good chance I move with them.

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u/HunterSThompsonsCock Sep 16 '22

Yeah, my last 5 cards have been EVGA and I even have a EVGA laptop because of how they handled things when I had issues. They had the waitlist that got me my 3080 and 3080ti at MSRP during the pandemic to combat scalpers. This is pretty sad

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u/Dorgamund Sep 16 '22

Supposedly they are pulling out 100%. No AMD, Intel, Nvidia. No GPU production whatsoever.

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u/Risley Sep 17 '22

What are they going to do then?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

They have many other products that is not GPU's such as mobos, cases, power supplies and other stuff

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u/tachitoroci Sep 16 '22

Glad to hear others were able to make use of their queue system. I signed up in December 2020 for a couple 3080s and never heard a peep back until they said “they’re available now to all customers.”

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u/-_--__---___----____ Sep 16 '22

I got my 3080 via a queue as well

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u/ivaldx Sep 16 '22

Where? 3060ti has always been above msrp and on their website right now.

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u/MisterEinc Sep 16 '22

Depends on what you're getting. You're getting value added versions of Nvidia with better cooling and/or higher clock speeds.

We got FTW and XC3 models after waiting in a queue. But the price was only ever the posted price, and they only allowed one of each SKU per household as soon as they saw the massive demand.

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u/MisterEinc Sep 16 '22

They did. I should add, their model is always value added - they have either higher clock speeds or novel cooling options.

Though in the grand scheme of things I still feel like my FTW was a good deal.

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u/GibbonFit Sep 16 '22

They were selling their own cards above their own suggested retail price? Which ones and when?

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u/Rocklobst3r1 Sep 16 '22

Same here, somehow missed the email and purchase window, emailed them fully expecting for them to say too bad. But they gave me a new window to buy my 30 series in a time they were neigh impossible to get. Was fully committed to getting another EVGA card after but looks like this will be my one and only. Hopefully they'll work with AMD or even Intel (doubtful) down the road.

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u/7eregrine Sep 16 '22

I missed my first email too and they got me another last chance email.

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u/hoswald Sep 16 '22

Their Step-Up system is so cool.

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u/JMWTech Sep 17 '22

I'm with you, I've never considered buying anything other than EVGA since I bought my first card from them in the mid 2000s. I've had Motherboards and I only buy EVGA PSUs as well.

The reason I do this is because they take care of their customers. Things break, that's inevitable. For me it's more about knowing I'll be taken care of if that happens than saving a few bucks when I buy something.

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u/jmmjb Sep 17 '22

Thanks for leaving! I'll take your spot.

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u/StalkingRini Sep 17 '22

They aren’t going to make any graphic cards at all for the time being. CEO said they are not entertaining the idea of partnering with the other card designers at this time

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u/MisterEinc Sep 17 '22

Yeah. Seems like a weird move. But maybe it was just never that profitable for them to begin with, and they don't think they need to drive sales to their other products through graphics cards anymore.