BREAKING NEWS! - EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

[@LuciusVulpes]

EVGA has been my go to GPU manufacturer for ages and I consider them a pretty good company. Basically the best for Customer Support too.

[@DanKamYouKnow]

Highly agree. I had to use their customer support for a few various things and their response time and actual process in getting it resolved was very quick and super easy. I have also used their Step-Up program before to upgrade my 3070Ti, and it took a total of 6 days from the time I shipped them my 3070Ti, to get my 3080, I was blown away! Such good customer service, as well as badass cards.

[@2002nkpB]

Literally the best customer support. I briefly mentioned I was looking at MSI's cards instead and they pretty much fucking vault tech rep'd me and sold me a $950 GPU for $725. And back during 2018 during the first crisis I got a 1070 ftw off them for $400 by contacting them directly. I am genuinely upset. Edit: I forgot they also sent me a Tshirt and one of their keyboards for free.

[@RaceSimCentral]

Was about to post exactly this.

[@flexplodin]

I've never needed computer support in my life, and I realize that EVGA is just a custom hardware assembly company. It is no insult to your loyalty, but a general sign that pragmatism is often overlooked in the short term. I value the technology more than the brand.

[@BigYoshi826]

Good for EVGA leaving this abusive relationship. This reflects really well on them. That's why Jay is saying it feels like a divorce; it literally is ending an abusive relationship. Stop supporting abusers!

[@ff9813]

This is a phenomenal opportunity for AMD to reach out to EVGA and give EVGA the freedom to design their own AMD gpus. AMD can build a stronger relationship with AIBs and leverage a better, stronger gpu marketshare. I only have an Nvidia card because I wanted to get an EVGA. I'm sure there a lot of people that are in the same boat.

[@jopa19991]

I don't think Sapphire would like this idea.

[@ashc3765]

Amd already has enough board partners I don’t think they need anymore for there market share.

[@hua..]

it seems like they are pulling out of the GPU market altogether though

[@mrfarts5176]

I hope so. Amd needs to really hit it out of the park with rdna 3 and start delivering 1080p capable apus.

[@mrfarts5176]

@@ashc3765 probably not but this would be a huge pr win. Take all the things that made them leave nvidia and flip every one of them.

[@samgregg]

I have owned GPUs from all sorts of AIBs and EVGA has been nothing but great to me. I had a 1080 die outside warranty and they replaced it at no charge and the support staff was so genuinely helpful. I have sworn by EVGA ever since. Really sad to hear this.

[@killval849]

Wow outside of warranty? That's pretty excellent support, I must say.

[@RGR465]

They are all the same IMO . only shape and RPG is different. I always buy the cheapest , owning Gigabyte right now and it's fine

[@Carpythesharky]

Mind if I ask what time frame this is? I was burned so hard by their RMA program ~2008. I hope they're much much better now, but I haven't bought an EVGA product since my abysmal experience with them.

[@samgregg]

@@Carpythesharky i think it was around 2 years ago this happened? Give or take a bit but certainly more recent than that. I have had several cards and PSUs since and its been smooth sailing.

[@Carpythesharky]

@@samgregg Nice good to know. I will explore a bit more. Glad everything is working out great.

[@maolcogi]

This makes me feel actual sadness. I would have never expected to feel this emotion about two companies cutting ties.

[@TheCrimsonOwl]

I literally feel the same way. I was really thinking about my next card EVGA cause I’ve had such a good experience with them.

[@Witcher58]

I won't give a damn if nVidia ever goes out of business, those greedy a*holes.

[@ka0skontrol504]

This is the same feeling that I had back in the day when BFG went out of business. I still have some of the merch.

[@mikeg2491]

@@ka0skontrol504 I don’t really have an opinion either way about evga but I do remember when 3dfx went under and voodoo cards went away, that was sad. I also missed Diamond TNT cards as well.

[@MarginalCoyote]

@@TheCrimsonOwl you can still get one and use it like always…it’s just that they are not going to manufacture moving forward….. you are going to get full support for everything on the current ones

[@tungstentaco495]

I was in the EVGA queue to buy a 3060. The email notification that I got (10 months later) to finally buy it went to my junk mail. So I didn't see it until a few weeks later. Contacted EVGA to ask to be put back into the queue. Instead they just put a 3060 into my cart right then and there. They were really awesome about the whole thing. Great vendor for graphics cards and will be missed.

[@NobodyAwsum]

I'm expecting them to end up partnering with amd in the near future. I can't see them giving up in the GPU space completely.

[@positrack99]

LOL... yeah they had to get rid of that *^%&$

[@tungstentaco495]

@@positrack99 The 12Gb of vram means the 3060 can take on certain computational memory hungry tasks that none of the 8Gb cards can. Which is exactly what I bought it for, so I'm happy with the purchase.

[@crackwitz]

he probably meant getting rid of *nvidia* :D

[@THEBIGTFAF]

I had a friend who had a defective card from EVGA, and man let me tell you to this day almost 10 years later my friend refuses to buy any other brand of graphics card. That customer service support was so on point👌

[@michaelwillman5342]

When dude had a dead card and ended up loving the company, you know they do it right.

[@Magnum062]

I had the opposite. Returned my new 1060 within warranty after it randomly died. Returned without repair or replace because they said it smelled like cigarette smoke. Not even a smoker. Refuse to buy EVGA brand products since.

[@tycanuck]

@@Magnum062 Nice story.

[@fam4sta611]

I don't blame him. EVGA is a pleasure to work with. I don't currently own an EVGA graphics card but I do own other stuff but when I had a 970 I had problems twice and both times EVGA was tentative and understanding. Their communication is great and on point and every time I needed help, graphics card or other they always helped.

[@stephencurah1059]

I can relate,top notch service

[@ACHILLESR32]

10 out of the 11 gpus I have bought over the years were EVGA cards . I have to say I'm sad to hear this. Thank You EVGA for the amazing products and great support .

[@flexplodin]

That is a ton of cards.

[@flexplodin]

@@35mm21 If I bought by looks, I liked the Aorus the best which still costs 300 more than I paid for my FE that was paid for by a Zotac 2070 Super with a profit.

[@flexplodin]

@D I made money getting my card. Where there is a will, there is a way. I didn't scalp GPU's either.

[@flexplodin]

@@35mm21 How much support do you guys need? Is this a new user thing?

[@flexplodin]

@@35mm21 I've never had trouble with any warranties though I haven't had to use them for computer parts. This makes me wonder why EVGA has so many customer service groupies. Are their cards so prone to breaking that people are relieved that they honor their warranty? I truly am perplexed, but maybe it is all the kids trying to make computers???? Overclockers lying? Miner's running them into the ground? Not dusting?? I just don't get it.

[@sirkid8553]

I respect EVGA for doing this. Honestly, I think this is a great move, as you mentioned, they did some amazing things with making GPUs in the past, and it shows how creative EVGA and their staff is, yet NVIDIA took that creativity away from their partners. Moving forward I think this will make EVGA design incredible things in the future. EVGA has the best warranty of any GPU maker and as others mentioned, this was the ONLY company during the shortage that did everything in their power to keep their prices down and to make sure everyone was able to get a GPU using their query system. I do like the Founder Editions by NVIDIA as they are very affordable and extremely well made, but as you mentioned NVIDIA was selling these much less than their partners and it takes away business from their partners.

[@93ChayZ]

Very affordable? You got insane markup and price gouging mixed up with FAIR PRICES.

[@FLAMEalan]

@@93ChayZfr, these Nvidia fans are goofy ash 😂

[@BreezeOfDusk]

@@FLAMEalan Yeah thats right lol.

[@sijonda]

Hearing how EVGA has decided to handle themselves over the years, I've firmly decided I want to be a customer that looks to them for products first when I need something. Particularly how they've decided to not sell the company because they won't want some profit only people in control of the company.

[@_spooT]

of course they wouldn't and that's a smart decision. Profit only people don't know shit about taking care of the company. They will just destroy everything through greed. It's been happening to many game company's and even businesses. yet here i am still not able to understand what makes idiot people like these still try their luck when they know greed doesn't get anything far

[@weightlifting_socialist]

Capitalism is at fault with so many things in society. Replace or evolve that into everyone benefiting instead of a tiny minority of morbidly wealthy that pay people below them millions to spout their lies. We could already live in a world with no money, class or poverty but we don't because alot of us have grown up believing the opposite. We know free markets don't work and are controlled by the wealthy, we can't have modern kings and queens called ceos that effect the lives of so many at an instance with no remorse. People in the future will look back on our society like we do with the dark ages, as horror and disgust due to most of society having to work to live and survive because a tiny class of morbidly wealthy took too much profit they deemed fair and lived life to the fullest. Right wing economics since the 1980s have made this possible but Capitalism as a whole was never the answer even from 1932-1980 but it did work better for alot of society than it has since 1980 to today.

[@PhazerTech]

@@_spooT Agreed. You'd think people would learn from history, but nope.

[@natefunk1]

​@@_spooT Because in the short term it does help them and their personal bottom line. People like that know what they're doing. They know those actions destroy a company, but it profits them, again personally in the short term when they get massive bonuses. They're like corporate pirates in a way. They move from company to company sinking it and looting it for whatever they can.

[@_spooT]

@@natefunk1 I know why they do it, and thank you for informing me, but still, even tho i know they exist, I just can't stand scummy people that exists in our world. If they were leaders of a country they'd have no problems throwing away the lives of their own people for their own personal gain. They're like trash that pollutes our species. Sometimes you just wish they'd be gone in a snap, but alas, we have to face reality

[@scottbeattienet]

Good on them for sticking to their principles ... Lets hope AMD smash the next gen GPU and EVGA get on board.

[@w04h]

Steve did an interview with Evga's ceo as well and he said they are canceling the video card manufacturing as a whole. So sadly no AMD gpus.

[@gz28]

@@w04h 0o oh no I thinking the same as scott.

[@mauricehenry9131]

get on board... pun intended...

[@Moody_Incorporated]

@@w04h REALLY? Not even AMD? Sound like they're more in financial trouble tbh can't see AMD doing much wrong here.

[@roam3d151]

EVGA running red cards would be acutally the turning point for me switching to team red in that regard aswell tbh

[@mvtta]

Mad respect to EVGA for this move. If this is what they thought was right for them then I wish them all the best. I don’t own any EVGA products but maybe I start buying their power supplies after this move.

[@Lunzatis_Palemoon]

I can vouch for EVGA. I've been using them for years, especially their power supplies. Top notch customer support and power supplies. If your power supply fails and it's still under warranty they'll send you a brand new one.

[@Odinsday]

Every EVGA card I have used has been fantastic. The only card manufacturer other than Sapphire for AMD I haven’t had an issue with. Their PSUs are also great.

[@Natsugami45]

Their power supplies are really reliable. I still have a 500watt power supply from my first build in late 2015 that it going strong after being used in multiple builds afterwards as well as a 650 watt from 2016. There are affordable and reliable.

[@amirtak9886]

I have a evga 1000w gold psu in my system that I've been using for 8+ years and it's rock solid. You won't be disappointed

[@PowellCat745]

I own a 3080 TI and a 1000 T2 PSU from EVGA. Their customer support is second to none. I really hope they can partner with AMD and compete with Sapphire.

[@weedman0824]

Honestly feels like I should buy a 30 series card not only just to support them after supporting us for so long but to have something that was the last of it's kind

[@alihaidar5787]

My 3080ti FTW3 just went up in price

[@lil-dabbie4599]

Years ago I bought my first graphics card, a 960 4gb card from EVGA. Two years after ownership the card died on me after warranty expired. After sending in my card EVGA gave me a brand new 1060 6gb card when they could have just simply said it was on me. To this day I have only purchased from EVGA, they will be forever missed in the GPU landscape.

[@perryhiley6749]

It doesn't really take a genius to realise that customer retention is more valuable than replacing one graphics card. Shame they are gone.

[@ryanlewis5072]

Lol y’all act like Nvidia the only gpu manufacturer. Evga will still make partner cards with AMD and in the future intel as well I’m sure.

[@welpi1983]

First Card 960? I get old 🙈

[@nukarad40k]

I have a similar story with my GPU as well. back in the day I had a triple SLI 780 setup, one of the cards died and EVGA helped out and got me a brand new GTX 970 since they didn't have any 780 laying around. The 970 Is still working hard for me and the other two 780 still work. Overall amazing customer service, I am planning on buying more of there products in the future

[@danjep2328]

out of the 4 graphics cards I have bought, 3 of them were EVGA and I have been absolutely pleased with every one of them. They were just what I wanted and needed. No frills, but also no extra crap that I don't need. If EVGA ends up making AMD cards, there is a good chance I might finally try out AMD. I'm not totally brand loyal, but every EVGA product I have bought has never let me down.

[@DeilGrist]

Same, especially if AMD continues to improve their driver game or is more power efficient than nvidia.

[@edenjung9816]

@@DeilGrist To be honest i like the AMD drivers much more. And i had them all. And every GPU supplier has bad Drivers. Except Matrox. Those are perfect.

[@julianlanier571]

Facts, evga is legit one of the better brands of cards, matter of fact anything they put their name on.

[@TheRealClaylex]

I might actually/finally give AMD cards a chance if EVGA legit goes to them and AMD lets them mess with their cards as much as they want too. I don't understand why NVIDIA thought it was a good idea not for their GPU guys to make the cards better.

[@IgorBozoki1989]

@@edenjung9816 Amd drivers run poorly on older games. Nvidia is overall more stable.

[@ericschultz1554]

Freaking heartbreaking. I’m pretty disgusted with Nvidia right now. We love you EVGA!

[@nonameposter378]

they been doing shit for years and morons keep buying there stuff so it will continue. Me im happy with my 6950xt tho i will be buying a 7950xt aswell same crap happened with xfx

[@jenson1896]

😔❤

[@positrack99]

and from the other side: HAHAHAHAHAHA That's what you get EVGA. Ripping people off, selling in mass out the back door to crypto companies. People crying for EVGA and hating on NVIDIA because EVGA sold at 3x MSRP. Bye EVGA I hope you rot in he double hockey sticks forever.

[@Rillust]

WOW... I'm going to miss EVGA. They have been the only company I have used since building my own PC for the first time. Just sad.

[@TheKizersoze13]

Me too. 4 comps built and have only used EVGA

[@Coolpachito]

They're not exactly going out of business just breaking with Nvidia

[@Rillust]

@@Coolpachito I'm aware. I think you missed the point.

[@Coolpachito]

@@Rillust Uh sure.

[@Masterown35]

In my personal opinion, this is AMD's golden opportunity to really start competing. Treat AIBs better, even potentially get EVGA to sign on and start making their cards. It won't be overnight, but their time is coming.

[@willembielefeld712]

AMD already had its chance and ruined it. Their own type of dlss is not that great which is the reason, why nvidia still has a virtual benefit of 50% more performance with almost no quality loss. AMD also increases prices and their cards run hot and considering toms hardware benchmarks the energy consumption of amd gpus is still much higher. Amd's quality is also just way to bad. Every amd gpu i had in the past just burned after one year. They were all loud, hot and died. My nvidia cards all ran for several years no prob. Honestly, i don't trust amd anymore. I wish they could compete, but at the moment i don't want to buy any gpu. Neither from nvidia, nor from amd. With amd i have to buy a new card after 1-2 years because it will break and with nvidia i pay double the price. In a way they are still equal, even if amd's prices would be half the price of nvidia. That is the reason, why they cannot compete. They need a better Ai upscaler, less energy consumption, less heat, less noise and their cards must have a longer lifetime. But this won't happen i guess. Marketing says their new architecture design would be better than nvidia but i think this is just sht talk. There is no evidence, that their architecture is really better. It is just different and it is said to be more scalable. But i doubt nvidias chip design is not scalable. If amds design would be so much better, then why are their cards not performing better? Another issue is the raytracing api. For whatever reason nvidias raytracing performs MUCH better than amd's raytracer. I don't know why, i guess they are both just using the directx raytracing but maybe the graphics cards of nvidia translates the api better internally. I could imagine amd has a good chance on the low to mid price market. But if rtx4080 will be available and not too expensive, they won't stand a chance next year.

[@JoshuaDoss]

@@willembielefeld712 💀

[@gabrielduarte3904]

EVGA themselves said they are done with GPUs, they have no plans of partnering with eighter AMD nor Intel to manufacture GPUs in the future.

[@dayartandplay5768]

The undermined LHR

[@metalmolisher666]

@@willembielefeld712 Outlier - never had a single ad gpu break. However 2 nvidia gpus stopped working. I have had about 50 amd and 40 nvidia gpus. (i am bilding for friends and family)

[@mody1234]

I am pretty sure EVGA was the only company that had the sign up program to guarantee yourself a card during the height of the pandemic and their customer service was incomparable against the other AIBs. It’s really sad to see this happening.

[@vincentellsworth7905]

I disagree I think its a great thing for consumers to see an AIB finally take a stand against their shady business practices now both AMD and Nvidia know what can happen if they keep fucking around

[@AlanJohnPeach]

@@vincentellsworth7905 I think they mean its sad to see EVGA forced into it, not that their action is sad

[@Cthooligan]

They had a program but it was hugely defective. I signed up for it and never heard back from them...to this day. Bought a 3080 from EVGA on my own a month ago.

[@abrararifify]

@@vincentellsworth7905 NVidia does not give two shits what AIBs do. They're pulling an Apple and eventually will plan to make all their GPUs in house. EVGA saw the writing on the wall and dipped.

[@vincentellsworth7905]

Lmao well good luck to Nvidia then. Until they get their own foundry not even apple is completely integrated

[@sullygtx9350]

EVGA has been one of if not the MOST trustworthy company to do business with for the last few years. They implemented their own queue system so that we could get hardware at a fair price and without bundling unnecessary hardware that had a propensity to catch fire unlike some other businesses. When New World was killing cards, they didn't hesitate to warranty out those cards for the customers. When given a choice, I always try to get parts I need either directly from EVGA or a dealer. I really hope they stick around, hell I'd even switch to AMD to graphics if they started making them. At a minimum, I hope this move by EVGA makes other AIB partners push back against Nvidia and how they do business with their "partners."

[@johnversluis3084]

I 100 % agree

[@993mike]

Agreed - this is terrible news. They are the only brand of graphics cards I’ve been using for the last 12 years in all my builds. Excellent build quality and support, and during the 3080 mess the only company that had a fair system to buy their cards at MSRP. This totally sucks

[@Kryzul]

@@jjbbryan8795 A sad life is you reading through comments simply to berate someone for their preferences.

[@hellraserfleshlight]

I think that the underlying fact that this highlights is that Nvidia doesn't *want* to work with AIB partners anymore. They want to vertically integrate and replace them.

[@AsurmenHandOfAsur]

@@hellraserfleshlight Simple, don't buy nVidia cards.

[@tgarback9]

I built my first PC at the beginning of when things got shut down for Covid-19. I love my 2070 Super FTW 3, and planned on staying a customer of their GPU’s whenever I decide to upgrade. Sad that I’ll only have the one I currently use. I’ll never buy a FE card after this, shame on you Nvidia.

[@olympusmons4089]

I am heart broken. I've been an EVGA customer for over 10 years. Long ago, I had a failure with an EVGA card. I called tech support and spoke to a gentleman based in the U.S. He was incredibly helpful. I can't say enough good things about EVGA's customer support. They (were) the only brand I buy. Hope to see them start a new line with AMD or Intel. I would be converted.

[@Thorocious]

This is what we're losing here, Grade A* customer support

[@grievesy83]

I agree. I would almost straight but an EVGA 7800XT.

[@jdogi1]

EVGA is a company that I WANT to buy from. They're always at the top of my list.

[@Interrobang212]

Same. Honestly for me one of the downsides of Radeon was not having EVGA.

[@lip124]

Facts always been

[@jdogi1]

@@Interrobang212 agreed. Had the same problem with mobo going Ryzen

[@XionLuis]

I've used many brands of producs and I must say: EVGA's were, in my experience, ALWAYS the most reliable. Sad to see they are not producing video cards for nvidia anymore, glad they stuck the proverbial middle finger in nvidia's face.

[@arturorochoa9359]

Similar to the literal middle finger of Linus Torvalds

[@anydaynow01]

Yeah I've been running EVGA products for well, decades, this news is like a dagger to the heart! I'm looking at you EVGA 1080 FTW3 Hybrid SLI setup that has gotten me through so much over the years, it was good while it lasted! I better find a EVGA 30 series card to get me through the next few years for my next build.

[@Greshgore]

@@anydaynow01 I've had my heart set on the FTW 3070 black personally. Nice sweet spot between power, energy use, and cooling IMO. Although energy use gets severely relative given the inefficiencies/dollar per watt we're seeing in 20xxx and 30xx and now 40xx.

[@muurrarium9460]

stuck (sticked is not any language)

[@puppy.shorts]

Well not in the faces but a**

[@sally86don]

Nvidia is seeing what its limits are by experimenting with their partners. They want to know how far they can go and draw a line to operate on that line to maximize their profits. 3080 ftw was my dream gpu following closely by rog strix. Thats how nice EVGA was, sad to see they wont be making new ones anymore.

[@anogi2507]

I think this will end up in the quality of cards coming from other companies besides EVGA crashing drastically over the years. EVGA was the first sort of brand to add metal backplates with heat pads. All other brands added plastic backplates with no heat pads during the 10 series shebang. EVGA was the innovator of the card market, and without them most companies wont have to compete with the lack of innovation / quality not coming from EVGA anymore.

[@flexplodin]

With all the competition, we are going to see an uptick in quality on all aspects. Perhaps EVGA is going to start working for intel. I dunno, but very possible. Probably the generation after this next one will be a crazy upgrade. That is if intel gains their stride and makes high end cards. I hope they don't steal the budget market, giving AMD and Nvidia unlimited headroom regarding pricing. I would be so disappointed lol

[@angrymokyuu9475]

@@flexplodin Other videos are clearer on it, but EVGA's already decided it won't go to AMD or Intel and is ditching the GPU business entirely.

[@flexplodin]

@@angrymokyuu9475 Crazy. The scalping really hurt these guys now that the market is flooded with cheap used cards. Thanks for the info!

[@VectorAero]

Funny you mention backplates because my EVGA 3080 XC3 has a flimsy plastic backplate and the VRAM temps are bad.

[@eclipsez0r]

Asus will maintain good quality

[@metalhead4404]

Huge loss for Nvidia and much deserved. The best news I’ve heard all day. EVGA in my experience, has ALWAYS been quality for me and if I’ve ever had issues, the customer support and RMA process has been seamless.

[@GreenSlug420]

It is good news but what about us who are in a long warranty period? A little worried about that and (how many) they truly have for rma requests..

[@Atreyuwu]

Agreed. I first discovered EVGA nearly 2 decades ago and they've always been top of the pick for all my builds. I had my first 1080 blow up on me a few years ago, and they got me a new one no problems (even though part of the fault was my own). They will be missed.

[@rawkusrex]

it's also a huge loss for EVGA too... Nvidia GPUs make up about 80% of EVGAs sales/profits. If they dont partner with AMD/Intel to make up the money lost, they're definitely gonna have to lay off a majority of their staff

[@xeroze01]

@@rawkusrex revenue not profit. If someone sells apples and oranges for a dollar each, and sells 80 apples and 20 oranges for a hundred bucks, 80% revenue is going to be apples. But if the cost for selling apples is like 95cents and oranges is like 50 cents, you are looking at 4 dollar profits from apples, 10 dollars profits from oranges. Profit margins for gpus are a lot lower than other part of the business to the point where even though it is 80% of their revenue, it's definitely not 70-80% of their profits, especially considering from gamer's nexus' video on their profit margin, he quotes the profit margins of power supplies as multiples of gpu's

[@rawkusrex]

@@xeroze01 whatever you call it, it doesnt really matter. the point is that 80% of their business is GPUs. there is going to be massive layoffs

[@sergioaraujo7943]

My experience with EVGA is limited to one card: 1080 FTW. When the VRM problem started to pop-up, EVGA sent the new thermal pads, and I made the installation and updated the VBIOS. The card is still running strong since late 2016. Sad to see the company leaving the GPU business.

[@gucky4717]

But there lies the Problem. EVGA Cards had Problems in several Generations. RMA and even Supportpackages like those Thermalpads cost Money.

[@Xewl]

​@@gucky4717 Well, if you don't know shit until release day, and only learn the edge-problems after it's in consumer hands.. (which are most of the times not even their fault..) that's indeed a problem. EVGA has done nothing other than trying to fix the shit that they're being thrown into; and have generations of good-will & quality products+support to speak for that. I really wish it didn't have to go this way, but choices have to be made; and the ROI of this stress isn't worth it imho either.

[@kurosumomo]

@@Xewl Others don't know shit either, but they didn't have such problems. EVGA is great for their customer support and their step up plans, but outside of USA, customer support isn't an issue since you don't deal with the manufacturer you deal with the shop, and warranty laws are strict. That being said, maybe I'm lucky, but I've been through about 20 GPUs in my life, and aside of one, they all worked flawlessly until I replaced them, but I've been dealing with dead motherboards a lot, and I just return them to the shop, tell them the problem, and I get a new board instantly or money back if the board is no longer manufactured/ or currently unavailable, or they offer me a similarly priced board. Not once did the shop I buy from; Local shops, Amazon, Yodobashi, Saturn, complicate my warranty. If the shop does no want to honor the warranty, they can get into a lot of trouble in most places, to a point where they could even get shut down over a $800 graphics card.

[@dasani383]

@@kurosumomo you are not god do not think you every store will bow down to you. You are not invincible.

[@Xewl]

@@2buckgeo843 Why? Still works fine for me..

[@rmp5s]

Used to use a buddy's machine back in the day because he had an EVGA GTX580 and it ROCKED. Always had good experiences with them.

[@OzzyInSpace]

I can't wrap my head around this... I've literally always had an EVGA card in my system. I can't even imagine who else I'd consider trying out for future GPU needs. I think many of us would appreciate a video diving into RMA and warranty stance of other partners...since that will be a big sticking point for many of us moving forward.

[@darylatkins2909]

Same. Every build has been with EVGA GPUs. I now have no idea what my next build will be like.

[@FiredAndIced]

r/ABoringDystopia is where we are headed to where graphics cards are concerned.

[@waifuhunter9709]

I used a card from saphire for 1w years. You can try them

[@Glotttis]

EVGA wasn't even available in my country. You'll survive without it. Asus is a great choice. Never had a problem with Asus GPU. They are extremely popular and considered top tier GPU here in Europe with great resale value.

[@chickenpoodlesoup]

Try Powercolor or Sapphire. They're sort of like the EVGA of Radeon cards. Fuck Nvidia

[@georgejones5019]

Woah. That's big news. EVGA arguably makes some of the more popular GPU variants. That's a huge blow to Nvidia for sure.

[@mastroitek]

indeed, furthermore in my country EVGA and Gigabyte offer the cheaper models of basically any Nvidia GPU

[@commandertoothpick8284]

@@cosminlesutan3574 agreed

[@0Blueaura]

@@cosminlesutan3574 they are one of the best most of the time, and their support is amazing, its a shame. but hopefully nvidias higher ups will get kicked in the balls this way

[@MirzaPehlic79]

@UCvNgchhWmdeFgry3CqGZ8mw plenty of them in EU

[@tomwallen7271]

@UCvNgchhWmdeFgry3CqGZ8mw Would be a shame if the US is a massive GPU market.

[@mitchelwilson5605]

This has further soiled my impression of nvidia. They've been making moves like Facebook. I remember when they did the founders cards and folks discussed the conflict of interest. They blamed their partners for leaks when they've had plenty of internal leaks. I see this pushing folks to AMD/Radeon and even Intel cards. I feel it.

[@Luuniixo]

@@HondaWanderer why would it?

[@JustAPriapism]

All you need is Jensen's statement about partners, it says it all. Right after defending why they dont give out information to them, and saying how they like and want everything internalized. Jensen - "Why are these guys (board partners), making money when theyre not doing much? NVIDIA's problem is it doesnt control the supply chain like Apple does". They have a direction, and theyre heading toward that path full steam ahead.

[@AllBrainsNoSoul]

No, not really.

[@AllBrainsNoSoul]

Exactly. Jensen doesn’t see the work they do in designing/manufacturing boards, sourcing parts/materials, or in dealing with customers. They used to be allowed to innovate more but Nvidia and nvidia alone stopped that.

[@digizilla164]

@@HondaWanderer Why would it be EVGA's fault when Nvidia has a reputation of being hard to work with.

[@karlhungus545]

I've bought 4 EVGA cards over the years (including my current 3070) and it is really sad that they won't be around. I've never had a single issue with any of their cards (going back almost 20 years now), but always bought because of their good price, excellent cooling, and word-of-mouth that they actually stand by their warranties. Unfortunately, Nvidia knows that gamers seem to be willing to pay whatever to play games and upgrade even when they don't NEED to (impulse buying), so this just means more leverage for them.

[@missiondoody]

I applaud a company that’s willing to stand by its principles, employees, and customers especially when it comes with risk. Optimistic that they will eventually create new partnerships and continue to create reliable cards with all the features we love.. Fingers crossed

[@ipawilzon]

ethereum went proof of stake yesterday... gpu prices crashing by the second. But they wont make anyone else's cards and only talk about not doing 40 series?? no, this is a corporation protecting it's bottom dollar during a crash by laying off (or forcing them to quit) over 50% of their workforce while they RIDE OUT THE CRASH... how in the hell does no one else see this and why is everyone kissing EVGA's ass rn?? I have ONLY owned EVGA cards and own a 3090 ftw3, but I see this for what it is... a corporation being VERY sleazy. Why in the hell didn't the CEO do this on camera instead of behind a closed door?? because he is expecting backlash and came to GN to try and "ease the blow".. it's sleazy and its a TEXTBOOK corporation top brass decision. I bet the workers are finding this out at the same time we are....

[@ewitte12]

@@TekniQx got burned holding a ton of cards they can't offload...

[@mastixencounter]

????? this was not for their principles, employees, and customers

[@cortezbaldur413]

@@TekniQx They were being undercut hard by Nvidia and were saying they were taking losses if there taking losses then there losing money fast wich means they STILL have to make lay offs. Either way people get fired when a product they have makes less a d less money cause ur partner keeps taking more and more of ur slice of the pie in that product. Eventually there's just no money in it anymore. It's a huge L no matter u stay with Nvidia or u decide to leave.

[@Talishar]

How have they stood with their customers? They were one of the first AIBs to hike their prices up because they saw demand outstrip supply. They fully took part in the price gouging of the last couple of years and profited heavily off of it. They're now complaining that they're feeling the aftereffects of the market correcting itself back to sane levels again. They rode the hype train and overpromised investors thinking that 2x+ MSRP was going to last a lot longer than it did and then the crypto mining bubble busted and inventory quadrupled nearly overnight tanking GPU prices. They were even able to complain to Nvidia to slow down release of new stock to help artificially keep prices higher than they should which in the end, is to help the AIBs and not Nvidia. Nvidia makes a set amount per unit and it's actually in their best interest to flood the market because of their per-unit price based on whatever contract they hold with their customer. Nvidia as a component supplier makes their profits by volume. While I'm not a fan of Nvidia or AMD, it doesn't mean I'm naive to think some other multi-billion-dollar corporation isn't mystically out to not enrich itself as well. All of the AIBs jumped on the price gouging hype train to record profits and are now taking a beating because the orders they put in during the shortage in light of the overpriced units has come in and is driving prices down due to a glut in new supply relative to what supplies were 2 years ago. They were even able to get their key supplier, Nvidia, to control and limit shipping to all other companies in order to keep prices somewhat up purely to their own benefit. People a week or two ago got pissed and Nvidia for saying that they were doing this instead of getting mad at the AIBs who all pushed Nvidia to do it to save their own asses. The AIBs can't just stop cold turkey to kill off supply because they'll just lose sales to another AIB who will refuse and will sell at a loss just to move stagnant inventory. Thus, they begged Nvidia to slow sales overall which forces all AIBs to lower production and so none of the others gets an advantage.

[@AIM9Sidewinder1776]

My last 3 GPUs were EVGA, and their support was/is amazing. Their queue system was the only reason I was able to get a 30 series card during the peak of shortage, at msrp. Today is a sad day

[@DOGbackwardz]

There's so much that Nvidia has done to destroy their partner relations. T2 partners got the absolute shaft in the past with so much deadstock required for allocations that XFX jumped shipped. The situation could have only worsened with Nvidia taking over reference sales. If a T1 partner like EVGA is jumping ship it just looks like the 3000/4000 series overproduction is massive.

[@chubbysumo2230]

Not just overproduction, it sounds like other board Partners May jump ship too. It sounds like a lot of board partners are getting absolutely burned so hard on the 30 series they decided that the 40 series isn't worth the gamble because in video won't tell them the price prior to lunch, why would you take a gamble on something you don't know the price of. Especially an Electronics luxury good like a graphics card. I believe when the control freaks at Nvidia started taking over, that is when XFX exited Nvidia space.

[@joeykeilholz925]

This happened with 20 series too. Nvidia just allows its partners to lose tons of money towards the end of the generation.

[@ryanbroos5143]

This is not something I would have ever expected. This may actually give AMD an opportunity to pass Nvidia GPUs. I am curious how the other AIBs will react. On a personal level I have never bought a "Nvidia" branded card. It's always been EVGA or Gigabyte. I wish EVGA much success with this move

[@r.s.w.k4569]

Respect to EVGA. Hopefully, this opens the door to EVGA working with AMD.

[@TheZumiezNation]

According to GamersNexus, they won't be making any more graphics cards at all, no new deals with any other GPU manufacturers.

[@GamewthGaim]

Sad.. because I would have loved to see an AMD and EVGA partnership.

[@tommantek3632]

EVGA says they're out of the GPU card market.

[@r.s.w.k4569]

@@TheZumiezNation For now. Hopefully they reconsider. Would be a shame to not take advantage of EVGA's expertise. I havent heard AIBs complaining about AMDs treatment of them.

[@subjekt5577]

I wonder why they're not down for amd. As a Linux user I'd be ecstatic if they went amd.

[@xerowolf4242]

I'm really hoping that EVGA partners with AMD in the future and doesn't completely abandon making graphics cards. I only recently built my first PC and got a 3050 from EVGA. I had heard so much good about them as a company and was already planning on being a loyal customer of theirs for life.

[@Cirris]

EVGA would be a hell of a get for AMD. though AMD has some good partners in Sapphire and AS Rock.

[@dee_dubb]

Way better grab for Intel... just saying. Intel is new in the GPU market

[@Suhkneee]

I hate my amd card, the drivers suck

[@xerowolf4242]

@@Suhkneee yeah unfortunately I have heard others complain about AMD cards as well. I have a feeling that AMD is going to get a lot better in the future tho.

[@GrimmWarrior19]

Same, might be the investment edge AMD needs for their cards and software. It is a pretty odd coincidence that this news came just after AM5 boards and Zen 4 dropped. Fingers crossed.

[@yellowflash511]

Really hope EVGA partners up with AMD, I have already switched to AMD with a 6800M laptop and am very pleased with it, when I eventually build a PC I would love to get a EVGA Radeon card as their products and after-sales are excellent. Edit: yes I know about Sapphire ofc, I actually bought a Sapphire 6600 for my little cousin recently. Sapphire will obviously be a top choice, just hoping EVGA will join them on the other side. This will also ironically help in the competition as a lot of people will buy EVGA Radeon cards just cause it's EVGA.

[@SuperYusha]

Imagine a “EVGA Radeon RX 7900 XT Kingpin”

[@TAP7a]

@@SuperYusha ultimate rasterisation, and second gen ray tracing, all with the snot overclocked out of it

[@4partmedia]

Loved my EVGA's... never failed me.

[@nolan_8]

I've had an eVGA 6600, 8800, 1060, and, now I just bought a 3080. Never had a single issue with them. I have always loved that they stick to the basics and deliver on what they promise. I look forward to how they pivot their brand, and I hope Nvidia changes course on some of their decisions or I'll be switching to AMD.

[@imallfordabulls]

I had a similar upgrade path, also never had an issue. This news is really surprising. It will be interesting to see where they go.

[@SadisticStang]

What basics? They had ridiculous model tiering as if they were Ford selling Mustangs. Just slap some badge on it and mark up.

[@chepachem8351]

Made the switch to Radeon 5 years ago. No regrets

[@netpilot7843]

Similar here. EVGA 460, 560ti (x2), 760ti (x2), 1080ti (Hydro Copper), and just ordered a 3080ti (Hydro Copper). Guess my next gen will be AMD.

[@MrJules2U]

If EVGA works with AMD, expect to see some amazing custom GPUs. Good on EVGA for making the decision to leave a overly controlling partnership, here's to their future success.

[@Dakkidaze]

If they go AMD or Intel, they *could* face the same problem. HIS died after the first mining boom and it was pretty much in the same shoes as EVGA today.

[@LZeugirdor]

@@Dakkidaze I hope that amd and Intel learn from Nvidia's mistakes because we're coming to a point in history where things will either turn very good or very bad for bigger companies. Right now, we're pushing hard and we shouldn't let up. When it comes to right to repair or competition, etc, things are getting better for the consumer.

[@Dakkidaze]

@@LZeugirdor yeah that's the best outcome But business being business, AIC partners buy chips at high prices, they of course will lose money now selling at lower prices. The problem is that NV forbids them to sell at lower price for NV's own interests. I believe it will be better with AMD, but Intel, meh

[@hikarushindo9131]

I would be glad if EVGA works with Intel. AMD has a huge problem with drivers and support. EVGA is not a company that likes to deal with that.

[@dnakatomiuk]

@@hikarushindo9131 Yet Intel have had a reputation for cloggin the market with partners and stopping them from selling AMD systems in the past. So either way they would or could get screwed by them as well

[@Haksdo2]

EVGA was probably the one company that was synonymous with NVidia GPUs. About the same when you mention Sapphire, you think of AMD (or even ATI back in the days). EVGA breaking with NVidia is a big thing and I hope this starts a movement that other AIBs say FU NVidia and we as consumers get back the old, crazy custom GPUs again.

[@UpperAquatics]

IMO sapphire is to AMD GPU's as EVGA is to Nvidia GPU's

[@Touchybanana]

EVGA recently has made AMD products in the past few years.

[@fightinfilipino]

considering the other AIB partners are Gigabyte of Exploding PSU fame and MSI, which scalped their own GPU boards, it's not looking bright...

[@Unobserved07]

This scenario is awful for the consumer

[@von...]

@@Unobserved07 not if all of them go to AMD (or intel...) and then start making all their classic designs + having the freedom to make insane custom boards. I would happily pay more for a product that I know is pushing the limits & designed for the pure 'love of the sport'

[@syntaxed2]

The real interesting fact here is that manufacturing cost of metal/plastic/silicon/transistors is roughly the same as it was 10 years ago - The current pricing is based on a purely intellectual property basis and has no grounds in practical reality.

[@pedrolabate0]

That's some MAJOR news, I'm shocked. It really saddens me to hear that, every since I started building PCs some 16 years ago EVGA has always been my go-to brand for graphics cards. Not only were they great, but here in Brazil, they're also substantially cheaper than other AIBs for some reason. It's a shame, less competition is always a bad thing

[@lockkeylive]

My guess about why it's cheaper would be that other brands are pricing their GPUs at higher then MSRP prices, while EVGA stayed true to MSRP

[@Arthur-ow7ep]

@@lockkeylive prabably even one of the reasons why they are breaking their relationship, since Nvidia seemed to be harsh with EVGA.

[@oceanbytez847]

Well they have to make cards so most likely they will do AMD's.

[@marcusborderlands6177]

@@oceanbytez847 they said they won't partner with amd or Intel. They are leaving the gpu market completely

[@HotelWhiskey333]

This is heart breaking. EVGA made some of the best cards out there and if you did have an issue, their customer support was the best.

[@paulking4908]

I would love it if EVGA would expand their motherboard lineups.

[@Mirrow24]

Yes, but they cost really a lot

[@kyoudaiken]

They literally have no choice. So they definitely will!

[@cts006]

@@Mirrow24 That is kind of why it would be nice for them to expand the line up though. Currently they really only offer one high-end board and one halo tier XOC board (for each Intel and AMD).

[@knghtbrd]

@@Mirrow24 If they expand their lineup, they could produce motherboards that don't.

[@tejano2828]

They should follow Asus's flagship ROG series and make like over the top Mobos I would def buy one.

[@Carnage_Lot]

After getting back into the PC world since 2020, and spending like 30 mins looking for an EVGA 4080 online, Im heartbroken. My first card i bought was an EVGA. It was fantastic. It still works, and is in a family members system. My current Nvidia card is a 2070 super, and it will be my last Nvidia card. Sad this is what its come to.

[@donaldexley1852]

the power supplies EVGA makes are solid, some of the best in the industry. I really hope they branch out to keep this company around for a long time, as the CEO seems to have and always had the customer and shockingly their employees best interest in mind.

[@D-2-the-no]

Always had evga psus. Never had a fault with one yet

[@kryss8667]

For PSU i'm, a Seasonic fan, but i had the pleasure to work with few from EVGA, and for me, they are the second best after Seasonic. These are the only 2 PSU brands that i'm considering.

[@0842]

been rocking the same evga psu for 8yrs now still running like a champ

[@XxASBURYxX]

@@kryss8667 then you'd be happy to know, EVGA just rebadge seasonic units ;)

[@caynidar6295]

If I was another AIB partner, this would have me second guessing my relationship with Nvidia, if they could allow this to happen with EVGA.

[@AnimeMaster74]

the shit thing is that even if any company would have to choose to stay or leave Nvidia, in the end, Nvidia wins heavily. Because well now they can charge a crap tun more without any competition. dick move but business is business!

[@ZisisKoukoumakis]

I've never bought an EVGA card in my life, mainly because I'm an AMD fan. But, I follow their work and understand what their work looks like. I really, REALLY hope they partner up with AMD and convince them to have more freedom for innovation. Give Sapphire some competition!

[@taylorswiftfan1364]

Sapphire and EVGA have made the best looking cards ever in my opinion, clean and nice looking without looking like a racecar bed.

[@drizztdourden6687]

Oooo that would be sick af. I wanna see some EVGA made AMD cards!

[@willt3223]

they might join AMD.

[@TKUltra971]

I read about this in a computer mag. Good to hear about it from Jay. Incredible, you didn't know how strict they were until the end of the line.

[@jimmygomez7406]

I love the EVGA cards, they’ve always had this unique feel to them.

[@joshpashia637]

Quality. Can't wait to see the new amd cards from them.

[@billyhatcher643]

im not gonna be able to buy good gpus anymore i switched to evga for my 3090 recently and now its worthless if the gpu breaks im never gonna get a replacement so im screwed

[@r.l.strange1897]

@@billyhatcher643 ummmmm ok lol

[@bfopie]

Every card I've purchased in the demise of BFG has been EVGA. Very sad right now.

[@kole081]

always hold best value

[@jacobeaton4042]

This is nuts…I’m sad cause they are my favorite manufacturer and not being with Nvidia is kind of disheartening

[@FunTimeWithSouls]

Same, every Nvidia card I’ve ever owned has been EVGA. Started with a 9800GT years and years ago and have owned sooo many EVGA cards since then.

[@mr.puddintater1805]

Evga =quality. I have had nothing but great experience with their Products. There must be a small margin of profit on gpus. The price must be high.

[@ChrisZukowski88]

screw Nvidia. would be nice to see evga amd cards.

[@top.of.reddit]

@@ChrisZukowski88 You forgot that nvidia encoder can handle 20 1080p transcodes (amd can do only 4) and a quality way higher than the amd at the same bitrate in real time

[@masturone8257]

I am actually excited because that means they will be hyper focused on the product they build to make sure its performance and quality surpass their competitors. Not suprised once u hear nancy pelosi invests in a company to flip a quick buck only to see its bump in value was only temporary to the decline right after of thw stock

[@gamerfly3064]

I would love to see EVGA partner with AMD. Can you imagine if AMD gives EVGA permission to customize their GPU based on EVGA's preference, how much market share AMD can capture. It may really force nvidia to lower their price in future GPU.

[@RYTHMICRIOT]

EVGA has officially stated that they will not pursue a partnership with AMD or Intel regarding GPU'S. Of course, that can change overnight.

[@ZERONEVERSEVEN]

Seeing as EVGA knew in April they were leaving the Nvidea partnership, I would think they would have reached out to AMD by now to start partnering. I think they are done with gpu's.

[@Washanuga]

AMD already has Sapphire though. I think it would be more wise for EVGA to partner with Intel.

[@jakestocker4854]

Thankfully XFX and Sapphire are already probably the best quality in terms of anyone else in the market.

[@korinogaro]

AMD is not competent enough to grab more marketshare. They show it once again giving nVidia months to sell their 40 series.

[@SDXStudio]

I was just getting into PC building around the time EVGA came on the market. As I'm sure a lot of people know, navigating different brands, compatibility, price and best value is incredibly difficult. As most people, my very first impressions on a company or a product is what I can see with my eyes. At that time, there were sooo many companies that just sounded like generic, goofy off-shoots that sometimes I almost questioned if what I was purchasing was counterfeit (from a retail store, mind you) or would just fail within a few weeks. EVGA stood out from all of that. They seemed like they knew what they were doing, and were delivering quality stuff. Any time I can buy EVGA, I do. I've owned their PSUs, graphic cards, Mobos, AIOs and some other stuff and I've never been disappointed. This is a sad day as I was looking forward to 40 series but given those prices I might actually try to snag a tier above what I was planning (3080ti vs 3090) and just snag a current EVGA card.

[@n5r15]

EVGA was the only reason I've stuck with Nvidia all these years. Looks like my next GPU is likely to be AMD. I hear good things about some of their AIBs

[@mattblack6736]

Thats nothing, one time i was on a cruise and i fell overboard, luckily i had my trusty evga graphics card on me and i used it as a life raft. EVGA SAVED MY LIFE!

[@LinuxMaster9]

Sapphire is my go to AIB for AMD

[@tzuten]

Ok, well.. Go with a second rate card. I have a 6800XT, and ya.. Not happy.

[@Dartchone]

If u don't stream that is fine but if u stream u need Nvidia as AMD encoder's are nonexistent to be honest

[@Balanced--]

dont go amd. i have a 6900xt and regret it. constant driver crashes just like all their older products. im gonna sell this and go back to nvidia.

[@Tspectre2795]

The way they handled themselves during the GPU scalping is why I chose to give them my money when I got the link to buy. I am very pleased with my purchase and experience with EVGA. The problem is nice guys finish last because others support companies like Nvidia with their money. This may just be the beginning of a new video card manufacturer and that will be good for us the customers. Like the history of how the Lamborghini came into building super cars.

[@Demon09-_-]

are you saying evga will make their own gpus? thats very very unlikely they are a company of like 280 and do not have anywhere the buying power needed or staffing to start producing chips them self. The amount of R&D expenses to get into gpu design let alone compete in it against amd and nvidia would be astronomical at this point.

[@Demon09-_-]

@Zippy Dastrange the issue I see is I'd venture alot of the reason their psu's sells are ok is because of the people already their for gpus. their mobo sales and others dont account for much

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Difference is beginning of Lamborghini actually was in a way simpler era and the fact he had the manufacturing capabilities to build said cars and connections to get them build. VS GPUs that cost literally 100 millions of dollars just for r&d and ofc let alone way more for manufacturing.

[@ironpolux]

we will get through this, hang in there bro.

[@fmhqbattousai]

I was never an "Nvidia" guy -- I was an "EVGA" guy...Every single GPU I've ever owned has been EVGA and now, I can only hope they move to AMD because it would be a massive shame to lose such a fantastic player in the GPU game. If they start making AMD cards, I'll start using AMD cards lol

[@psynister6232]

Same same

[@Hubris2]

You would think EVGA would seriously look at this (and maybe they are in discussions with AMD now) - I guess they needed to get a statement out addressing their lack of 4-series cards whether they are ready to announce working with AMD or not.

[@Yatukih_001]

I liked their cards but I do not like all this Narcissism cra so I might want to switch to EVGA in the future.

[@HasanAslan]

According to gamersnexus (who was at this meeting also) they don't plan to partner with amd or intel. They are going to stop gpu business all together.

[@fmhqbattousai]

@@HasanAslan truly sad. I guess I'll just have to figure out what the amd equivalent aib is and go with them for the next GPU I buy

[@ProbablyAGamer]

I stand by that EVGA is my most respected PC component brand, nothing but great experiences with them. I really hope they succeed in their other areas of business. I would love to see EVGA take power supplies to a new level of power delivery and efficiency. I feel like if anybody can do that it's EVGA. I hope to see EVGA leading the power supply market in the near future.

[@Muteny84]

Glad to hear it. Why stay in a relationship with a partner that clearly doesn’t care about you? I’ve bought more EVGA components over the years than any other particular brand. And I plan to support EVGA going forward. People in general are way too dismissive of scummy behavior that doesn’t impact them directly and scummy behavior that benefits them.

[@nickwoodward819]

How many of those products are Nvidia cards?

[@montreauxs]

@@nickwoodward819 All of em.

[@syahfiqalarby6175]

Never would i thought i could get relationship advice from gpu companies

[@Muteny84]

@@nickwoodward819 1 nvidia GPU. 4 EVGA PSUs. 1 EVGA AIO. I prefer their PSUs for sure over others. And for the past several years, I’ve preferred building AMD only PCs for myself and friends, since for the last decade, AMD has been the most consumer friendly company of the Big 3.

[@Teh_Monk]

EVGA is the only brand I’ve ever purchased an Nvidia card from. I just love their card designs and reliability. Super sad they’re exiting the GPU space, but luckily I found a 3070Ti FTW3 recently and it’ll be in my rig for years to come. Maybe by the time I have to upgrade they’ll be making awesome video cards again.

[@hillonwheels8838]

I hope like a lot of people that EVGA will work with AMD and make them the new overclocking powerhouse.

[@wykydytron]

I'm pretty sure AMD is almost the same in doing business, it's just how it is due to protection from leaks etc. Intel is already hated by many because of what they do do i don't think EVGA will ever go back to GPU market. If they wanted they would already did that. They will double down on PSU and accessories.

[@csorrows]

AMD will do the same thing. There is a reason EVGA said they will not continue to make GPUs with anyone's chips. The new AMD is not any better than nVidia or Intel at treating partners.

[@ZucchiniCzar]

This presents an incredible opportunity for AMD to let partners show what they are capable of doing with their GPU architecture.

[@robgallagher2199]

I can only pray that EVGA got with AMD so I wouldn't have to deal with MSI garbage from them.

[@MIBxSpartan]

EVGA CEO said they were done with the GPU market for the time being. So no EVGA AMD video cards for the time being.

[@as7river]

@@MIBxSpartan :(

[@ruskimofia]

AMD isn’t capable of doing shit with their cards lmfao

[@dethtour]

@@ruskimofia they have good gpu's though. It's just their Ray tracing

[@falxonPSN]

Well, I guess my next GPU will be AMD now, because I can't in good conscience give any money to a partner that supports Nvidia after they allowed this to happen. It's amazing to me how there hasn't been further regulatory discussion of the monopolistic behavior by Nvidia, outside of the attempt to purchase ARM.

[@xite45]

blah blah

[@jsizzle2k6]

agreed.. i think if enough of us do it nvidia will crawl back. because outside of a strix card there isnt a single other nvidia card i would own.

[@temp9988]

Throw your NVIDIA card in the trash and tell me where it's at

[@itsaUSBline]

Let's not pretend that both aren't just corporate entities that exist to turn a profit. AMD would pull the same shit in a minute if they were on top and could get away with it. That's just how American companies do business. At the end of the day, the only truly moral option is not to support any company. Remember kids, there's no such thing as ethical consumption.

[@brutallica2944]

@@temp9988 Just threw mine in the trash, want the address here?

[@superBluestar44]

I think my favorite part about jayz2cents is how personable he is. big time youtubers are normally very scripted, and somewhat repetitious when it comes to content (which isn't a bad thing.) it's just a really nice touch to have someone like jay deliver tech news in a way that a close friend would. it honestly feels like he's talking to me in an honest and straightforward manner. I'm a fan for life.

[@vinniethefinger7781]

He comes across in a conversational manner to me which is a nice change from the norm. Something you can't manufacture.

[@ScubaMotos]

I bought Evga cards for almost 20 years and hearing this honestly made my heart sink, Every single gpu in my lifetime has been evga. I've never met a company with extreme quality and extreme customer service...... Honestly sounds like I'm switching to no one at this point of time and just hope Evga makes a return..

[@CLBCrew96]

Same here. I find it odd I feel really sad about this lol. Evga, in my mind, makes the best cards on the market. Guess I won’t be getting a 4000 series. Luckily I was able to get my 3070 ftw3 early at launch.

[@_6-6_]

Evga was basically the most solid bang for buck gpus, if you count warranties. I only ever touched evga, asus or founders cards, but this is quite a blow, since evga has the best customer service in the gpu biz. We will miss you

[@battosaijenkins946]

@JayzTwoCents, the real question is if EVGA RTX cards will shoot up in value since they're bound to be discontinued no? 🤔🤔

[@Kruscle]

Their RMA service was top notch for GPUs.

[@dethtour]

They're most likely going with AMD now. Nvidia had a bad reputation now.

[@DefianceOrDishonor]

Yeah the Asus cards were nice too, but if you wanted quality and good support EVGA was the best choice imo. Asus has a pretty meh customer service experience. EVGA on the other hand really gave a damn about customer relations... I'm really going to miss EVGA, I don't think anything like this has really happened since I started building PCs over twenty years ago. I'm sure similar things have occurred, but never with brands that I actually care about.

[@davidharrison6535]

Im on my 4th EVGA GARD All the old cards are still working back to my gtx560 660 760 now 3060

[@RN1441]

I've never had to deal with an EVGA RMA but my friend did about 15 years ago and he was very impressed by how he was treated. I'm sure Nvidia will put their own spin on this situation, but I've never heard good things about competing against a supplier like Nvidia is doing with the 3rd party AIB vendors. Edit: It's not just allocations on GPUs, it's the GDDR6x too.

[@PNW06SGM]

I have only ever run EVGA cards and the first one I ever had ended up having a fan dying on it. I was somehow lucky to get the 7950 GT KO that had a lifetime warranty on it (this was 16 years ago about). Reached out to EVGA Support and they sent me a newer card that was comparable to the 7950 GT KO in performance, for free. Since then I have always used their cards.

[@Kista79]

Just recently I had to RMA a 3060 card and it went great, I hadn't even had it a month but they just shipped me a replacement card, however it would've been nice if they covered shipping both ways since the card was practically brand new. I have a couple of 1660 Super's having issues that most likely I'll need to contact them again, I've only had those for a few months.

[@keithforce1470]

Glad i got 3080Ti FTW3 bc i don't think they're won't be any 40xx series made and price will definitely go up on 30xx card series. You'll be missed EVGA. Ty for everything.

[@machinainc5812]

Im really sad at this. EVGA is by far my favorite GPU partner. Hopefully they reconsider and parter up with AMD and Intel. They’d be an amazing GPU partner for Intel.

[@Lem_On_Lime]

I would love to see them go Intel, they might just give them a chance to actually expand into the market.

[@Nelthalin]

It would not be a good partner for EVGA tho. Arc should have been out a long time ago. A770 is still not out and next gen AMD and nVidia cards are almost there. You don't want to be in that position and only have Intel as an option. I would like to see them make AMD cards but that market might be saturates? Let's hope more gamers ban nVidia because of this so they finally start to feel some pain for the choices they are making. It's so sad nVidia just let's EVGA go they just don't care.

[@HankBaxter]

I want them to go to whoever pisses off Nvidia more.

[@aaronthomas6155]

@@Lem_On_Lime The problem with EVGA partnering with Intel, is the fact that Intel is currently more than a year late to launch their first generation of graphics cards with still no firm release date set. Intel is also having major driver issues. Being a first generation product, it's unlikely EVGA would ever recoup the losses of developing boards.

[@Lem_On_Lime]

@@aaronthomas6155 Yeah, at this point 1st gen Intel GPUs are irrelevant, and will probably only be seen in underserved markets. But without EVGA, a second generation of Intel GPUs might never happen, and honestly that is bad for EVERYONE. Intel just stretched themselves thin trying to produce a GPU at literally the worst time for development, shipping, and manufacturing; I don't even think it's their fault that it's a 'paper release.'

[@Zookegger]

I’m curious to see if AMD hops on this train and convinces EVGA to make AMD cards

[@ZackSNetwork]

Going AMD is the best option for them. Intel is either dead in the water or will not be competitive for a while.

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

no that's probably why EVGA left nVidia probably for that reason. well one of the many reasons.

[@j.a.3138]

@@ZackSNetwork wtf you just said? Intel is dead on the water? You must be on drugs

[@commanderkaoz1556]

In which case, i will be buying amd cards. EVGA is the only reason I've stuck with nvidia cards this whole time

[@Ryan-re1rs]

Id say yes,

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Saw Steve’s video before this, I’ve had good experience with EVGA’ card design, PSUs, and warranty. It sounds weird to vouch for a company but their track record has been so good that I hope EVGA partners with Intel or AMD

[@krzysztofpaszkiewicz1274]

I'm curious who else was there with Steve and Jay? Can't see any other videos.

[@codycast]

You saw Steve? Cool. Did you get Bobs take? I love what Brian had to say. Almost as much as what Frank mentioned.

[@tommyboi4872]

@@codycast Funny guy Xd

[@sysbofh]

Once I started buying EVGA graphics, never stopped. I think my first EVGA was one GTX460, and it lasted until I got a GTX1050Ti. Yes, I'm weird this way - only change my graphics card when it stops working or can't run the games anymore. I really hope EVGA goes AMD. :D

[@MADCATMK3103]

@@sysbofh 8800GTS for me last was 3070 sad to see them go.

[@armega628]

Thanks for the great content Jay! Just watched Gamers Nexus's take on the news and lets just say, I'm really happy you are here to cover topics like this. This is sad news for sure and I'm surprised there is not more of this happening to be honest. Keep up the great content brother!

[@TheRealLink]

Have owned tons of EVGA products and GPUs since around the Fermi days and it's still pretty surreal to hear. I hope they will work with some way to move forward and not disappear as their quality, support, and such have been legendary. GN has a fantastic video on it too but also thank you Jay for your discussion on this.

[@brinmat]

Man. Back when I was first learning the insides of PCs, the first card I installed myself was an EVGA GT 730. I've stuck with their GPUs and recommended them. I'm happy to support them - good, reliable products and they really seem to value their customers and employees which is far too rare these days. AMD should absolutely jump on this. I'd be perfectly happy to try an EVGA AMD GPU for my next upgrade.

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

oh man, that card has always been a scam. Some of them still run FERMI architecture.. they shouldn't even exist. I'm just glad you've upgraded since, because even having no graphics card is often better than a 730.

[@brinmat]

​@@BahhBahhBrownSheep Oh, that was about 8 years ago, I think. I didn't have much money back then and I was still learning. Current build has an RTX 3060 Ti.

[@psychemike]

@@brinmat My first GPU was a GT610, I feel you lol

[@variaveith]

I had to buy cheap gpu to continue working for the new pc and it was GT730 (but gddr5) lmao

[@grimdicer152]

AMD could take advantage of this situation. I’d love to see them partner up in a deeper way given the winning streak that AMD is on.

[@scrawnyclownsnatch9656]

I agree. If there is anything that would get me to switch over to AMD, it would be an EVGA AMD card.

[@jakestocker4854]

Why though? Outside of brand recognition XFX and Sapphire make the most high quality cards out there.

[@klooger28]

@@jakestocker4854 because evga good

[@jakestocker4854]

@@klooger28 sure, but I don't think they're better than Sapphire or even most XFX cards. Probably wouldn't do nearly as much to swing sales as people think.

[@robotsix6268]

EVGA is a big player. If AMD doesn't pounce at the opportunity, it sounds like there won't be another.

[@RollinShultz]

It's dissappointing news as I lean towards EVGA in making most purchases. Maybe this push will affect NVIDIA enough to make them turn around and do right by AIBs and customers.

[@ron200088]

EVGA Gpu’s not really popular in my country, even though they’ve produced some top quality video cards. I am a really big fan of their PSU’s since I’ve used a lot in builds over the years and never had a problem. Really hope they manage to stay afloat and shift towards AMD. I’m sure it must be a serious hit for them.

[@CrimsonDay92ShaDow6iX]

Same here too was planning out to get rtx 40 series from evga😢 IF they ever get onboard to amd that would rly shake up the competitive prices. Really would hope EVGA would decide to be AIB partners to amd side next. Their OC card are incredible man.

[@darnedghost2008]

What? I really like EVGA cards

[@daffhead4975]

EVGA makes the best graphics cards and noone comes close to their warranty and customer support.

[@cossco8081]

In the GamersNexus video, the CEO mentioned they are not shifting to AMD or Intel. Pretty sure they are out of the card business as a whole :(

[@TennSeven]

The CEO has said in interviews (according to Gamer's Nexus) that they have no desire to produce AMD nor Intel video cards.

[@tytanyx]

Always trusted EVGA for PSUs and I got my first GPU with them with my current 3070 and I'm loving it so far. Shame to see them go, but I'm hoping they can still maybe make cards for AMD and not leave the GPU market entirely. Their customer service and products are top notch and it would be awful to see them go from this market.

[@renatatostada3318]

Every time I go shopping for a PSU, I say to myself or to the person I'm building for--multiple times--that I trust EVGA with my life

[@959tolis626]

@@renatatostada3318 Same here. First EVGA PSU I bought was a G2 1300W, which was massively overkill for what I needed, but it's been going strong with the friend I sold it to, mining at almost full capacity for the last 2.5 years (I bought it in 2015, so it's not new) without breaking a sweat. For my current system I went with a more sane G3 850W, again EVGA. And let me tell you, I've pushed my 5900X to use up to 210W of power (I settled on 180 due to thermals) and my 6900XT to 400W. I've seen people with similar systems tripping OCP and stuff on other brands' 1000W PSUs, but mine has never even flinched. I've measured a peak of >800W from the wall, and it still never gave me any problems. For PSUs I always suggest either EVGA or Seasonic (Seasonic is the GOAT, but they are pricey) to friends or family that ask me what to get. That said, my dad got a Be Quiet 550W and it seems like a solid unit, so they're probably good too.

[@Moody_Incorporated]

They will do AMD it's just Nvidia.

[@godlikemachine645]

@@Moody_Incorporated "will still"? Evga has never sold AMD graphics cards, they've always been Nvidia exclusive.

[@djjjjjd]

@@Moody_Incorporated they don't make GPUs for AMD. I hope they start doing so though.

[@ggkickzz]

We Love You EVGA for real ! You brought lots to the community we respect you for that hopefully you shine brighter than before

[@bullettube9863]

I think that Nvida's caution has become paranoia when it comes to protecting it's patents and technology. It's partially due to the dog-eat-dog nature of the industry but how a company values it's partners is also very important and I think they have really never been nice people to begin with. EVGA on the other hand has always seemed to be a good company, willing to go the extra mile for it's customers.

[@rockking1379]

The step up program was amazing! I bought a 760 like two weeks before the 900 series announcement. Used step up to trade in the 760, paid the difference, and got a 970. Used that 970 for many years happily.

[@STS]

EVGA has been very successful at building the brand and convincing people (rightfully so) that they were a top Nvidia AIB brand. Currently using an EVGA RTX 3060 XC in my main editing rig

[@davidpippin3460]

Watching this looking at my two systems with EVGA 1080Ti's running perfectly for years makes me sad. I am glad they are standing by their principles and hope to see EVGA AMD cards in the future.

[@von...]

Same! My 1080ti FTW3 was legit either mining or gaming 24/7 for the last 4 years straight. Impressive quality to say the least, it has without a doubt been the best value of any PC component I have ever owned.

[@VanquishedAgain]

Hopefully AMD capitalizes on this and forms a partnership

[@macronomicus]

Send in Lisa Su, she can make the deal happen, EVGA could spice up the lineup & it would inspire the other amd gpu makers competitive drive in that innovative way too. Win/Win!

[@ran2wild370]

It looks like they only can buy assembly lines from EVGA.

[@troglodude980]

Well obviously, evga mobos arent that popular if they cut ties with the gpu market as a whole they wouldn't survive

[@nanezferrer3565]

EVGA CEO said they are not interested with INTEL and AMD

[@EdwardVGrimm]

@@nanezferrer3565 totally, but what if...

[@thebudgetcyclist4310]

I can't see how power supplies are gonna keep the company alive, but the best of luck for them.

[@LatitudeSky]

EVGA has long been my go-to when I could afford their products. I used their step-up program. They made it easy to be an NVIDA user. But I went Radeon for my current card, for budget reasons. It took courage to leave the NVIDIA world I knew and try something new. It turned out fine for me and I hope the same for EVGA. Thanks to all their employees for years and years of support and for being awesome.

[@seantaft3853]

If anyone from AMD watched this unfold, they must have smiles on their faces. Not necessarily because they could get a partner for Radeon (though that should be a thought) or because a major partner for their rival isn't taking shelf space, but because the reasons EVGA stated they left and how other partners of NVidia could see this and follow suit.

[@ironhead2008]

Yep, lots of dirty laundry being aired here. I think there's lots of popcorn being popped in the C-Suite offices of AMD.

[@najeebshah.]

nvidia is literally the premium player, no company that is sensible would leave them , those who did in the past got relegated to 3rd tier companies lol

[@seantaft3853]

@@najeebshah. so you're saying EVGA should just keep being abused and losing money? That's what it sounds like you're saying. As a business, THAT is the single dumbest thing you can do; EVGA, after explaining their reasons and looking at the market, HAD to do this and were the first major company to say "screw NVidia" and walk.

[@brianlevine249]

@@najeebshah. For now. The last 2 years Nvidia has made some very questionable business decisions.

[@P4PKing]

@@najeebshah. If AMD were to pick them up that wouldn't be considered a "3rd tier company"

[@neavo8421]

I hope EVGA starts making AMD cards - I would love an EVGA branded card. I liked the XFX cards (some were hit and miss). Remember BFGTech? They made a killer 6800 GTOC and a few cards after that they were out of business thanks to Nvidia. Nvidia has alwasy been difficult to buy from, but I have pulled the trigger on an EVGA 1080 TI FTW3 and a couple of RTX 3060s from EVGA.

[@ryanq.4799]

Would love to see EVGA and PowerColor (Red devil cards) go head to head, both are my go to on each side

[@tbrowniscool]

Yeah by first ever GPU was a 8800GTS 320mb I think it was a BFG card. 2008 ish :) Happy memories

[@jkinze]

I've only bought EVGA graphics cards since 2012. I remember my 660 blew my mind. I bought the 980 ti in Oct of 2014. I still use the 980 ti. Cool story about EVGA, and their reputation. A lightning storm fried all my houses hdmi cords and my 980 ti, it was in the last year under warranty, and they sent me a new 980 ti! Since then, I swore I would buy only EVGA. Now idk, what brand I'll be purchasing, but I'm in the process of browsing new gpus. Budget is 1k. Without Evga, I'll probably be buying AMD.

[@CaptainJonathan]

It seems I am always late to the party. My first EVGA card was the recent 3090. I did have to make use of the warranty and the experience was smooth. It's a true shame that it seems without fail that when a company like NVIDIA grows to a certain point, greed becomes their number one priority above everything else. I'd happily switch to AMD if it were not for some proprietary bits I need from Nvidia. Of course AMD isn't immune. Hopefully success doesn't go to their heads as well.

[@aaronthomas6155]

NVidia's behavior hasn't changed. Nvidia has been like this for multiple GPU generations. NVidia has always wanted complete control and has never respected their board partners.

[@LinuxMaster9]

I am curious what those proprietary bits you need are. Ray Tracing isnt something I worry if I have or not. I am loving my RX 6800XT. I replaced a GTX 1080 with it.

[@yurimodin7333]

nvidia has always been like this , hell it means 'envy' in latin

[@Ya-Be]

@@LinuxMaster9 Problem for me is that I have a pretty good G-Sync Monitor (with nvidia Chip) that only works with Nvidia cards. I would have to replace that one aswell even though it's not really old or doesn't fit my needs anymore. Also, playing Cyperpunk in a not bugged version with cranked up raytracing actually really tempts me.. And DLSS 2.0 is significatnly better than AMDs competitor (If my information is still valid.) Nonetheless, this move made me really question if I should not actually think about AMD in a more serious way. If not EVGA I might go with Sapphire, heared a lot of good things about them.

[@CaptainJonathan]

@@LinuxMaster9 IRAY / CUDA for 3D work

[@EdwardVGrimm]

I would ABSOLUTELY consider Intel or AMD GPUs if EVGA partners with them. Their customer service and QA is one of the very best there is (or was). Truly an end of an era.

[@scrivz69]

Good on them for telling Nvidia to shove it. I hope they go on to bigger and better things.

[@lpfreak72589]

my first graphics card was a 1070 during the vrm failure, how they handled it won a customer for life. Sad Ill never get to upgrade to a new EVGA card again

[@josephmac2684]

I hope they become an Intel and AMD partner since EVGA is already making the motherboards. My family has been buying EVGA since 2006. My first graphics cards were a EVGA 8600GT and a EVGA GTX480. Very solid brand, never had a card die from them.

[@duanepeterson9666]

For those around during the 3dfx days will remember once 3dfx started selling their own cards and eliminated the partners, that is when 3dfx went down hill. Don't underestimate the power of competition.

[@Lucifaar]

That was my first thought. EVGA leaving will probably be the start of Nvidia losing all their other partners.

[@JoeksterNMS]

Precisely. I've been debating about doing a complete system overhaul, and while I team green may have the better product currently, I won't spend my money with someone who behaves this way. I guess AMD for me! And I have a feeling I'm not going to be alone in that...

[@dirg3music]

@@Lucifaar I have a feeling Nvidia is trying to go for the Apple model of complete vertical integration. When you look at it, they're very much alike, there's a reason they haven't played nice with each other. I hope EVGA finds a way to work with AMD beyond just motherboards, an EVGA RDNA3 or 4 GPU would be awesome.

[@GoofieNewfie]

Diamond Monster 3dfx ! Voodoo graphics lol! yeah, 3dfx went down quickly. This makes Nvidia look very very bad. I'm not camp anyone but have bought more Nvidia vs Amd over the years. Now, hmm. I certainly wouldn't be buying Nvidia stocks right now.

[@johnallen8248]

True, Nvidia is not the first one to sit on the top of the graphics card market, only to throw it away for greed.

[@andrewmaughan1205]

Am I alone in hoping that EVGA will shift to partnering with both AMD and Intel for both the motherboards and graphics cards? It would allow them to share the basis of the visual styling of the cards with the boards better similar to what Asus and MSI have been doing for years.

[@STS]

EVGA is really one of nvidia's top partners... An AMD and/or Intel partnership would be huge for either or both companies.

[@CallMeMistral]

Been building pc's with evga components since about the same time as you ~2003. Build around 15 pcs for myself or friends and I never had any issues with any parts. EVGA was always like knowing that you get value for you money and if there would have been a problem you got their well known rma system. Defo will miss them a lot.

[@JKLauderdale]

This was a big deal when XFX left the fold, they've made some great cards with AMD's architectures since. EVGA leaving?!? I can imagine a bunch of other AIBs are going to be happy with the increase of supply but it's going to be interesting to see where EVGA jumps to.

[@CR055FIRE]

XFX never really made custom high end models though they were basically just vanilla cards with XFX stickers remember EVGA made a custom GTX 275 with a GTS 250 on the same board

[@thomaslayman9487]

the xfx rx 580 😍

[@ccricers]

I think XFX is improving again, but I consider Sapphire to be the EVGA of AMD cards.

[@NadeemAhmed-nv2br]

@@ccricers sapphire and power colors eed devil series

[@STS]

EVGA and AMD...the partnership of the decade