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Lucky you.In fact, outside of the pampered North American and Western Europe markets, they're just about unobtainable.
Lucky you.In fact, outside of the pampered North American and Western Europe markets, they're just about unobtainable.
For sure other things at play. Too many pots in the fire. But I do believe Founder's Edition cut into their niche in the market. I also gather Nvidia only makes enough Founders ed. to capture some of the initial price-gouging over MSRP at hardware release, which they no doubt creat by limiting supplies.Primarily because Nvidia doesn't sell Founders cards worldwide. In fact, outside of the pampered North American and Western Europe markets, they're just about unobtainable.
Something tells me the EVGA issues run far deeper than just "nGreedia bad". For example, their audio card venture simply folded after there was a fire at the Asahi Kasei Microdevices factory that manufactured the DAC and ADC that they used to make them. Instead of changing the design and suppliers, they just withdrew from the market.
I only found that out because I had been looking at upgrading from my original NU Audio (which I must admit, you have to pry it from my cold dead hands, I love it) to the second generation 7.1 model around the time I last overhauled my PC and got the i9-13900KS, only to find out they stopped making them. No driver updates have been released since then either, leaving them pretty much dead in the water. I hope that there's no compatibility issues any time soon - thankfully, it seems that audio drivers aren't exactly something that tend to break over time.
Most of EVGA's businesses have folded or collapsed in one way or another. With the exception of their power supply business (which also changed considerably, since EVGA is no longer synonymous with quality after several straight garbage PSU series ranging from non-rated to the lower-end 80 Plus Gold models), EVGA had been committing a series of blunders and they've just about come to pay the price for it. Don't you think that if it was really a case of Nvidia charging extortionate prices for the chips, making their life hard, etc. - they'd not have a whole series of Radeons, including an RX 7900 XTX Kingpin out by now? There's no loyalty in business, anyone who believes that excuse is beyond silly. The way I see it, the reason EVGA often gets a pass and blame is shifted elsewhere is because they're a darling brand.
If that hypothetical 7900 XTX Kingpin existed, I would have one. I wouldn't even care about the usual trillions of bugs and performance issues(*). I'd have it, fullstop.
(*) i'm obviously joking here, ease up usual suspects
System Name | Pioneer |
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Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
Storage | Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
Then post one?I think it is a verified truth from multiple sources.
That would not surprise me at all. EVGA was doing solid before their choice to shut down. We might never know the real answer.Something tells me the EVGA issues run far deeper than just "nGreedia bad".
System Name | "Icy Resurrection" |
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Processor | 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS Special Edition |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15S upgraded with 2x NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans and Honeywell PTM7950 TIM |
Memory | 32 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB F5-6800J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK @ 7600 MT/s 36-44-44-52-96 1.4V |
Video Card(s) | ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X White OC Edition |
Storage | 500 GB WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD + 4 TB WD Red Plus WD40EFPX HDD |
Display(s) | 55-inch LG G3 OLED |
Case | Pichau Mancer CV500 White Edition |
Power Supply | EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold |
Mouse | Microsoft Classic Intellimouse |
Keyboard | Generic PS/2 |
Software | Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 |
Benchmark Scores | I pulled a Qiqi~ |
That would not surprise me at all. EVGA was doing solid before their choice to shut down. We might never know the real answer.
System Name | Z77 Rev. 1 |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 3770K |
Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Extreme4 |
Cooling | Water Cooling |
Memory | 2x G.Skill F3-2400C10D-16GTX |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX 1080 |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro |
Display(s) | Samsung 28" UE590 UHD |
Case | Silverstone TJ07 |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Seasonic PRIME 600W Titanium |
Mouse | EVGA TORQ X10 |
Keyboard | Leopold Tenkeyless |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark Time Spy: 7695 |
Post JPR's report? Post TPU's content? Post GN's interview? Post Jayztwocents' content? Post financials? Post AIBs' statements?Then post one?
System Name | Pioneer |
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Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
Storage | Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
Sure. My point was simply that the burden of proof is on the claimant and my bullshit detector goes off on unsourced "I heard's."Post JPR's report? Post TPU's content? Post GN's interview? Post Jayztwocents' content? Post financials? Post AIBs' statements?
Plausible. Beyond what's been said publicly, we have nothing to go on. It just sucks..I think we've only really had an image of EVGA being solid because of their first-rate customer service and product lines that we genuinely liked. End of the day, I think running the business was getting challenging due to market conditions and supplier problems, having to compete with one of their primary business partners directly no doubt fueled that rollercoaster, and the CEO decided he'd had enough.
Processor | Ryzen 7 5800X3D |
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Motherboard | Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite |
Cooling | Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE |
Memory | 2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | RTX3080 Ti FE |
Storage | SX8200 Pro 1 TB, Plextor M6Pro 256 GB, WD Blue 2TB |
Display(s) | LG 34GN850P-B |
Case | SilverStone Primera PM01 RGB |
Audio Device(s) | SoundBlaster G6 | Fidelio X2 | Sennheiser 6XX |
Power Supply | SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 750W |
Mouse | Endgame Gear XM1R |
Keyboard | Wooting Two HE |
Not when FE is out of stock or sold out:Well..... EVGA comes to mind. Pretty hard to compete when Nvidia sells it's own Founders Version at a cheaper price than the AIB's can. Why would they even try?
System Name | Z77 Rev. 1 |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 3770K |
Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Extreme4 |
Cooling | Water Cooling |
Memory | 2x G.Skill F3-2400C10D-16GTX |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX 1080 |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro |
Display(s) | Samsung 28" UE590 UHD |
Case | Silverstone TJ07 |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Seasonic PRIME 600W Titanium |
Mouse | EVGA TORQ X10 |
Keyboard | Leopold Tenkeyless |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark Time Spy: 7695 |
Sorry, in this case, you are the claimant who is trying to contradict 2 years of well established data.Sure. My point was simply that the burden of proof is on the claimant and my bullshit detector goes off on unsourced "I heard's."
I don't strongly doubt the claims but I personally don't have knowledge and was asking for a source. That's all.
PS: It was actually kapone who would be the first "claimant" in this quote line though, not you, just FYI.
System Name | Pioneer |
---|---|
Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
Storage | Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
It's not established in a discussion without a source.Sorry, in this case, you are the claimant who is trying to contradict 2 years of well established data.
Yeah, but those are the FE models. No thank you.Not when FE is out of stock or sold out:
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All but 4060 Ti are sold out on Nvidia store page.