Friday, April 13th 2018
Dell and HP Not Interested in Jumping on the NVIDIA GPP Bandwagon
Our colleague Kyle Bennett from HardOCP has spoken with his trusted industry sources and found out that big names like Dell and HP haven't penned the deal with NVIDIA to join the GeForce Partner Program (GPP). HP recently introduced their updated Pavilion Gaming lineup with both AMD and NVIDIA graphics card options, which goes to show that the computer giant hasn't aligned its gaming brand exclusively with NVIDIA. On the other hand, their Omen Gaming boxes weren't available with AMD graphics cards, which Kyle has noted could be a product of a supply issue. In other news, NVIDIA hasn't been able to convince Lenovo, one of the big three OEMs, to join their cause either. Lenovo Legion gaming products were still listed on their website with graphics cards from the red team. HardOCP has reached out to NVIDIA once again to inquire about which brands have comitted to GPP, but they were met with silence.
While brands like ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI are siding with NVIDIA, Dell and HP are the real big players in the game. No other manufacturer comes close to purchasing and moving the amount of mid-end and low-end graphics cards from NVIDIA like those two do. It doesn't really come as a surprise why NVIDIA wants them to jump onboard so desperately. Kyle's behind-the-scene conversations with this sources suggest that neither Dell or HP will NVIDIA twist their arms as they consider GPP to be unethical and illegal.
Source:
HardOCP
While brands like ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI are siding with NVIDIA, Dell and HP are the real big players in the game. No other manufacturer comes close to purchasing and moving the amount of mid-end and low-end graphics cards from NVIDIA like those two do. It doesn't really come as a surprise why NVIDIA wants them to jump onboard so desperately. Kyle's behind-the-scene conversations with this sources suggest that neither Dell or HP will NVIDIA twist their arms as they consider GPP to be unethical and illegal.
47 Comments on Dell and HP Not Interested in Jumping on the NVIDIA GPP Bandwagon
Imagine Alienware with Vega disaster only
Though at least Vega would finally be in a gamer's possession, without it being ridiculously overpriced. Don't know if the rest of the system would be overpriced or not, however.
its just a matter of time.
with AMD just releasing an 'X' in their name for a yearly upgrade of their cards..
i guess every one will be pissed off by the lack of innovation & annoying rebadging & rebranding..from the RED team.
Edit: *quick googling of alienware aurora R5 shows gtx 1070 FE so probably direct from nvidia.
I've hated NVida ever since they sued companies for bypassing SLI on motherboards. Some great products, but I'll avoid whenever possible.
They kinda closed the site and stopped driver support immediately, behavior which I still remember and I resent them for.
They got some nice tech from 3dfx, among which the SLI and many other crucial patents.
they are not banning nVidia. they are just trying not to let nvidia ban amd and dominate the market and increase the prices.
IF the sole source for this news is Kyle Bennett, I call clickbait with this article.
this time not even 0.1% difference...not even like rx 470 vs rx 570..
Just adding an 'X' in the name for a yearly release???? thats all you got..??
Perhaps we just need more Nvidia brands because everybody deep inside knows they are the one innovating & are 2 years ahead of AMD in PC Gaming.
They(Nvidia) got the R & D, They got the Innovation, They got the performance, They got the Effeciency, They got the Stock,
Because AMD is just casual coz they got PS4,Xbox & MAC Pros..(AMD are monoply in their own way..)
I guess Nvidia is right after all...Need all OEM to jump ship..or get stuck behind with old tech & no stock..