ARFThey wanted to get rid off nvidia and the dark man.
But why don't they begin to offer AMD Radeons, then, like ASRock, Acer and XFX?

It's still a mystery. For all we know he was holding a grudge since they discontinued the Radeon All-In-Wonder series. I was pretty miffed about that too and vowed not to pay over $300 for a GPU ever again.

Prima.VeraTheir first review:
www.anandtech.com/show/42/amd-k6-review

Those were the good old times when you could run either AMD, Intel or Cyrix CPUs on the same socket, on the same Motherboards.
The best.

Yep. Was there for that review and that year I was rotating between a Pentium MMX 166, a K6-200, and a Cyrix 6x86 MX PR200.

I'm still doing the same stuff but the internet sucks now.

I hope Anand is doing well wherever he is at now.

Marsilprobably they may reincarnate as a youtube channel which is much profitable these days

The problem with youtube I've yet to find anything on there that matches the technical detail of a prime anandtech article.

ARFThey wanted to get rid off nvidia and the dark man.
But why don't they begin to offer AMD Radeons, then, like ASRock, Acer and XFX?

Not to derail too hard: but it's a simple answer. Occam's razor.

The founder Andrew Han built EVGA from nothing, the company is his baby. But over the last decade, many stories have come out of how unreasonable he can be, openly berating employees, and getting into petty drama. Well, in the last 5 years or so EVGA has become rather mismanaged, they managed to lose money on the 1000 and 2000 series due to over-ordering near the end of their life cycle.

It was time for Han to step down, let someone else run the company, but he had no one he was willing to give the reins too. He also didnt want to sell EVGA, because he's still attached to the company he built. Whether due to old age or ego; Instead, his unreasonable nature came out, picked a fight with Leather man, then refused to budge from his position of not making GPUs anymore, which tanked the company into what it is today, a zombie waiting for the final knell to ring.

Han should have stepped down, if not after managing to lose money on pascal, absolutely after the failure of the 3000 series VRMs. Instead he refused and destroyed his lifelong magnum opus. Even back whent he news came out, I found it suspicious that EVGA's claims, while reasonable, did not line up with their actions (if nvidia GPU margins are so low, why make 7 variations? Why buy at the end of a life cycle? if you cant raise prices beyond MSRP, why did you do it like everyone else during Red Lung, ece), and since then I was proven right, Han did not have a concrete plan, and much of his company has fallen apart without GPU revenue propping it up.

TheLostSwedeEven the video content is dying, as people don't have the patience for long form content any more. It's really sad that people have such short attention spans these days.

I dont agree with this. Multi hour long documentaries on youtube get millions, if not tens of millions, of views. A well written long form content piece, no matter the format, will get attention.

IMO, much of the content has severely degraded. Nothing anand has put out matches what anand himself wrote. A lot of failing long form content is written poorly or so dry that nobody finds it interesting. They can be summed up with 1-2 sentence TLDRs, which should not be happening in proper long form reviews.

TheinsanegamerNThat type of "not enough profit" thinking was strikingly similar to EVGA's reasoning for getting rid of GPUs, despite them being 70% of revenue, and ended in a similar manner.

EVGA had their reasons, much like Anandtech probably does, its better to go out with a reputation for quality than sell off and the brand get ruined by SEO or a greedy company.

ARFBut why don't they begin to offer AMD Radeons, then, like ASRock, Acer and XFX?

EVGA likely had a contract with Nvidia not to sell AMD radeon cards, I doubt it would've mattered anyway, all of the talented people left EVGA so it would've been just another OEM.

They will be missed. I'll take written reviews over videos any day of the week.

Goodby old friend, we're gonna miss You... [presses "F" repeatedly]

Anandtech, Hexus.net and TPU were my all-time-favourite foreign tech sites, now it's just TPU and I hope it stays with us.

Oooph....right in the feels.....hell of a run, though.

I legit had a tear when this news actually sunk in. AT is the foundation of my teenage fascination with home computers from the PII era. Them as a resource in the early WWW was utterly precious. There is a real and sudden sense of loss here. Wish everyone there the very best for the future.
I now feel an existential threat for TPU and videocardz now. These are the only 2 sites I still visit weekly! May the powers that be, protect them and have them in their good graces.

I didn't visit Anandtech as much as I used to but I still went there whenever they did analysis of a new CPU/GPU architecture. The level of detail they went into was unmatched.

I'll miss that.

DavenI've been reading tech review sites including Anandtech since the 90s.

With this news, I'm pouring one out for my homies: Hardocp, Techreport, Xbitlabs and now Anandtech. You will all be missed.

It's funny but it's another indication of me getting old.

I used to argue with my now deceased uncle, about tech stuff and use anandtech and hardocp a lot as sources. I know, unimportant information but even little things will remind me of better times.

Goodbye anandtech. Thanks for the news and sources for all these years.

27 years of reading the latest hardware reviews is about to come to a close. Yes. Reading. Not watching YOUTUBE reviews. I didn't learn to build computers by watching videos. I started with the public library or book stores. Then later on with magazines and websites. I watched the internet become what is is today. For better or worse. Telephone baud modems to cable modems to WiFi. Smartphones were years away. DVD was just about to come out. Windows 95 was about to be replaced with Windows 98. The fastest CPU we may have had ran @ 300 Mhz. Different generation. Now it feels so old school. Farewell, Anandtech!

The site went down hill over time so I understand, imho they should have pulled the trigger much earlier or 'sold' it off to a university so profit wasn't an issue while keeping the in depth articles going .

I remember waking up everyday during a dark time and having something interesting to read at anandtech as the only brightspot in my day, so it does sting a bit.

Anandtech and Tom's Hardware were the first two sites that I recall going to for reviews of PC hardware. I am old enough to have read their first articles shortly after release so this hits hard. However, as others have said, the writing was on the wall since Andrei Frumusanu and Ian Cutress left. They will be missed along with Ace's Hardware, HardOCP, TechReport, and Xbitlabs though AnandTech was unmatched for their technical depth. TechPowerUp is the only one that's still going strong.

Paganstomp27 years of reading the latest hardware reviews is about to come to a close. Yes. Reading. Not watching YOUTUBE reviews. I didn't learn to build computers by watching videos. I started with the public library or book stores. Then later on with magazines and websites. I watched the internet become what is is today. For better or worse. Telephone baud modems to cable modems to WiFi. Smartphones were years away. DVD was just about to come out. Windows 95 was about to be replaced with Windows 98. The fastest CPU we may have had ran @ 300 Mhz. Different generation. Now it feels so old school. Farewell, Anandtech!

Who else remembers those "Upgrade and Repair PC" line of books republished each year with updates before the internet raise your hand or raise your emoji.

PsyclownI stopped frequently visiting once the architectural deep dives became mostly non existent.

Same, they were written by Anand so when he left that stopped.

Anand left for Apple and the decline in the site was almost immediate. The crew there kept the lights on but it wasn't Anandtech any more.

Tech Report had the same problem when Scott Wasson was hired by AMD.

Tom's hardware was big enough that it didn't quite die when Thomas Pabst left in 2001, and now it has enough content and variety of reviews that I think it will continue to survive.

I know TPU is not a one-man show but here's hoping W1zzard loves his site so much that we're graced with his continued efforts and enthusiasm for many years to come.

Hecate91EVGA likely had a contract with Nvidia not to sell AMD radeon cards, I doubt it would've mattered anyway, all of the talented people left EVGA so it would've been just another OEM.

Sounds like the famous nvidia partner program, which is a reason for a global class-action law-suit.

AMD acts stupid, AMD needs someone like EVGA to sell Radeons. When EVGA no longer has any contract relations with nvidia, it's free...

If I were AMD, I would pay how much it is needed, install the appropriate men in EVGA, and start selling Radeons with best quality.

Thank God they don't shut down the site completely.
Every time I want to find some info about very old hardware I put the word Anandtech in the Google search box.

"ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Anandtech review". "Athlon 64 Review"
EVERY TIME.

It was a site considered objective and with very detailed articles. Pity that it stops here, but OK, today Anandtech is just a shadow of what it was 20 years ago.

Paganstomp27 years of reading the latest hardware reviews is about to come to a close. Yes. Reading. Not watching YOUTUBE reviews. I didn't learn to build computers by watching videos. I started with the public library or book stores. Then later on with magazines and websites. I watched the internet become what is is today. For better or worse. Telephone baud modems to cable modems to WiFi. Smartphones were years away. DVD was just about to come out. Windows 95 was about to be replaced with Windows 98. The fastest CPU we may have had ran @ 300 Mhz. Different generation. Now it feels so old school. Farewell, Anandtech!

+1

There was no youtube or even smart phones when I started building pc's.

But the old is gold saying is still true and at the end of the day experience is king.

Sad! But it was to be expected so I’m not surprised by it. It slowly winded down beginning with the departure of Ian I think. Lately I still used the website a bit, so I’m sorry to see it go down fully now. Farewell

The CPU / GPU articles back then were some of the best I ever read. They set standards that aren’t even reached today. It’s like I’m still looking out for it, searching for it, but it’s gone forever.

Anand used to do very good reviews, articles and points. Then the web was sold, and with it, its soul. It became a walking corpse.
Same as with legit reviews.
Tom's hardware is on the same way.

Sad.

Rip.

Anandtech was one of the first tech websites I used… back when… wait for it… when I still had dial up! I can still remember the sound of the modem connecting to the ISP. What a time. salute to all the hard working professionals that gave the community great content and deep dives over the years.

Good bye.

Paganstomp27 years of reading the latest hardware reviews is about to come to a close. Yes. Reading. Not watching YOUTUBE reviews. I didn't learn to build computers by watching videos. I started with the public library or book stores. Then later on with magazines and websites. I watched the internet become what is is today. For better or worse. Telephone baud modems to cable modems to WiFi. Smartphones were years away. DVD was just about to come out. Windows 95 was about to be replaced with Windows 98. The fastest CPU we may have had ran @ 300 Mhz. Different generation. Now it feels so old school. Farewell, Anandtech!

Same here. I hate video reviews and its tedious times based on YT engagement. Its simply horrible. Same as tutorials. I prefer a website with still captures of the actions. We're heading towards analfabetization again.
Very few explanations improve with a presentation unless live and interactive, its an art by itself.

Reading lets you understand things at your pace. Writting forces you to clarify ideas, have an order, and present a discourse.

The writing was on the wall for a while now but still... Pressing F to pay respects.
They join the ranks of The Tech Report (I still remember those legendary SSD Endurance Tests and the fact that they were THE pioneers of frametime GPU testing)
Hardware Secrets
XbitLabs
HardOCP (admittedly didn't visit this site enough)
LegitReviews
Jonnyguru (Those 10/10 scores were straight-up legendary)