EVGA and NVIDIA to Split: EVGA Will Not Produce Next-Generation NVIDIA CardsEVGA is reportedly so sick of working with Nvidia that it’s going to stop making graphics cards altogether
Summary
- EVGA will not carry the next generation graphics cards.
- EVGA will continue to support the existing current generation products.
- EVGA will continue to provide the current generation products.
EVGA has announced its separation from NVIDIA, which will have massive implications for the video card sector in North America and Europe. As a result, the company will not produce video cards based on NVIDIA’s next-generation GPUs – nor will it switch allegiance to AMD or Intel right once. As a result, NVIDIA is losing their largest add-in board (AIB) in North America, and the North American video card market as a whole is losing one of its largest and most well-known vendors.
In a brief note on EVGA’s forums, the business detailed their split from NVIDIA, emphasising that this affects the next-generation of video cards and that EVGA will continue to sell current-gen goods and service existing customers.
EVGA has also stated unequivocally that they will not be cooperating with a competitor GPU vendor in the near future. So, at least for the time being, EVGA will not be switching allegiances to AMD or Intel. Instead, EVGA is going to be out of the video card market for an undetermined amount of time. To be sure, according to GN and JPR, the company has not fully ruled out collaborating with another GPU vendor, but they are also not actively pursuing the topic at the moment.
EVGA has been manufacturing graphics cards since 1999, dating back to Nvidia’s RIVA TNT2 chips, but Han “wouldn’t even contemplate the thought of partnering with Intel or AMD” to continue developing cards, according to Gamers Nexus.
According to Jon Peddie Research, “the relationship between EVGA and Nvidia shifted from what EVGA saw as a true partnership to [a] customer-seller arrangement in which EVGA was no longer consulted on new product announcements and briefings, was no longer featured at events, and was not informed of price changes.” According to Peddie and Gamers Nexus, EVGA was also irritated by Nvidia undercutting its cards with its own Founders Editions.
Much less is revealed by EVGA’s direct discussion on the subject. EVGA (opens in new tab) announced today in its forums that it will continue to support its existing graphics cards but “will not carry the next generation graphics cards.”
“EVGA is dedicated to our customers and will continue to provide sales and support on the current lineup,” the business stated. “EVGA would also like to thank our wonderful community for their many years of support and passion for EVGA graphics cards.”
The actual nature of Nvidia’s relationship with EVGA remains unknown. The business did issue PC Gamer a statement regarding EVGA’s exit from the GeForce scene, but it was as polite as it gets.
“We’ve had a terrific cooperation with EVGA over the years and will continue to support them on our current generation of devices,” a representative from Nvidia stated. “We wish Andrew [Han] and our EVGA colleagues the best.”
I believe it’s safe to infer that Nvidia would have more to say if it weren’t a publicly traded business with a $328 billion market valuation, but that’s all we’re getting for the time being.
Other manufacturers, such as Gigabyte, ASUS, and Zotac, are expected to fill the void left by EVGA’s absence from the Nvidia graphics card market. Nvidia recently teased “Project Beyond,” which we presume refers to the future GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs. We anticipate hearing more this month.
The 30-minute Gamers Nexus video (opens in new tab) on EVGA’s exit from the graphics card sector includes more speculation on the company’s intentions, as well as more on Han’s future plans—the EVGA CEO informed the channel that he has no plans to retire or sell the company.