Graphic Cards [BIG NEWS]Two BIG Nvidia partners defect
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G@d of w@r
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G@d of w@r said:
I dont think so, They will probably still sell nVidia cards, but they wont remain an exclusive nVidia card maker. They will start making cards with non-nvidia chips.
**Yawn**
Intel Larabee it is.
And INQ is as usual blowing things up a little bit. It means the two partners will no longer be exclusive nVidia, and may start looking to diversify to other chipset suppliers for Graphics and Motherboards. That only leaves Zotac as the nV exclusive.
I'm not sure it's a source of worry for nVidia, or a signal towards their demise. When Dell started selling AMDs everybody said it was the end for Intel. Anyone old enough will remember how much AMD needed to break into tier one suppliers. Gateway was first, Dell nearly a year later.
If anything, Intel will have to work really hard to make Larabee compete with the finest from ATI and nVidia. I've seen the kind of driver support Intel gives to their motherboard graphics (G965, anyone? The shader support that never came?), and I'm staying far, far away from Larabee till I'm convinced it's delivering its full feature set from day one.
Intel Larabee it is.
And INQ is as usual blowing things up a little bit. It means the two partners will no longer be exclusive nVidia, and may start looking to diversify to other chipset suppliers for Graphics and Motherboards. That only leaves Zotac as the nV exclusive.
I'm not sure it's a source of worry for nVidia, or a signal towards their demise. When Dell started selling AMDs everybody said it was the end for Intel. Anyone old enough will remember how much AMD needed to break into tier one suppliers. Gateway was first, Dell nearly a year later.
If anything, Intel will have to work really hard to make Larabee compete with the finest from ATI and nVidia. I've seen the kind of driver support Intel gives to their motherboard graphics (G965, anyone? The shader support that never came?), and I'm staying far, far away from Larabee till I'm convinced it's delivering its full feature set from day one.
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i_max2k2 said:
I dont think so, I was expecting something of the kind sooner than later. Even if the current source is unreliable and this is fake news, it probably still gonna happen soon.
Its diffucult for any company to remain an exclusive seller and still operate as profitably as they would like. It would have been fine as long as nVidia had the edge and remained competitive, but with nVidia facing severe competition and reducing prices even though they cannot, the AIB's are sure going to have the impact of the same, how long can nVidia protect the AIB's when their own profitability is being threatened in the market.
Deflecting from being nVidia exclusive sellers makes perfect business sense in my opinion.
Shade said:
I think he is refereing to the fist fight championship that happened between the nVidia corporate and INQ.
hyeah:
Shripad
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Though this was expected from some partners after rough treatment they got from Nvidia with the whole GT200 pricing fiasco, its still little hard to digest that eVGA will defect. I still think its unlikely. But if they do, boy o boy, good times ahead with real lifetime warranty and step up on ATI cards 
^^ Why should they remain one vendor loyalist, they are basically losing sales to AMD chipsets, and everyone at present is opting for AMD given their price
erformance advantage...
And yeah what scared the shit out of everyone was that 200 M USD, reserve NV created suddenly for warranty issues..
erformance advantage...And yeah what scared the shit out of everyone was that 200 M USD, reserve NV created suddenly for warranty issues..
Sudarshan_SMD
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if EVGA & XFX will be partneing ATI
then profit for EVGA & XFX will be even more ............as there are no much BIG names of ATI partners ..................they are few....but not as EVGA,XFX
then profit for EVGA & XFX will be even more ............as there are no much BIG names of ATI partners ..................they are few....but not as EVGA,XFX
This news is surely not BS as many here feel so .. saw the same news @ many other sites.
Secondly with DAMMIT doing so well in chipset and discrete gfx business it seems logical for XFX/EVGA to diversify.
IMO what has really caused this is cause the Intel chipsets are doing great in da enthusiast domain .. at the entry level you and for the fence sitters you have DAMMIT.
Nvidia is trying to fight both Intel and DAMMIT simultaneously and their products are not managing to win against either of them, Nvidia's doesn't have a strategy / direction regarding what they want to achieve.
The discrete gfx business is currently in DAMMIT's favour .. I dont want to start another GTX260 v/s HD4870 discussion .. but the 4850 / 4870 launch has been a master stroke from DAMMIT, which meant Nvidia had to cut their (and AIB partners) profits.
Secondly with DAMMIT doing so well in chipset and discrete gfx business it seems logical for XFX/EVGA to diversify.
IMO what has really caused this is cause the Intel chipsets are doing great in da enthusiast domain .. at the entry level you and for the fence sitters you have DAMMIT.
Nvidia is trying to fight both Intel and DAMMIT simultaneously and their products are not managing to win against either of them, Nvidia's doesn't have a strategy / direction regarding what they want to achieve.
The discrete gfx business is currently in DAMMIT's favour .. I dont want to start another GTX260 v/s HD4870 discussion .. but the 4850 / 4870 launch has been a master stroke from DAMMIT, which meant Nvidia had to cut their (and AIB partners) profits.
HIS, Powercolor and Sapphire have been in the market long before XFX came in and they were very popular brands too. Ofcourse EVGA is a gem of a brand of for nVidia, but still its sort of incorrect to say that ATi does not have well recognized brand names.
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