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(Rumor) EVGA to withdraw from the Motherboard market ? (www.techpowerup.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Whiskeyomega@kbin.social to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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In what could be the beginning of the end for EVGA after its spectacular withdrawal from the graphics card market that it held leadership position in; the company is reportedly winding down its desktop motherboard business, too. Korean overclocker Safedisc, writing on Coolenjoy tech forums, stated t...

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[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’m still struggling to understand their withdrawal from the GPU market, and now this? Does EVGA not want to exist?

[–] EvilColeslaw@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC they're a totally private company and in one interview about the graphics card exit it honestly sounds like the founders/owners would rather go out of business than tarnish their reputation even by selling to someone else. So yeah it's possible they're just winding the whole thing down.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember when evga left the gpu market the nvidia ceo said something to the effect of "he's just winding down his business before he retires." I have no idea, obviously, but if this does happen it could lead credence to that.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

It's pretty clear that EVGA was not going to be able to make any profit at all while keeping their customer service as excellent as it is. Nvidia just started squeezing board partners too much.

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