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Did it ever make sense to have partner cards? I never understood the business model. You effectively let go of substantial control over product. Understand EVG
by lvl102 4y ago
Did it ever make sense to have partner cards? I never understood the business model. You effectively let go of substantial control over product. Understand EVGA had good/great reputation but this might be another indication that Nvidia is preparing for the coming down swing as crypto mining comes to a halt. That said, Nvidia still has a monopoly.
- dtx1 4y agoYes, depending on the class of GPU * at the lower end, partner cards can support special form factors and lower power variations. * at the midrange, partner cards can, like motherboards do aswell, design better power delivery and cooling solutions to get more out of a specific chip than reference designs. * at the high end it's all about different cooling solutions and better power delivery to squeak every last inch of performance out of these chips. Adding to that, don't underestimate how much industry knowledge is there at the partners. They often know better how to make a board for a GPU than Nvidia and AMD themselves. There are lots of optimizations that require years of knowledge and experience to design.
- verall 4y agoMidrange cards are low margin and are redesigned to be cheaper than the reference, not to have better power delivery. It's more like outsourcing because a Taiwanese OEM is well positioned to have an army of labor design and manufacture boards for cheaper than Nvidia or AMD can. > They often know better how to make a board for a GPU than Nvidia and AMD themselves. Maybe a long time ago, but not for recent generations. AFAICT almost all 3rd party AMD cards sold are reference design.