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> These card makers now have to sit on inventory and reprint boxes and repackage everything? If it is a simple rename, they can just prefix a new sticky label
by mikhailt 4y ago
> These card makers now have to sit on inventory and reprint boxes and repackage everything?
If it is a simple rename, they can just prefix a new sticky label on top of the "4080 12gb" with "4070" for an example.
- tracker1 4y agoMore than that is the injection molded shrouds and backplates on many of the cards in question, not to mention reboxing and recalling existing/shipped inventory.
- paulmd 4y agoMost of them just say "GeForce" or "NVIDIA", most brands didn't mold numbers into the shrouds/backplates (because until the launch announcement, they have no idea what the SKU placement for any particular chip will be in the first place). It's a mess but no need to make it out to be worse than it is, GN already confirmed that NVIDIA is compensating partners etc.
- simooooo 4y agoI can already see the PR nightmare from the YouTubers getting stuck into that news story with them literally peeling the stickers off