Former EVGA employee recounts company’s degrading relationship with Nvidia before 2022 blow-up
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. “To a customer comparing them with the advertised starting price, it could look as though EVGA was charging an enormous amount just for those additions.”In Hedrick's view, as Nvidia Founders Edition cards got better with each generation, more expensive AIB offerings started to make less sense for most buyers. This led to loss-leading models constantly being sold out, while customers who chose more premium models started to hold on to their GPUs for an extra generation or more.
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- ▪This led to loss-leading models constantly being sold out, while customers who chose more premium models started to hold on to their GPUs for an extra generation or more.
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PC Components GPUs Former EVGA employee recounts company’s degrading relationship with Nvidia before 2022 blow-up — forced loss-leader Founders Editions, pricing mandates, and forward-looking tech all led to friction News By Jowi Morales Published 30 September 2026 Behind-the-scenes account shows how difficult it was for EVGA to maintain its GPU business. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Former EVGA product manager Brendon Ray Hedrick has posted a personal account of his time at the company in which he…
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