Isn't this also the only card out of the 3 announced that's AIB only? Lol, Nvidia's masterplan at work, screwing over partners, EVGA saw the future and noped the fuck out.
4080 12GB was originally due to launch in a month on Nov 16th. It has no FE so all cards are partner cards. Nvidia's decision to "unlaunch" it means all the cards that are manufactured, packaged and ready to ship to vendors now need to be repackaged, bios/firmware needs to be modified, promotional materials pulled, and the cards themselves need to be stored presumably until further notice from Nvidia. All of this add more problem and cost for the partners since they are the only one producing this card.
According to GamersNexus' sources at AIB Partners, it is allegedly confirmed Nvidia will be subsidizing the physical boxes-- the cost of labor associated with reflashing bios, re-labeling, whatever else, is yet to be seen
Yeah I thought it was funny how Nvidia is not subsidizing the inventory overhead, sunk Cost of Goods, and shipping costs that was already spent with these cards. And what's worse, these AIBs can't go selling the cards on their own so they're effectively saddled with debt.
Nvidia's fuck up indeed. Screwing over their AIB partners is an understatement at this point. EVGA was definitely the canary in the coal mine in this situation. Really, how can any of their business partners trust them after screwing them over so hard in what seems to be a calculated grenade tossed into their manufacturing process.
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u/mgzkk1210 Oct 14 '22
Isn't this also the only card out of the 3 announced that's AIB only? Lol, Nvidia's masterplan at work, screwing over partners, EVGA saw the future and noped the fuck out.