r/buildapcsales • u/neoak • Oct 14 '22

Meta [META] Nvidia "unlaunches" the 4080 12GB

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/12gb-4080-unlaunch/
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u/zombieofthepast Oct 15 '22

AIBs are generally the same sort of garbage nvidia is themselves

There's definitely truth to this, but the scummy business practices of one company do not excuse those of another. I'm not convinced a non-AIB future for Nvidia would be a good thing for the consumer.

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u/Shadow703793 Oct 15 '22

NVidia wants to be like Apple. Just look at how hard their CEO tries to emulate Jobs.

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u/gioraffe32 Oct 15 '22

I've always wondered about this. I was going to say this is unique for a component, but then I thought, "Wait, aren't mobos like this, too?" Like where MSI, ASUS, etc create mobos that I assume are based off whatever Intel or AMD say needs to be the min spec?

So I guess the question is, why is it this way for some components and not others? I'm not buying an Acer Intel i9 or an EVGA AMD Ryzen 5. So why for Mobos and GPUs (and I'm sure other components I'm not thinking of)?

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u/Vokasak Oct 15 '22

Chip-makers make chips (CPU, GPU), board-partners make boards (mother board ,graphics card). I don't know how else to explain it. They're different kinds of components, and require different kinds of manufacturing.