PC part maker EVGA introduced on Friday it’s going to not be making next-gen graphics playing cards, and in reality is getting out of graphics playing cards totally, as its longtime partnership with NVIDIA is coming to an finish. In separate interviews with JayZTwoCents and Gamers Nexus that have been noticed by Tom’s Hardware, CEO Andrew Han alleged NVIDIA had step by step eroded the connection between the 2 firms. 

“EVGA is not going to carry the subsequent technology graphics playing cards,” it wrote on its boards. It added that it will proceed to help and promote “present present technology merchandise.” 

NVIDIA is without doubt one of the {hardware} pillars of the online game trade, and Han’s allegations are a severe declare about how the corporate does enterprise.

Han alleged that NVIDIA failed to offer EVGA details about merchandise just like the RTX 3080 graphics card. EVGA’s personal excessive finish playing cards for the RTX 3080 and 3090, he added, needed to be offered at a lack of “tons of of {dollars},” in order to be aggressive with NVIDIA’s Founders Edition playing cards.

EVGA creates numerous PC parts comparable to motherboards and energy provides. It’s additionally been a accomplice with NVIDIA for years, producing GeForce and RTX 30-series video playing cards.

A spokesperson for NVIDIA launched a press release stating it “had a terrific partnership with EVGA through the years and can proceed to help them on our present technology of merchandise. We want Andrew and our buddies at EVGA all the most effective.”

Senior administration for EVGA elected to lastly terminate its partnership with NVIDIA again in April, in keeping with Han. The part maker will stay in enterprise, its workers will probably be reallocated to totally different tasks to keep away from layoffs. The firm is anticipated to expire of inventory for its RTX 30-series playing cards by yr’s finish, with additional inventory being held onto for the aim of service and repairs. 

It’s exhausting guilty EVGA for its resolution to go away the graphics card market. Between provide chain points with the RTX 3080 and related playing cards, plus graphics playing cards getting used to mine cryptocurrency, the graphics card market has been extremely messy in recent times.