{
  "id": 10693975,
  "title": "Former EVGA manager reveals how Nvidia's Founders Edition cards helped drive the company out of GPUs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/former-evga-manager-reveals-how-nvidias-founders-edition-cards-helped",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T12:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114026-former-evga-manager-reveals-how-nvidia-founders-edition.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2022, EVGA announced it would cease manufacturing Nvidia graphics cards, citing the relationship as \"abusive.\" Former EVGA Product Manager Brendon Ray Hedrick has provided further insight into the matter. During his tenure from 2016 to 2019, Hedrick revealed the challenges EVGA faced, particularly competing against Nvidia's own Founders Edition cards. Nvidia's introduction of the Pascal Founders Edition cards created competition for the same customer base. To maintain access to Nvidia chips, EVGA had to offer a loss leader – a card sold at a loss – allowing the company to keep GPU allocations. However, as Nvidia improved its designs and automatic clock management, Hedrick noted that EVGA's circuitry and cooling enhancements provided only modest gaming gains. Additionally, pricier custom cards generated profits, while the cheaper models often sold out. Hedrick also recounted the difficulties in launch preparations, noting Nvidia's protective stance on announcements and the use of colored dots on retailer images to trace leaks. By September 2022, EVGA was reportedly losing money on RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards due to price cuts and limited freedom in setting its own prices. The decision to exit the GPU business, which accounted for 78% of EVGA's sales, was ultimately attributed to financial pressures. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attributed the split to CEO Andrew Han's desire to wind down the business, praising the partnership and suggesting that Han was ready to explore new ventures.",
  "summary": "In a lengthy personal account, Hedrick, who worked at EVGA between 2016 and 2019, recalls the concern when Nvidia introduced its Pascal Founders Edition cards: the company supplying EVGA's chips was increasingly competing for the same customers. Read Entire Article",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}