Former EVGA product manager reviews company's partnership history with NVIDIA
According to IT Home, former EVGA product manager Brendon Ray Hedrick reviewed his tenure, noting changes in EVGA's partnership with NVIDIA beginning with the Pascal generation and Founders Edition, and detailing secrecy measures and a leakage-tracing scheme. He recalls that EVGA had to release at least one model that met NVIDIA's MSRP, with profits being very thin and sometimes loss-making due to the competitive dynamics.
Key facts
- 01Brendon Ray Hedrick is the former EVGA product manager sharing the review.
- 02The changes in EVGA's partnership with NVIDIA began around the Pascal generation (2016).
- 03Founders Edition (FE) cards led NVIDIA to sell directly to end consumers, increasing direct competition with partners.
- 04EVGA implemented a leakage-tracing scheme proposed by Jacob Freeman to trace leaked NVIDIA GTX/RTX specifications.
- 05EVGA was required to release at least one model that met NVIDIA's MSRP, otherwise facing GPU quota reductions and thin or negative margins.
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