Rumor: Nvidia Drops XFX from Team Green
PrintWe found it a little suspicious yesterday when we heard Nvidia was selling its own branded GeForce GTX 450 and 460 videocards in Best Buy, putting the GPU maker in direct competition with its add-in board (AIB) partners. Some of you brought up that 3dfx took a similar approach, and we all know what happened to them.
In today's episode of As the GPU World Turns, XFX has apparently been shown the door.
"I was told today that XFX is no longer an approved Nvidia partner," HardOCP founder Kyle Bennett writes.
He didn't go into any further detail, only bringing up that this has been a rumored development since January of this year. XFX, you might recall, jumped ship as an exclusive Nvidia partner in late 2008 and has been selling both ATI (AMD) and Nvidia cards ever since, at least until Fermi. Like BFG, XFX was left out of the Fermi party for reasons unknown.
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THE_REAL_MAVERICK
October 06, 2010 at 4:26pm
Who knows to wanted to leave, but if Nvidia forced out XFX because it was selling ATI, then I will never buy an Nvidia card again. This is a free market and whoever has the better products will get revenues. So XFX was smart buy offering both solutions with an amazing warranty. I will buy XFX for every card now on. As for Nvidia. Pssshhhh >.>
LatiosXT
October 07, 2010 at 7:23am
There are a few companies that make graphics cards for both, ASUS and MSI are the only two I can think of off the top of my head. I'd take this with a grain of salt since it's just one line. Sure it's from a respectable hardware news site, but still, it's one line that doesn't say anything else.
And to be honest with the folks down there, dumping NVIDIA over this is a folly.
Nimrod
October 06, 2010 at 3:26pm
One more reason not to buy nVidia i guess. Untill this generation i have usually perfered their cards for the obvious performance issues(ATI & nVidia put out sucky drivers). I really dont see what nVidia stands to gain by doing this.
Poor show.
Mighty BOB!
October 06, 2010 at 2:58pm
Assuming this is true.. Way to kill your own business nvidia..
PM_DMNKLR
October 06, 2010 at 12:33pm
This could very well be the determining factor that decides whether I stick with Nvidia or not, would at least be a key element.
gothliciouz
October 06, 2010 at 11:48am
does this mean the company will go down or only they won't be making more nvidia based chipset cards?
bling581
October 06, 2010 at 9:49am
That's too bad. XFX makes good cards and they have great customer service.
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