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Rumor: Palit Packing Its Bags and Leaving the US Market

Posted 03/27/09 at 08:59:47 AM  by Paul Lilly

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Palit Microsystems, who makes and markets both ATI- and Nvidia-based videocards, is rumored to be leaving the US market. With headquarters located in Hong Kong, factories in China, and branch offices located in Germany and Taipei, the videocard partner apparently has been unable to duplicate its overseas success here in the US, says news and rumor site The Inquirer.

Too bad if the rumor turns out to be true, as we were hoping to see more innovative designs from Palit. Recent releases from the company include the world's first (and so far only) custom designed GeForce GTX 285 packed with 2GB of memory, two PWM fans, and four heatpipes, and a rare three-slot dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 called the Revolution 700 Deluxe.

Palit was established way back in 1988 but only recently has made a stronger push into the North American market. As of this writing, no formal announcement by the company has yet been made.

Image Credit: Palit

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TAGS: graphics, videocard, gpu, hardware, build a pc, rumor, palit
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avatarLeaving? Buh - bye!

Submitted by gatorXXX on Sat, 03/28/2009 - 9:49am

Leaving? Buh - bye!

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avatarDid they even offer any good

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 10:28am

Did they even offer any good deals? Every time I shopped around for video cards EVGA and BFG were the cheapest and offered extras like full games and stuff like that. Hell I bought my GTX280 EVGA for $330 a few months back.

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avatarElvis has left the building

Submitted by hiawg on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 9:14am

Tiger Direct nor Newegg have any Palit cards now. Seems like they have already left the US market.

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avatarfed ex delivers

Submitted by whathuhitwasntme on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 6:14am

In a global economy does it really matter if they are in USA? The last I checked fed ex delievered world wide. and honestly, are any of the video cards actually made here? I bet not, they just have some phone operator taking orders and even that is likely relocated rite next to the new IBM call center in India.

 

 

 

 

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