NVidia proving to everyone why EVGA quit being their partner.
This sounds horrific for the card manufacturers who have made a ton of product and are now unable to sell.
This sounds horrific for the card manufacturers who have made a ton of product and are now unable to sell.
AIBs need to design assets, decide what components they are going to use, design cooling, test that, sign contracts to make said cards, test the cards that have been made, and then ship them to customers.
You truly believe that every AIB knew "near nothing" about what they were building until public release? And then miraculously do all of that in a compressed time window? Source?
I doubt any partners had designs finalized, given the rumors of how little time they are given to do that before each launch (which is a problem in its own right, and one of the things they are know to complain about).
- source components - finalize packaging design - finalize cooling design - assemble - ship
Graphics cards in 47 days? I'd expect at MINIMUM 90 days.