Future of EVGA

[PcBeExpensive]

What does all you smart people on the forum think is going to happen to EVGA? I'm pretty sad about them leaving the GPU market, I think most of there GPU designs were pretty nice looking and I'm sad I wasn't able to have one for myself. Do you people think they will file for bankruptcy in the nearish future?

[Hinjima]

2 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

What does all you smart people on the forum think is going to happen to EVGA? I'm pretty sad about them leaving the GPU market, I think most of there GPU designs were pretty nice looking and I'm sad I wasn't able to have one for myself. Do you people think they will file for bankruptcy in the nearish future?

I really wish they would start making AMD products.  EVGA is reportedly winding down its desktop motherboard business as well.
Dont know how they will be able to survive in this crowded market by making PSU's and AIO's only, at least not with the large staff they used to have.

[Spotty]

I think EVGA will cease operations within the next... *pulls out of ass*... 3 years? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't think they'll go bankrupt, I think they will just wind down operations and close. They're privately owned and the rumours I've heard (I think from GN videos?) it seems the owner just wants to get out of the business. It's possible they get bought out by another company who wants the brand but considering EVGA is really just a PSU brand at the moment I'm not really sure who would want it, that's assuming if the current owner is even interested in selling.

[Levent]

EVGA seems to be reducing their market presence in the PC industry, its almost starting to feel like they are going to exit it all together.

[mMontana]

I remember than the head (and major stakeholder) of the company is "not that young", but I might be wrong.

[abit-sean]

I know from experience the profit margins on a high end GPUs and motherboards is so small, especially when you factor in after sales support. Abit motherboards made more profit from entry level boards and accessories than any of our top tier stuff.

[PcBeExpensive]

24 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

I really wish they would start making AMD products.  EVGA is reportedly winding down its desktop motherboard business as well.
Dont know how they will be able to survive in this crowded market by making PSU's and AIO's only, at least not with the large staff they used to have.

Yeah, an AMD 7900 XTX would have been crazy. Especially with Kingpin. Why did they stop making Nvidia GPU's again? I did hear about the motherboard business ending soon too, I think they are just going to keep on reducing until theres nothing.

[PcBeExpensive]

20 minutes ago, Spotty said:

I think EVGA will cease operations within the next... *pulls out of ass*... 3 years? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't think they'll go bankrupt, I think they will just wind down operations and close. They're privately owned and the rumours I've heard (I think from GN videos?) it seems the owner just wants to get out of the business. It's possible they get bought out by another company who wants the brand but considering EVGA is really just a PSU brand at the moment I'm not really sure who would want it, that's assuming if the current owner is even interested in selling.

Wonder why the owner just wouldn't have sold it when they were still making GPU's if they wanted to get out of the business. 

[PcBeExpensive]

21 minutes ago, Levent said:

EVGA seems to be reducing their market presence in the PC industry, its almost starting to feel like they are going to exit it all together.

yeah

[PcBeExpensive]

7 minutes ago, abit-sean said:

I know from experience the profit margins on a high end GPUs and motherboards is so small, especially when you factor in after sales support. Abit motherboards made more profit from entry level boards and accessories than any of our top tier stuff.

Really? May I ask why they are so small? Is it cause of like warranties etc.

[adarw]

I think a few options could happen. 

 

1. EVGA shuts down/gets sold.

 

2. They continue to make PSU's but work on other things

 

3. they only make PSU's and then shut down in 5 years

[adarw]

3 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Really? May I ask why they are so small? Is it cause of like warranties etc.

EVGA only made the board and cooling system. they had to buy the chip from Nvidia, if anything happens to the card its on EVGA to fix it. also a lot of competition. 

 

Edit: this is for gpus. MOBO's have a lot of competition. 

[PcBeExpensive]

1 minute ago, adarw said:

EVGA only made the board and cooling system. they had to buy the chip from Nvidia, if anything happens to the card its on EVGA to fix it. also a lot of competition. 

 

Edit: this is for gpus. MOBO's have a lot of competition. 

Oh yeah good point. But I think they also got a lot of publicity and money from there KINGPIN products which were used by lots of overclockers since they were like top of the line.

[abit-sean]

5 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Really? May I ask why they are so small? Is it cause of like warranties etc.

You have to factor in all the R&D along with the 3 years of after support. Coupled with ongoing testing a new hardware releases.

[Neroon]

27 minutes ago, Spotty said:

I think EVGA will cease operations within the next... *pulls out of ass*... 3 years? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't think they'll go bankrupt, I think they will just wind down operations and close. They're privately owned and the rumours I've heard (I think from GN videos?) it seems the owner just wants to get out of the business. It's possible they get bought out by another company who wants the brand but considering EVGA is really just a PSU brand at the moment I'm not really sure who would want it, that's assuming if the current owner is even interested in selling.

Maybe under new ownership/management, but I don't see them leaving altogether. Their brand is worth considerable money, and I think if they refocus on a different/new segment of the market, they can use their expertise and branding for new products. I don't know where yet, but since we use more and more tech, there is no way they can't find something that would fit them.

[OhioYJ]

The impression I was getting from watching everything was the owner had no interest in selling the company / name as he was very protective of the brand and did not want it possibly tarnished. So it sounded like they would just wind down and he would retire. 

[PcBeExpensive]

20 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

The impression I was getting from watching everything was the owner had no interest in selling the company / name as he was very protective of the brand and did not want it possibly tarnished. So it sounded like they would just wind down and he would retire. 

I hate him for that

[hassam222]

17 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

I hate him for that

Why? A name doesn't matter if the owner changes and the quality falls off a cliff. 

[OhioYJ]

15 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

I hate him for that

I mean I've bought basically nothing but EVGA GPUs for a long time, however,  I can see the owners point.  You don't want some greedy corporation that answers to shareholders ruining a name that you built. Better to go out "on top".  

 

Of course all of this is just speculation, no one knows what is going to happen for sure.

 

Personally I'd rather see them wind down then see them get bought out then stories start to break about the once great EVGA no longer taking care of their customers, etc. 

[Erioch]

I think they're done.  There are zero GPUs available for purchase.  There are zero PSUs available for purchase.  I haven't checked Mobos.  Their forums are dead.  It's time to just pull the plug.

 

And I say this as a huge EVGA fanboy.  

[DoctorNick]

1 hour ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Oh yeah good point. But I think they also got a lot of publicity and money from there KINGPIN products which were used by lots of overclockers since they were like top of the line.

Truth is that they've struggled to keep up in quite a long time. If you noticed how late to the game they where with the top end products in recent years, which was also very expensive to develop and make, you get the picture.

These videos for example gives a lot of insight in EVGA:

 

[venomtail]

26 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Truth is that they've struggled to keep up in quite a long time. If you noticed how late to the game they where with the top end products in recent years, which was also very expensive to develop and make, you get the picture.

These videos for example gives a lot of insight in EVGA:

And the reason their competitors started beating them out in the end on spec sheets was because they had revenue from other streams, ASUS and MSI are still giants, making phones, laptops, handheld devices, monitors and so on. EVGA only towards the end of their relevancy expanded into PSU's and motherboards.

 

Makes me worried about XFX and Sapphire as well. They're my top 2 favorites that remain, they only do GPU sales and their designs have remained unchanged for 3 generations (saving that R&D money). Of course, others have done pretty much the same as well like said ASUS and MSI with their unchanged designs. I miss the 1000 series and earlier years of unique fresh designs for each generation from each manufacturer. As I write this I'm convincing myself the problem isn't the AIB's, they're just stuck between a rock and a hard place. 

[sparkman]

43 minutes ago, Erioch said:

I think they're done.  There are zero GPUs available for purchase.  There are zero PSUs available for purchase.  I haven't checked Mobos.  Their forums are dead.  It's time to just pull the plug.

 

And I say this as a huge EVGA fanboy.  

That's a shame, I've always had EVGA products up until recently. Best customer service in the world for sure, I'm not even exaggerating.

 

Been a good run!

[Erioch]

I just checked and there are zero mobos available for purchase.  Poking around, about the only thing you can buy is B-Stock (i.e, recerts and damaged).

[Erioch]

18 minutes ago, sparkman said:

That's a shame, I've always had EVGA products up until recently. Best customer service in the world for sure, I'm not even exaggerating.

 

Been a good run!

I totally agree.  I've been buying their GPUs and PSUs (w/ extended warranties on both) for a long time now.  I'm not sure from where I'm going to get my next GPU.