I doubt he cares about me to bother . I don ' t care <| sep |> It ' s too bad Black Friday is hardly a thing anymore . All stores basically open at 6 pm Thursday <| sep |> It seems the smaller AiBs need their preferred exclusive contract status to remain profitable . XFX tried and failed . Nowadays , it seems only the big 3 of MSI , ASUS , and Gigabyte can afford to do both Nvidia and AMD . Few companies have the industry clout and knowhow to produce boards for both GPUs at a profit . Edit I should add that EVGA is Nvidia ' s best buddy right now . I bet they get the most chips at release compared to any other company . That can be huge when the cards are flying off the shelves . The big guys can handle holding onto a ton of inventory for a while , picking up the scraps . EVGA is getting to that point . They have diversified their product line wonderfully . They might eventually go the AMD route but I suspect their relationship with Nvidia will be hard to give up .