WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.839 Dear diary, with each passing day without innovation from NVIDIA's board 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.840 partners, I cry a little. No, I cry a 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:13.759 lot. [snorts] Remember the good times we had together when they were the first 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:19.359 company to add asymmetrical cooling to the MX440 or [snorts] put heat pipes on 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:23.600 the GeForce 4 Ti 4600E? Remember when they let you update your 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:28.640 BIOS without a CPU installed? I just miss them so much. Why? Why did you have 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:33.760 to leave us? I don't care if some of your innovations never took off, like 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:36.079 the red colored GPU that was $50 more 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:39.399 because it was red. I [snorts] just want you back. 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.440 Ah, box of graphics cards. Oh, EVGA, how 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:55.039 did you know I would build this computer with all the super cool stuff you don't 00:00:53.440 --> 00:01:00.719 make anymore? And how did you know I would tell the people about our sponsor, 00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:03.440 UG, Green? Their new 13-in-1 Revo Do Max 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:07.520 213 has more ports than seconds in this ad. And with an upgraded cooling system, 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:11.520 it'll stay as cool as you with all your stuff plugged in. Check it out at the 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:15.520 link below. Using parts from this box and some other ones that we tracked down 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:21.840 with some help from EVGA, we are going to be building the most EVGA PC ever. 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:25.119 I'm talking GPU, sure, of course, but 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:28.640 also motherboard, power supply, RAM. EPG 00:01:25.119 --> 00:01:30.400 made RAM. Yes. Yes, they did. And as we 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.320 put together our system, we'll also be taking a little trip down memory lane, 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:38.906 looking through our care packages at some of the ideas that EVGA brought to 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:41.759 life over the years, the good and [music] 00:01:39.759 --> 00:01:44.960 also the bad. Let's start with what's in this box. And look at that. I've got a 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:49.759 special guest, the only other person who works here who's old enough to remember all this stuff. Maybe too old. 00:01:48.731 --> 00:01:56.479 [laughter] Now, before we get started, tell me this. As a certified ASUS shill, are you 00:01:54.240 --> 00:02:00.479 allowed to wear EVGA shirts? Absolutely. All right, let's do it. 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:03.840 I've been released of my ASUS contract. There, that's better. Now, look, 00:02:02.479 --> 00:02:09.039 they didn't have everything in the archives to send us. I would have loved 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:13.200 to get my hands on the 275 co-op, for 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:15.120 example. The very first GPU Fizzx 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:18.640 Accelerator combo card. Yes. And the very last one also 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:23.040 very last one that was not a very successful concept but we do still have 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:28.319 some really neat stuff. Now not everything that EVGA you know innovated 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:34.400 was their own innovation. This for example is a 7950 GX2. This [music] is 00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:39.040 two GPUs each on their own independent cards with an SLI bridge in between 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.959 them. But the innovation was that they were crazy enough to partner with NVIDIA 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:46.560 to do it. I believe it was them and ASUS. [music] 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:49.680 Oh, that's right. But not even As ASUS was crazy enough [music] to build one of 00:02:48.959 --> 00:02:55.680 these. No, their own dual GPU. This is the 460 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:01.280 to win. [music] To win. Get it? Two. Twin. 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:07.920 Oh, twin. No, it's two win. Okay. The cool thing about this is back 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:10.239 then two mid-range cards in SLI could be 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:13.680 quite performance competitive with a single higherend one and at a price that 00:03:12.959 --> 00:03:18.000 you know was like a 480. Yeah. Or, you know, sometimes even less 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:23.519 if you could get them on a deal. The issue is that as soon as you put the 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:24.720 engineering into building a combo card 00:03:23.519 --> 00:03:30.159 Yeah. [laughter] out the window. Yeah. It all went out the window. This thing was about $700. 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:32.480 It's kind of no wonder NVIDIA doesn't let the partners build stuff like that 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:37.599 anymore. But still, it was a lot of fun. Yeah. You talk to anyone from the board 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:41.040 partners, and that's all they'll talk about is how much more fun it was to 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:44.000 build cards back in the day. Uh, how about this one right here? [music] 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:46.560 This would have been something that would have been pretty tough to compete with, 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:50.720 right? 980 Ti Kingpin. Do you remember what was 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.200 special about this guy? I just know Vince put a lot of work into 00:03:52.799 --> 00:04:00.560 it. Honestly, that's a great summary. Vince Lucido or Kingpin worked with EVGA on 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:07.200 this card to dramatically increase the available power to it from 250 watt 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:09.680 stock to 450 W. That involved adding 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:16.239 additional power connectors to it, a full back plate, and of course this all 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:17.519 copper drop dead sexy cooling design. Do 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:20.400 you want to pick the next card? Ah, I actually bought one of these. 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:24.800 Of course you did. This 9800 GX2. They had three different 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:27.440 versions. overclocked. Super overclocked. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.280 The SSC. I tease it. I tease EVGA. Yeah. Wait, 00:04:29.440 --> 00:04:36.400 that is just super super overclocked. Yeah, I know. And then they had the the 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:38.320 KO. There was a 25 MHz difference on the 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:43.600 core clock and the memory clock as you went up the range. But the main reason I 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.960 chose EVGA, it was the uh design cuz I 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:50.400 actually wanted the PNY XLR8. 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:52.080 Yeah. Yeah. ASUS had the uh top card had 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:55.680 the highest memory overclock and it equaled on or or was right below on on 00:04:54.479 --> 00:05:01.600 the core clock on that probably had like a cringy anime character did and it looked like the 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:04.880 anime character was in the middle of an autopsy. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:09.919 That was really fun. But I think we all know that builds don't start with GPUs. 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:14.240 They start with a motherboard which conveniently EVGA also has. They've 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:19.280 actually been in the motherboard business for a long time starting in 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:22.400 2005. And I guess if you think about it, it was a pretty natural progression for 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:27.120 them because a lot of the same principles uh designing a board with a 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:33.039 good circuit layout and excellent power and cooling management go into both GPUs 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:37.039 and motherboards. Now, in the early days, EVGA did less of the engineering 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:42.320 on their own. One of their most famous boards was simply an NVIDIA reference 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:48.080 design for the 680i chipset that EVGA put their label on. But over time, EVGA 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:53.199 got pretty darn innovative, even launching Intel chipset motherboards in 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:58.000 2008 once NVIDIA left the market. There were a couple of noteworthy milestones 00:05:55.280 --> 00:06:04.800 that EVGA hit first. In fact, they were the first to make an XLATX motherboard 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:08.800 that allowed four-way SLI with four dual 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:14.000 slot cards. And this boy right here, the 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:16.160 EVGA classified SR2 or Super Record 2, 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:21.360 was I don't know how to put this other than utterly unique. It allowed 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:27.120 overclocking on dual Intel Xeon processors and you guessed it, the 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:30.240 ability to install up to four graphics 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:33.680 cards in SLI simultaneously. It is both 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:35.680 taller and wider than any motherboard 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:40.479 standard that existed for consumers at the time. Now, because of that, we are 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:44.000 not going to be using it. There are no cases these days that will fit this 00:06:42.080 --> 00:06:47.120 thing, but we do intend to do a video with this Retro Monster in the future. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:52.000 So, make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss it. By the way, speaking of retro, our new retro colorway 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:56.560 screwdriver is a mustave for the discerning retro enthusiast. LTOre.com. 00:06:54.880 --> 00:07:03.520 Instead, we've gone with something a little more modern. We've got a Z790 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:06.479 Dark Kingpin. This is an $800 board for 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:13.520 12th to 14th gen Intel processors with a 14 layer PCB, 21 phase VRM, support for 00:07:09.840 --> 00:07:16.080 up to 64 gigs of DDR5 at 8,000 mega 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:22.000 transfers per second. And this is really cool. They've managed to build in 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:25.360 support for PCI Express Gen 5 by6 to 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:27.360 either of their 16x slots. That means 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:33.280 you can get full performance out of a PCIe Gen 5 GPU that's installed way down 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:36.240 here. That could be important if, say, for example, you're going for an 00:07:34.479 --> 00:07:40.160 overclocking record and you need more room for the sub-zero cooling apparatus 00:07:38.479 --> 00:07:44.319 you have up here. Can I just say how amazing it is, how well these guys know 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:48.960 their customers. How cool is this? It's a bare PCB with kind of a stripped down 00:07:46.479 --> 00:07:53.440 block diagram. This is the neatest swag I think I've ever seen included with a 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:57.919 product. Almost as neat as the board itself. 00:07:56.190 --> 00:08:02.000 [laughter] Oh, that reminds me. Here's an EVGA 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:07.360 motherboard innovation. They were the first to include right angle connectors 00:08:04.479 --> 00:08:11.039 on their P67 FTW. Not everything they did was particularly innovative. About a 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:17.280 decade ago, they came out with a number of superclocked and super superc clocked 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:18.800 DDR3 and DDR4 memory kits. As far as I 00:08:17.280 --> 00:08:23.520 can tell with these, the product development process went something like 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:27.280 this. But hey, they were speedy at the time and competitively priced. 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:31.280 Unfortunately, these are too outdated for us to use in this system. So, for 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:34.000 RAM and actually storage, now that I come to think about it, we've [music] 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:40.320 just gone with third party options. Thankfully, that won't be necessary for 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:42.240 our case. These are really hard to get 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:46.880 your hands on these days because as far as we can tell, anyone who owns them is 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:54.160 holding on to them for dear [music] life. EVGA's DG85 is part of the DG8 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:57.600 series that came out in 2016. It was very wellreceived, but check this out. 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:05.279 There's a lower compartment where you put your power supply. That's pretty [music] normal. But what's this? IO down 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:07.839 here, including HDMI for your VR 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:12.640 headset. That's super cool. And that's just the beginning. You've seen interior 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:17.120 cable management. What about exterior cable management? Why would they need 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:23.880 that, you ask? So the entire back of the case can have this clean look, all 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:23.880 hidden away by this awesome door. 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:31.200 Man, we got all kinds of stuff going on here. Easily removable dust filter, 00:09:28.959 --> 00:09:35.360 triple [snorts] fans in the front. Hey, Plof. We said that SR2 board wouldn't 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:38.399 fit in this case, but I think it [music] would. Will it fit HPTX? 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:43.760 It kind of looks like it. We should build it in there then. Uh, yeah, later. Later. For now, we're 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:48.800 building a real computer anyone would actually want to use today. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:53.360 Hello. Ooh. Hey. Hey. You know, it was a little on the pricey side at almost 00:09:50.560 --> 00:09:56.959 $200, but for everything it's got going on, that feels like a deal. What are you 00:09:55.120 --> 00:10:02.320 thinking for the closed loop cooler top mount? Yes. But why did I call it a closed loop 00:09:59.680 --> 00:10:08.480 cooler instead of an all-in-one or AIO? Because that's what EVGA does. Meet the 00:10:04.800 --> 00:10:10.480 CLC X. They've actually done a couple of 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:14.800 different closed loop coolers, but this is their most recent. It's available in 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:18.240 configurations with up to three 120 mm fans and compatible with all the latest 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:21.760 sockets. There's not a whole lot more for me to say about it. So, [music] 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:26.560 while we install it, why don't we do some EVGA history? Did you know that 00:10:23.839 --> 00:10:32.240 EVGA originally stood for e-commerce video graphics array? They were founded 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.760 in 1999 by Andrew Han and Keith Roford 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:38.560 and they were [music] the first company to make driver installation seamless for 00:10:36.079 --> 00:10:42.800 gamers with ADM or automatic [music] driver management. Does this thing have 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:48.000 three BIOS chips on it with a selector switch? That is wild. Next up is our 00:10:45.839 --> 00:10:52.079 power supply. And this segment is as much about EVGA's past as it is about 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:58.240 their future. Did you know that the Supernova 850 and 750G2 units were the 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:03.200 first to offer an eco mode switch, which is [music] neat, but we're not using 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:08.320 those? Instead, we've got a big beefy 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:12.240 boy, the EVGA Supernova 1600T. 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:16.079 It is fully modular, 80 plus titanium 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:18.079 efficient, and cost about $500. 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:23.360 EVGA's entry into the power supply market was marked by consistent quality, 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:27.440 aggressive pricing, and their trademark strong post sales support. [music] From 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:30.880 talking to them today, power supplies are very much a part of their future 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:34.360 going forward, and we wish them the best of luck with that. 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:47.680 Naturally, we have gone with the king of EVGA GPUs, the RTX 3090 Ti for the Win 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:51.600 3. Did you guys know that aside from helping us get graphics cards into the 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:57.120 hands of gamers at MSRP during the great crypto winter, EVGA also had their own Q 00:11:54.640 --> 00:12:01.360 system to try to deter scalpers, they also ran their step up program for 00:11:58.880 --> 00:12:05.760 years, allowing anyone to simply trade in their card and pay the difference if 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:09.600 a newer model came out within 90 days of purchase just to give their customers a 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:14.480 little peace of mind. And back in the day, they used to offer lifetime 00:12:12.079 --> 00:12:18.880 warranties on their GPUs, giving their customers the assurance that they would 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.880 never have a problem with an EVGA graphics card. Now, I want to solve the 00:12:20.800 --> 00:12:27.200 mystery of the giant piece of acrylic with an EVGA logo on it. I don't get 00:12:25.040 --> 00:12:30.560 this, man. There's no obvious place that it goes. 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:37.360 I'm sure EVGA is going to watch this and go, "Oh, my Wait, I found it. It's in 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:43.200 between what we both thought. It is inside the window but not at the back 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:48.079 just to kind of clean the place up a little. 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:53.600 Okay, that looks really sharp. Last piece here is the front panel, but we 00:12:51.760 --> 00:12:58.160 are far from the end of our adventure because EVGA also makes peripherals. 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:01.519 We've got the whole works today. We got the Torx 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:08.480 Torque X10 deskpad. I've got the X20 mouse. And 00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:13.600 Plof here is unboxing their Z20 keyboard. We also have their XR1 Pro 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:17.200 capture card. The mouse is a fun one. I guess we got this from EVGA and it 00:13:15.760 --> 00:13:21.360 didn't quite make the cut for shipping to customers. At any rate, we've got 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:26.399 another first here. This is the world's first triple sensor mouse. So, it's got 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:32.000 a Pixart 3335 optical sensor, which is pretty normal, but it has dual liftoff 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:36.000 distance detection sensors, which is not normal, but I guess in theory allows you 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:39.040 to really fine-tune your liftoff distance. Yeah. You know, when you go and you put 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:46.240 it back down. Heck yeah. Now, I noticed something weird about this keyboard cuz I know 00:13:44.079 --> 00:13:49.680 that years ago it did come with this button, but what happened to it? 00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:55.560 Uh, I am not sure. Yeah, well, they don't have E3 anymore, 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:55.560 so Ah, 00:13:55.680 --> 00:14:03.519 this is looking good. Now it's time for the Piesta Resistance EVGA's sound card. 00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:09.279 I'm kidding. We actually would have, but we couldn't get our hands on one of those. I'm talking instead about the 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:17.440 Interview 1700 dual monitor system. My friends, 00:14:14.880 --> 00:14:20.800 you could fit so many global patents in this bad boy. For real though, 14. 00:14:20.024 --> 00:14:26.000 [music] Unfortunately, this product kind of sunk 00:14:23.839 --> 00:14:31.760 their monitor line. It was innovative, sure, but they say that the downturn in 00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:36.079 the market in 2008 and 2009 was just terrible timing for it to launch. I 00:14:33.680 --> 00:14:40.079 think it had other problems like say for example that this is clearly a 00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:45.519 businessforward product from a company that up until then had been almost 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:48.240 entirely focused on gamers. But to me, 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:54.085 it was more about the unnecessariness of it. I mean, why buy two 17inch TN 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:58.800 monitors when you can buy one one [music] dual 17inch TN monitor? There 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:04.240 was cool stuff, though. Had an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam which 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:08.399 could swivel, a built-in microphone, three USBA ports. I mean, if they had 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:12.320 launched this thing right in the start of the COVID pandemic, boom, they would 00:15:10.880 --> 00:15:16.720 have nailed it. They got the wrong global crisis. [laughter] 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:21.595 Yet another problem is that it used a connector that you've probably never 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:26.160 heard of. DMS59 [music] or dual monitor solution 59 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:31.680 pins. I love engineer names. Count them. Count those pins. [laughter] 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:34.160 No. The monitors ran at 1440 by 900 each 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:41.279 or WXGA plus, which is not to be confused with WXGA, the other WXGA, 00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:43.199 WSXG, or WSXGA plus. Don't you miss when 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:50.399 we named monitor resolutions like that? It was great. It makes full HD, UHD, QHD seem 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:54.079 downright sensible. Anyway, none of that 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:55.440 was the big feature. The big feature was 00:15:54.079 --> 00:16:01.440 this. WA. WANT to show the client what you're 00:15:58.560 --> 00:16:04.171 working on? It's pretty cool. 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:09.199 Compared to today, these monitors, [music] aside from being ti, are not 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:12.160 great with a 500 to1 contrast ratio. 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:16.800 Yes, that is hundreds. 220 nit peak brightness and 8 millisecond pixel 00:16:14.880 --> 00:16:22.079 response times. But this thing would have been pretty sick for office use 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:24.560 back in the day except that affordable 00:16:22.079 --> 00:16:29.199 larger panels were like kind of common place and 17 in was kind of bad. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:35.040 Yeah, it's an all-in-one solution though so that I can what? Take it with me. 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:43.471 Yeah, look at that. It's great. Walk away. We got this. All we need is two display 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:44.560 port to DVI adapters. Oh wow, that is 00:16:43.471 --> 00:16:50.079 [gasps] it powered on. We've spent so much time talking about 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:53.279 EVGA's awesome design. This interview logo, not their finest work. I don't 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:56.880 think this mouse works. Oh my god, this does not illuminate. 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:59.600 Okay, hold on. Let's get a mouse stock. More like dead stock. 00:16:58.959 --> 00:17:04.079 Dead stock. Have you guys got the interview already? Yeah. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:09.679 Okay, that's great cuz I brought a vampire. 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:12.160 Oh my god. Interview with the vampire. 00:17:09.679 --> 00:17:17.839 Wow. That looks like garbage. [laughter] That's TN panel from 20 what? 2009. 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:23.280 One of the strats back in the day, you guys, was to put a glossy surface on the 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:27.839 screen to kind of try and uh boost the perceived contrast and clarity. It 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.320 didn't work. Okay. What games are we playing? Uh whatever you want. Halo Counter 00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:37.837 Strike. Nice. It's You know what? It's not 60 Hz. Linus. It's better than 60 Hz. 00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:39.039 Wow. That motion blur ghosting trail. 00:17:37.837 --> 00:17:43.760 [laughter] It looks like I have mouse pointer trails on. It's pretty bad day. Check the check 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:48.160 display settings though. 66.350. 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:49.760 Hey, [screaming] this is it, guys. 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:55.280 Match is ready. This for better or for worse. This rig 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:56.320 is as EVGA as any rig can be. It's dead 00:17:55.280 --> 00:18:00.080 quiet. Hey. Yeah. Should we get it closed up? It looks amazing. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:04.640 Let's close it. Let's close it. It is a beautiful case. Okay. You going to peel one side? I was 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:07.919 gonna wait for the SR2 build. Yeah, we kind of have to do my side. 00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:11.679 Let's wait for the SR2 build. Do do the inside. Do the inside, P. All right, 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:15.200 there. It's at least a little bit more clear. We're going to see it in all of 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:20.559 its glory next time. There we go. An EVGA gamer. Okay, here 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:26.320 we go. Oh my goodness. This is the worst thing ever. It's playable. 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:27.120 This monitor is I don't remember badness 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:31.200 like this. Technically, I'm terrorist. 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:34.160 Look, I can't tell on this monitor. Flaming [music] the peripherals. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.760 Well, I mean, a little bit. Yeah, that's what a real gamer does. 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:41.039 Look, that's my blood on the wall. No, I'm going to win. You get a kill. 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:46.960 I I couldn't even see my crosshair, dude. [laughter] I couldn't even see it. 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:47.679 Wow. It's pretty bad. Oh. Oh. OH. COME 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:51.919 ON. I didn't hit him at all. No. No. I got this. I'm going to get a kill. [music] 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:55.440 All right. One kill. Oh, no. I had the bomb. Okay. Well, 00:18:54.320 --> 00:19:00.640 yeah. Well, follow your team. Follow your team. Yeah. No, just toss it to your teammates. Just rush B. Rush B. 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:05.120 Rush B. Well, what? They're not rushing you. You said follow the damn team. What 00:19:03.520 --> 00:19:09.600 is this? HOW DID THAT NOT [screaming] KILL HIM? YOU WERE AIMING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. 00:19:07.520 --> 00:19:12.400 His right. Camera left. Camera left. I can see it from here. That was his head. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.000 I mean, if it was his head, he'd be dead. [laughter] 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:19.600 Right. I brought up Floatplane cuz we were talking about how you could stream on here. Float playing. Great streaming 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:23.520 quality. Great for show. It's got a webcam right there. 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:27.280 Okay. You wouldn't use that. In fairness to me, this is pretty bad, huh? 00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:30.720 It's pretty bad. Like remember when 40 milliseconds of input lag was a thing? 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:34.960 I know. This feels really rough. So floaty. It's pretty. Yeah, right. 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:37.200 I can tell you have no control right now. 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:42.943 Oh, it's so bad. You ran me at his shoulder. I was I was I can admit when I was 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:46.160 aiming at the wrong spot. This sucks. [laughter] It's so hard. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:49.520 Okay, here. Colton, you want to turn? Whoa. What are we doing? You got to try to get one kill. 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.720 What do you mean I got to try to get one kill? Easy. What are you talking about? The challenge is over when you get one 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:56.400 kill. Oh, what is [laughter] happening? Hold on. No, you're dead. You're dead. 00:19:55.200 --> 00:20:00.559 Okay. Yeah. He doesn't even know he's spectating. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.559 The monitor's called the interview. Do you get the joke now? Why he's wearing a 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:07.640 cape? Yeah. The joke is that you should probably do some 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:13.280 I didn't even realize what I was gaming on. What? What is [laughter] this? 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:18.080 Why? Yeah, but what if I wanted to watch the game? Does it even flip? Oh, it does. 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:21.600 It did. That was really good. Okay, that's pretty cool. That was really good. 00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:24.400 If you manage to put a bullet on target, you'll be ahead of me in blue. 00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:30.320 No, [laughter] he did. That seems like a really high refresh 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:31.760 rate. Uh good uh gaming uh device. 00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:35.400 66 hertz. 60 66. 00:20:35.520 --> 00:20:39.679 I got one. Head shot. Whoa. No way. Yeah. 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:44.640 Boom. Head shot. Well, that's a tall order. It was 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:50.240 a nice shot, though. You could barely see his head. That was pretty good. Now that some time has passed, we've asked 00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:54.400 EVGA, "Hey, why did you guys end your partnership with NVIDIA and stopped 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:59.200 making graphics cards in general? And after some PR talk, it basically boiled 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:03.600 down to the market being tilted toward the chip manufacturers and away from the 00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:07.039 add-in board partners, meaning that their margins were razor thin and 00:21:05.474 --> 00:21:10.480 [music] it just wasn't worth it anymore. It also seemed like they weren't happy 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:14.480 with chip manufacturer restrictions that limited their ability to innovate, which 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:19.120 as you guys saw earlier was a big part of what EVGA was about. Nor were they 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:22.720 happy with how expensive graphics cards, a [music] product meant for fun 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:26.080 primarily, were getting. They said that NVIDIA has strong technology and they 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:31.280 wish them all the best in their future endeavors, which apparently is all AI 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:34.294 all the time now. So, take that as you will for now. We sincerely wish EVGA the 00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:39.360 best. [music] They didn't sponsor this video or anything. And if I'm being honest, I 00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:43.440 don't know if they're going to be around to honor their legendary 10-year [music] 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:46.480 warranties. Their product lineup has shrunk and shrunk and shrunk down to it 00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:52.400 seems like they're going to be quite focused on power supplies going forward. [music] But hey, we've still got a lot 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:55.039 of fond memories, and this was a lot of fun to do. You'll [music] find links to 00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:58.960 some of their products in the video description below. 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