Are GPUs And Graphics Cards Manufactured In The Same Place?

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Gizmo j

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I know that there are a bunch of different "graphics cards" brands but only 2 "GPU" brands (Nvidia/AMD).

So I was wondering if Nvidia/AMD Manufactured there own GPUs independently....do they?
 
Kaido

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On the tangent of GPU's, I had a first-world problem today:

1. My computer is from 2013. At least, that's when the final beta BIOS was released. The newest GPU the beta BIOS allows me to run is a 1080 Ti.
2. My 1080 Ti died today. The only card I had available as a spare was an old 550 Ti, which unfortunately cannot run the 2.5K resolution of my 32" monitor.
3. So I'm currently stuck on a 9-year-old computer with a slightly blurry non-native resolution & am trying to figure out if I just want to replace it with a used high-spec card or upgrade.

My computer is rock-solid. No TPM 2.0 chip so no official Windows 11, but Win10 doesn't deep-six until like 2025. I have a bunch of cards & storage drives. It's a 6-core unit with 64 gigs of RAM, so it's been a beast for quite a long time now. Only a standard 500 MB/s, not the new-fangled NVMe 4.0 7,200 MB/s-whatever chips available. But I'm pretty sure I could keep it going for another few years no problem, so maybe I'll just bite the bullet & snag a used mining card off fleabay to keep my system rolling.

Although that new 24GB 4090 Ti sounds nice1 Just not $1,499 nice LOL.
 
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Kaido said:
On the tangent of GPU's, I had a first-world problem today:

1. My computer is from 2013. At least, that's when the final beta BIOS was released. The newest GPU the beta BIOS allows me to run is a 1080 Ti.
2. My 1080 Ti died today. The only card I had available as a spare was an old 550 Ti, which unfortunately cannot run the 2.5K resolution of my 32" monitor.
3. So I'm currently stuck on a 9-year-old computer with a slightly blurry non-native resolution & am trying to figure out if I just want to replace it with a used high-spec card or upgrade.

My computer is rock-solid. No TPM 2.0 chip so no official Windows 11, but Win10 doesn't deep-six until like 2025. I have a bunch of cards & storage drives. It's a 6-core unit with 64 gigs of RAM, so it's been a beast for quite a long time now. Only a standard 500 MB/s, not the new-fangled NVMe 4.0 7,200 MB/s-whatever chips available. But I'm pretty sure I could keep it going for another few years no problem, so maybe I'll just bite the bullet & snag a used mining card off fleabay to keep my system rolling.

Although that new 24GB 4090 Ti sounds nice1 Just not $1,499 nice LOL.
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What motherboard is it? It could probably support newer cards, unless there is some weird incompatibility or whitelist. But hard to say, depends on the board I suppose. Depending on your budget, a used 5700XT or 6700XT or 3070 might be good, if they would work. Even a new 6700XT is only around $400.
 
zinfamous

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From what I understand, all of the GPU chips and boards for the cards in all of the world come from a single 3D printer in some dude's basement.
 
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zinfamous said:
From what I understand, all of the GPU chips and boards for the cards in all of the world come from a single 3D printer in some dude's basement.
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So ..... you're saying OP has a chance? ;)

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zinfamous said:
From what I understand, all of the GPU chips and boards for the cards in all of the world come from a single 3D printer in some dude's basement.
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True. When he finishes one, he walks it over to his neighbor's basement where it's rivited onto a video card.
 
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Gizmo j said:
So I was wondering if Nvidia/AMD Manufactured there own GPUs independently....do they?
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TSMC manufactures the GPUs for Nvidia/AMD.

Nvidia and AMD have their own reference cards that are built by some AIB (add-in board) partner. You can get Nvidia's reference Founder Edition card from Best Buy and AMD's reference card is available from their online shop.

Then the AIB partners buy the GPUs from Nvidia/AMD and design their own cards with heftier cooling solutions/VRMs/capacitors so they can be overclocked easily and much better than the reference models.

At least, that's what I know. Why are you curious? Are we going to be looking forward to Gizmo Edition graphics cards soon?
 
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