Why are there many gpu manufacturers (zotac, Asus, msi…) but onlz 2 pc CPU manufacturers?
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There are really only three GPU manufacturers, and only two of them have any gaming or performance credentials: nVidia and AMD, with Intel being bulk but no performance.
Zotac, EVGA, Sapphire, XFX, Zotac, Power Color – these are all GPU “partners.” Those companies make something more accurately called a “video card.” But, much like how “CPU” used to also refer to an entire *tower*, terminology can sometimes be fuzzy.
The GPU partners that make video cards do so with only either AMD or nVidia chips. Making one of those cards is much more like making a whole computer than it is a discrete card. A modern video card has significant amounts of its own memory, it has its own cooling solution, it has specific power requirement, and it has the GPU chip installed.
Really, you can think of the “board partner” company as being more like Dell, Gateway, HP, Asus, Alienware, Falcon Northwest, or the old IBM – they make variations of a device with components from a smaller list (two, in both cases) of manufacturers. Intel and AMD for CPUs, and nVidia and AMD for GPUs.
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