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Originally Posted by buildmaster5000
Why else would nVidia be giving away hundreds of top of the line graphics cards.
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One reason a company would give them away is because the market place moves so fast, they may have developed a superior performing card, at a lower price. You cannot sell an older product you make against a new product you make. Existing inventory has to be depleted. Either fire sale it, or give it away.
The trick product managers have to do is deplete existing inventory at the same time the new product come out. If you mis-time it then either you don't have a product to sell, or you have too much of the old stuff. When the economy slowed down it may have depressed their burn rate, hence the excess inventory.
There are a lot of reasons why a company would give it away other than these also.
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