9/23/2023 0 Comments Evga motherboardLike its Intel flavored counterpart, the EVGA Z590 Dark, the X570 Dark follows many of the same design traits, with an RGB enabled logo built into the rear panel cover and a primarily black and silver design throughout. Perhaps a combination of high confidence and successful motherboard launches on Intel's platforms, EVGA seemingly felt now was the time to bring its Dark series to the 'Dark' side. With it being EVGA's first AMD-based motherboard in over 12 years and not just at the entry-level or mid-range offering, EVGA drops its first motherboard for AMD Ryzen in at the deep end. When EVGA offered us a sample of the X570 Dark to take a look at, I jumped at the chance to see what all the fuss was about. The EVGA X570 Dark teased by Vince "KINGPIN" Lucido on Facebook. Back on July 12th, he uploaded an image on his personal Facebook page with a picture of a new Dark series branded motherboard captioned "The red pill." This interested the overclocking community, as Vince's creations are often used in achieving world records. The motherboard in the image not only displayed an AM4 socket but it showed something EVGA hasn't done since 2008 an AMD motherboard. Vince Lucido, who is better known globally by his KINGPIN brand, isn't just one of EVGA's key employees but is also one of the most famous extreme overclockers. Is EVGA, which had previously been an Intel and NVIDIA only deal until now enough to tempt you to the 'DARK' side? EVGA X570 Dark Overview: Ryzen Goes Dark Some of the EVGA X570 Dark's most notable features include two memory slots with support for DDR4-4800, dual PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, eight SATA, dual 2.5 GbE, and support for Wi-Fi 6. It's EVGA's first entry into the market for AMD's Ryzen processors, focusing on performance and overclocking more than most other X570/X570S boards currently available. Today's review focuses on the EVGA X570 Dark that is more than the usual desktop AM4 motherboard. Also, if EVGA is all about overclocking and the AMD chips aren't really suitable for OC for most users, how are they supposed to jump in and take market-share when that's their main focus? Of course, this is just conjecture on my part, but I am an engineer and work in product development.albeit in a completely different sector.Quite a few of the motherboards we have reviewed over the last month have been aimed at enthusiasts with a penchant for extreme overclocking. So with motherboards being probably the smallest part of EVGA's business, it may not make financial sense (or be feasible with existing staff) to switch all the way over and do AMD boards for 2-3 years, especially when AM4 was already at EOL and they would have had to really learn two new platforms, then switch back to Intel after that when they already have a team of experienced designers, contracts, etc. AMD is slapping them around a bit right now, but it hasn't been that way for many years and Intel has a route back to the front ahead of them (probably Meteor Lake on the 7nm EUV node as it has the highest chance for being a major leap forward for them). Another thing I think most people don't consider is that Intel's current lag is not permanent. Their motherboards are generally targeted to overclocking users and Intel is significantly more known for making chips that can OC well. Their long-term customer-base is used to overclocking Intel CPUs and they'd lose some following if they just cut those off probably. I think agreements have been mentioned before, but there are also factors mentioned about how they only have so many people and not enough to put sufficient resources into designing quality products for both brands. Any particular reason evga not doing any AMD boards? I would think with the uptick in market share from amd they would want something out there to be competitive? Just a thought any one have any insight into why no amd? Maybe Intel agreement? Or some such
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