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Did Dell Stop Offering NVIDIA Graphics Cards?

Rumors are flying around today that Dell is in the process of removing all NVIDIA graphics cards from their products. Charlie Demerjian over at The Inq. seems to think that the day has come for the mass exodus of NVIDIA products and that Dell is leading the way. Charlie noted that there isn't a single Nvidia card in a Dell machine that he could find other than in the XPS line. I took a quick look at the site and sure enough after glancing at a few systems only the XPS line had NVIDIA options, but oddly enough they are still the recommended card. Time will tell if Charlie is right on this one.

If you go over the Dell desktop lineup and look through the customization options, you will see that, with a few minor exceptions, there are no more Nvidia cards being offered in Dell systems. Whoopsie. I guess the $10M that Nvidia paid Dell wasn't enough to make amends. The lone remaining desktop Dells with Nvidia graphics are in the high end XPS line and some All-In-One (AIW) models. The AIWs and laptops have a lot in common. They have longer design cycles, and Dell can't just swap out graphics parts when things go pear shaped with a particular supplier. What the systems were designed for years earlier is what they have to be shipped with, and what those models will stay with until they are replaced.

The Inquirer

Posted by | Tue, May 26, 2009 - 11:09 AM