NVIDIA Enters Retail with Direct Sales at Best Buy

jmke · 9th October 2010, 20:52

Not many things take me by surprise, but add this one to the list, along with Eyefinity. We heard rumors of NVIDIA going direct as far back as Q3'09, with a retail shelf date target of January 2010. At that time we understood that Best Buy and Newegg were the two retailers that would get NVIDIA branded video cards for sale. That did not happen and we went along our merry way.

This time it snuck up on us. Last week we found out through several good sources that NVIDIA is supposed to launch direct sale video cards with Best Buy on its next product refresh cycle which is October 10th. It seems that not everything works out like it should at Best Buy when it comes to moving in inventory, a lesson to be learned about retail, as the cards went on sale a bit earlier than intended.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...es_at_best_buy

9th October 2010, 20:52	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	NVIDIA Enters Retail with Direct Sales at Best Buy Not many things take me by surprise, but add this one to the list, along with Eyefinity. We heard rumors of NVIDIA going direct as far back as Q3'09, with a retail shelf date target of January 2010. At that time we understood that Best Buy and Newegg were the two retailers that would get NVIDIA branded video cards for sale. That did not happen and we went along our merry way. This time it snuck up on us. Last week we found out through several good sources that NVIDIA is supposed to launch direct sale video cards with Best Buy on its next product refresh cycle which is October 10th. It seems that not everything works out like it should at Best Buy when it comes to moving in inventory, a lesson to be learned about retail, as the cards went on sale a bit earlier than intended. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...es_at_best_buy __________________

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