| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Industry |
| Founded | July 1999 |
| Headquarters |
2900 Saturn Street Brea, CA 92821-1702, U.S.A. |
| Key people | Andrew Han (President & Founder) Bob Klase(Vice President) Joe Darwin (Marketing Director) Shane Duff (Webmaster) |
| Products | Motherboards, graphics cards, Consumer Electronics |
| Employees | 36 [1] |
| Website | http://www.EVGA.com/ |
EVGA Corporation is a company that produces NVIDIA based consumer computer hardware, as well as Intel based motherboards.[2] Founded in July 1999, its current headquarters is in Brea, California.
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EVGA products include motherboards (at first only NVIDIA reference designs but now include non reference models such as boards based on the intel X58 chipset and modified nvidia reference designs), graphic cards, factory overclocked graphics cards such as the SC, SSC and FTW editions, as well as the KO editions in the past, and related accessories. Other products, such as specialized VGA coolers, VGA water blocks, and non-reference NVIDIA based motherboards are also available from EVGA.[3] In 2009, EVGA released the X58 Classified (E759), a EVGA specialized board with a NVIDIA NF200 chip (the E760 Classified does not have the NF200 chip). It is an Intel X58-chipset based motherboard with many overclocking-friendly features.
In September 2009, EVGA released the world's first 4-way SLI capable motherboard (XL-ATX form factor) which allows up to four GPUs to run in a 4-way SLI mode. The first graphics processing unit to support 4-way SLI was their GTX 285 Classified, however, with the introduction of the GTX 400 series, both the GTX 480 and the recent GTX 580 support 4-way SLI. They also released a dual socket motherboard based on the Intel 5520 chipset with overclocking features. Dubbed the Classified SR-2, this unique motherboard supports dual Socket LGA 1366 Xeon-based Intel CPUs and 4-way SLI. It was the first HPTX form factor motherboard.
In August 2010, EVGA released the Classified SR-2 Power Supply with 1200 Watts of continuous power and 6 +12v rails, each capable of delivering 38A.[4]
On May 2011, Evga stepped into Cpu Air cooler market by introducing Evga Superclock Cpu Cooler with (5) 8mm heatpipes that are arranged to receive the maximum airflow, direct-touch base technology providing excellent thermal transfer and wind tunnel fin design for optimal air-flow with the help of 84CFM 120MM Red LED Fan.[5]
"The EVGA Step-up Program is limited to residents of the US only.[6]"
As of January 1, 2009, EVGA has officially agreed to honour all warranties in the Asia/Pacific Regions of the world.[7] Although, "EVGA does not offer refund on products not purchased directly from EVGA",[8] this statement is contradictory to any refund support, as it is not currently possible to purchase a product from their website, from outside of the US, and have them ship the product to a location outside of the US.
EVGA Corporation also has a program known as "Step Up",[9] where selected products purchased through select vendors may upgrade the card to a better model minus the original cost of the card. This only applies to "vanilla" cards (non factory overclocked), and is not available for upgraded editions of a motherboard, such as upgrading from a 790i Ultra SLI to a 790i SLI FTW.