ASRock’s ASRock officially entered the graphics card market in March this year, debuting AMD Radeon products with the brand identity Phantom Gaming.
ASUS, suspected of conspiracy theories, was convinced by the GPP that the younger brother's “darkness Chencang” argument was based on the financial report just released by ASRock. Perhaps the biggest driving force for them is mining. The slab has become the engine of its first quarter income generation.
However, a reporter from TOMH Germany last week reported that the evaluation was halted despite getting the ASRock RX 580 sample card. The reason given by an ASRock employee is that 'AMD prohibits ASRock from selling graphics cards in the European market'.
This time coincided with NVIDIA halting the controversial GPP project, reasonable speculation became AMD's wielding the baton to protect the interests of the old AIB. After all, the European market is a piece of fat.
Then there were hardware media that pointed out that it was ASRock's own decision to focus on video card sales in Asia and Latin America.
If ASRock's so-called 'AMD ban on sale' is true, then for the latter, it will be a black pot. , Because in the condemnation of GPP's 'defamation', AMD repeatedly emphasized their protection of 'players' freedom of choice'.
According to Forbes report, after repeated communication between the reporter and ASRock PR representatives, The counterparty emphasized that ASRock's strategy for the European market is that consumer products will not be sold on any channel. However, the mine card is not affected, but only 500 requests are issued.
Judging from this rhetoric, consumer-grade graphics cards are not at all subject to ASRock's discretion in not landing in Europe. This may be due to limited production capacity and not external interference.
As for how ASRock in the North American market was treated, the official did not respond, and AMD has not commented yet.
