GALAX exits the GPU business, with Palit taking 'full control' over the brand

GALAX has been a notable GeForce brand for several years, with the company's Hall Of Fame models renowned for pushing performance to the limit and breaking world records in the process. It's a series that we've gone hands-on in the past, and for a little trip down memory lane, be sure to revisit our review of the impressive, for the time, GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti HOF Edition graphics card.

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Today, we got some relatively shocking news via Wccftech: the GALAX brand and company are no more, and the entire global team has been dismissed. And with that, in a statement provided to the outlet, Palit has "assumed full control and operations of the GALAX brand." Palit is now "solely responsible for all activities and commitments related to the brand," covering existing retail stock still out there, as well as warranties and RMA services.

"Following the closure of the previous organizational structure and the dismissal of its team, all management and operations will now be handled exclusively through Palit's official channels," the statement reads. As for the reason for the closure, an additional notification sent to Palit's customers confirms it's due to "supply constraints of various raw materials caused by the AI era."

As GALAX was predominantly focused on its GeForce line of graphics cards as well as SSD storage solutions, it's definitely disappointing to see the current memory and hardware crisis caused by the AI boom and data centers effectively shutter a brand that has been around for decades. And for PC gamers that have been gaming since the GeForce GTX days, there's no doubt that this signals the end of an era for custom high-performance GPUs.