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Darc Requiem said:

@JEMC The reason the MSI Power Supply issue is being highlighted is that shows a pattern of behavior from MSI regarding AMD. Despite it being inferior, more power hungry, with less stable drivers, they chose an ARC Alchemist based APU for the original MSI Claw. They were late to the party with the RX 7000 series and only produced a couple of cards that reused the cooler designs from their RX 6000 series cards. AFAIK, they didn't produce many of those. They aren't producing any RX 9000 Series cards. Based on how they are operating, if Intel hadn't completely crapped the bed, I serious question what type of motherboard support they'd have for AMD. 

From what I've read, their motherboards have gone downhil in terms of quality in recent years, both for Intel and AMD.

The Claw is certainly an interesting case, and it could be because the result of an anti-AMD bias, but it can also be the result of a confluence of two situations: MSI being late to the handheld PCs party and Intel not wanting to be left behind in that segment. I personally think it was a case of Intel paying MSI to put their chips in the device more than anything else. But I have no proof.

Its GPU division did the bare minimum on AMD 7000 cards and that hurt them. Skipping the 9000 ones will also hurt them. But it's not like their Nvidia cards are that great. I've seen some reviews and their cards are usually the ones with the worst thermals because of their coolers.

The power supply thing is new and yes, it seems anti-AMD given that no current GPU needs 2x16-pin connectors and build with two or more high end Nvidia GPUs will require more powerful PSUs. But, as I said, it's not that big of a deal because all the other brands still provide the necessary ports and are either better known or have better reputation.

I think that even since before their president fell off from a building, MSI has been making dubious decisions and it's putting itself into a corner from which it will be hard for them to come out. It won't surprise me if we read that they'll be shutting down in the next 5-10 years.