That would be a major loss for consumers. Intel holds a majority of the desktop graphics market, because the majority of PCs don't need a dedicated graphics card. Forcing all users to buy a dedicated card, would not only increase the price of pre-built computers but would also increase the prices we all pay for graphics cards.

aw ok...

Agreed, but as a old school fan of ATI it will remain ATI+ AMD 🙂 im really glad for AMD, ]

New name, but it's still basically ATI.

my 580`s ran pretty cool with good overclock. original fermi was the ones that ran hot, not the 500 series. even my 480 ran cooler than the 290x on the stock cooler. it hovered around 88c full load in summer. and both did not throttle due to heat

My point is they ran hot TK, i own a 470 love it. If watercooling for the 290x has proved anything it's that the stock cooler was completely inadequate for it. Those temps will come down and throttling will stop with custom cooling solutions. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_470_480_review,13.html 94C and 95C on reference coolers Is hawaii a refresh? No, hence my comparison to 1st gen Fermi. Speaking of your 580 what's a decent OC for one? Friend has one (though he's never OCed) he's considering it. I got 700/1750 with my 470 relatively easy, not that it's a large OC or anything but still.

New name, but it's still basically ATI.

I kind of miss the ATI name 🙁

Beautifull so, they will pass from 38 to 40% .... Seriously, this make years and years between Nvidia and AMD discrete gpu, the marketshare are nearly 60/40%, or 55/45,,, on the 5870 times, it have result in 52/48 ( for AMD ) ... And this is good, this mean good competition on discrete gpu.. because both brand are really close ( its not like Samsung who have 2x time the marketshare of Apple in smartphones, or windows who have 90% of marketshare ) ( Samsung 38 %, Apple 12%, the third one is at 7% and all the rest of brand are share something like 1 to 5% ) What this news is about, AMD who have got a flat quarter, will come back on what it was stand 8 months ago ? In global GPU Marketshare, AMD is still way ahead of Nvidia ( with nearly 2x the marketshare of Nvidia ) . @OPS, the card dont overheat at 94°C, this is the operational setting for the 290x ... the chips is trying to stay at this temp.. ( if lower it decrease the fanspeed, if higher it increase it... the TDP is too linked to it, as for the clockspeed.. ).. Its too bad the cooling is not more silent.. as it could have been an interessant point for explain how work powertune .

40% more buggy drivers and overheating stuff wow great job amd!

If you wanted to look stupid, you could have not doing it better .

My point is they ran hot TK, i own a 470 love it. If watercooling for the 290x has proved anything it's that the stock cooler was completely inadequate for it. Those temps will come down and throttling will stop with custom cooling solutions. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_470_480_review,13.html 94C and 95C on reference coolers Is hawaii a refresh? No, hence my comparison to 1st gen Fermi. Speaking of your 580 what's a decent OC for one? Friend has one (though he's never OCed) he's considering it. I got 700/1750 with my 470 relatively easy, not that it's a large OC or anything but still. I kind of miss the ATI name 🙁

they ran that hot cus the 480 was at a fan speed of only 71% at 94c. if you ran it at 100% fan speed like I did it was under 90c full load. sure it sounded like a hair dryer but I opted for lower temps at the expense of noise. my 580`s in summer hit around 83c and 80c in summer and around 8c less full load in winter. 900/4410. stock coolers agressive fan profile

This is good News of AMD and Nvidia prices here have been so bad in Australia 800$ for a 780 now down to 640$.

40% more buggy drivers and overheating stuff wow great job amd!

Not sure if trolling or just been stupid?.I have owned cards from both sides for years both have run hot at times both have had terrible drivers.