NVIDIA GPU marketshare increases as AMD and Intel drop
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mitzi76
@pill I am not going to be drawn into some pointless discussion especially when you arent reading everything I said. (re the cpu bit).
one of the main reasons I wont go red is their poor performance re total wars even though last one was "gaming evolved".
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/35440-7xxx-Series-AMD-cards-freezes-and-lock-ups-solution-being-debugged-by-AMD
117 pages, not quite as bad as career mode for fifa13 which is currently fubared across all three platforms 🙁
p.s and am sure you can list problems for nvidia cards as well. my point being I am not just making up AMD driver issues for the want of an excuse to not buy their gpus...
Penal Stingray
this is already expected, nvidia is preffered by most gamers in the world the numbers dont lie. but as of now thier owning the console deparment Wii U, PS4 And Next Gen XBOX 360 are all AMD Powered GPU's those numbers will prolly go up once all consoles are out. i unno maybe im wrong.
Pill Monster
mitzi76
Pill Monster
^Sounds reasonable. 🙂
Edit-
I should add that AMD has had some lousy CrossFire support, maybe that's where the bad rep comes from..
Spets
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heffeque
CPC_RedDawn
AMD will NOT got out of business at all. People have to realize that they simply are not as big as they used to be. Intel have so much money from other companies paying them money for the x86 licenses and other such things that AMD simply can not compete when it comes to R&D for newer tech.
You have to admit though that their bang per buck/pound/euro etc is excellent. You can get an 8 core CPU for under £200 which is simply absurd and whilst the performance is not on par with Intel the performance is still no slouch by any means. Their APU range and performance is growing dramatically and also the prices are excellent as well. You can build a full system based around an APU that will play mild games @ 720p medium settings for less than £300. Ten years ago this was considered a gamers wet dream.
Also if rumoured specs are to believed then the next gen consoles will be going with a complete AMD system. The PS4 "Orbis" is apparently going to use an AMD APU and an AMD discrete GPU to power the system. If Microsoft go the same route with the 720 and we already know the Wii U uses an AMD GPU as well. They literally have the console market in the palm of their hands. Which will bring in a massive stream of revenue.
Plus their graphics division is still going VERY strong. The 2k series was a massive let down, the 3k series was a step in the right direction and the 4k, and 5k series were amazing. The 6k series was excellent for the price and the new GCN architecture in the 7k series is a massive improvement over the last architecture when it comes to efficiency and power. Plus they have sorted out A LOT of their drivers issues with the new "Never Settle" campaign by actually actively supporting new games that are released with top notch performance and free game giveaways. I got Deus Ex, Neuix, and Dirt Showdown codes with my 7970 and my 2nd I got the Never Settle bundle Hitman, Farcry 3, and another game code too (cant remember which one) so I am set for games to play and feel like my £300 on each card was well worth it as I got nearly £200 worth of games for free! Beat that Nvidia!
Spets
Noisiv
sykozis
My "gamer" days are winding down... My next system will be built purely for low-power. So, whichever has the best power consumption will get my money again. If AMD can get Kavari out the door at a reasonable price with reasonable graphics performance and power consumption....it may be an option. If it can't compete with Haswell/Maxwell on power consumption....I'll stay with Intel/NVidia regardless of performance.
Penal Stingray
Redemption80
Huh, i think he means he is getting bored of gaming full stop.
I'm getting the same, the enthusiasm is still there, but when it comes to playing the game i rarely stick with it and spend more time messing with the HTPC side of my PC.
sykozis
Pill Monster
buddybd
sykozis
I think the constant bitching and whining from game devs have turned me off to gaming more than any other single reason.....aside from the Mists of Pandaria expansion for WoW....
If I'm not gaming....and F@H isn't going to properly support newer hardware...I don't have much reason to help increase NVidia or AMD's market share.... I'm sure an iGPU or my current cards will be sufficient for web browsing for quite a few years to come.
Pill Monster
^If it wasn't for BF3 I'd still be using my 8800GTX.....I got a 6950 for that game then never played it.
Only have the 7950 now as it had nearly double the performance for the same price and I'll prob have it for a few years...
In fact if my mobo hadn't died I'd be running an Athlon II dual core right now.
^Depends if you want to pay more money for performance you don't need or less money for performance that suits your purpose.
I don't want to pay more for extra power I won't use, if I did then I would have bought a 7970 instead of my 7950.
Same concept applies to the 8350/20 CPU's, which are priced better than the previous Bulldozer's which were not good value I agree.
sykozis
With my computer use over the last 2 months....I could easily get by on an A4-5300