If you want a real compute and rendering card, you could maybe look at the AMD W9100, 16Gb of GDDR, 512Bits memory bus and 1/2 DP on single core ( 2.62Tflops ) ... It dont use CUDA.. but hardware wise, this card is just the pure monster of specifications you can find right now with a single core .... Absolutely unbeatable on all point... I ask me if AMD could not release a dual gpu based on it.. something like 4Tflops DP on a single card...

If you want a real compute and rendering card, you could maybe look at the AMD W9100, 16Gb of GDDR, 512Bits memory bus and 1/2 DP on single core ( 2.62Tflops ) ... It dont use CUDA.. but hardware wise, this card is just the pure monster of specifications you can find right now with a single core .... Absolutely unbeatable on all point... I ask me if AMD could not release a dual gpu based on it.. something like 4Tflops DP on a single card...

Not having CUDA is an issue for many rendering suites, at least in video and 3D. As for the HPC crowd, I'm not too sure, but a quick glance shows that many researchers are still using CUDA. Nvidia's dominance in the workstation market has pretty much made CUDA required for the time being. However, the W9100 does look sweet, but at $4000, for most rendering and compute, Titans are still the best at their price. Okay amount of VRAM, lots of cores, relatively cheap. Maybe we'll eventually get a Tegra accelerator board.

Embedded market is certainly going to grow up, i dont know to what level it could be or if there, i fear, there too, the most profitable chips will again be the low costs one ( not everyone buy high cost cars )...

Audi is going to be using Tegra K1 in it's entire lineup of vehicles, and it is my understanding that their new VCM (Visual Computing Module) which includes a full digital dashboard, navigation, infotainment, Heads-up-display, parking assist, and more.... will not be exclusive to Audi. Just like the current Audi systems powered by the Tegra 3, they will be available in Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda, and more than likely Porsche and Lamborghini. Some of their new safety systems in development are amazing like the driver warning system which not only keeps you from running astray in your lane, but it can warn you visually on the windscreen of cars that pose a risk, people running across the street, and night-vision. And their super cutting edge work on fully autonomous driving systems. Being able to let the car take over while in Los Angeles rush hour traffic on the 405 freeway would be the greatest thing ever.

But, there's not only cars there, AMD as example is allready equip Boeing planes with their GPU APU, for the pilots control screens and plan to equip then them with their SOC. A market where Samsung is allready a lot involved too at many level..

I guess that explains what happened to that Malaysia Air Boeing 777. AMD's drivers strike again!

If you want a real compute and rendering card, you could maybe look at the AMD W9100, 16Gb of GDDR, 512Bits memory bus and 1/2 DP on single core ( 2.62Tflops ) ... It dont use CUDA.. but hardware wise, this card is just the pure monster of specifications you can find right now with a single core .... Absolutely unbeatable on all point... I ask me if AMD could not release a dual gpu based on it.. something like 4Tflops DP on a single card...

Theoretical performance numbers don't always translate to real world applications unfortunately. Check out the benchmarks: http://www.develop3d.com/blog/2014/04/amd-firepro-w9100-professional-gpu-first-look-review K6000 wins in 50% of the tests and in those tests nVidia's margin is quite substantial. Where the W9100 wins, it's not by nearly as large an amount.

I don't recall nvidia ever being the cheapest. I never checked prices at the time the Radeon 9800 Pro came out (that was 10 years ago, right?) but I remember nvidia's prices were always a little on the high side. But, aside from the Titans, I always felt nvidia had decently fair pricing. A lot of what you're paying for is their driver support. AMD/ATI often has better hardware but it takes FOREVER for their drivers to catch up. I don't make upgrades often, so that doesn't really bother me. That being said, I like both companies equally, but I tend to be more inclined to buy AMD since they need the money more. In another light, I think nvidia tries a lot harder to advance GPU technology (which I like), but I don't like how they try to be so proprietary about it. I find nvidia to be a greedier company - they're kind of like pharmaceutical companies, where they create something for the good of everyone but they DEMAND you do things their way and pay their price, which kind of defeats the purpose of their efforts.

Ok a little less than ten years it in the 680gt/ultra times at least the was cheaper than the ATI counterparts, and up until 8800xxx they tended to be cheaper, At least in my country a 7900gt was cheaper than x1900pro/xt/xtx even the 7900ultra. I had the 680gt and the 7900gt. When they ended driver support right after 8800gt/gtx launch I moved to ATI to a hd3870 that I still have.

This brings back memories..... Wonder where LedHed is these days....

This brings back memories..... Wonder where LedHed is these days....

Probably still here under a different name

Qualcomm has the market easily. They drove TI out of the SoC sales, Samsung can only produce little numbers of their SoC's so it forces them to use Qualcomm, and Mediatek tends to only aim at budget performance/price. Sony isn't going too far with theirs right now either.

With NVidia's refusal to compete on price, claiming to sell "premium products", they'll eventually find out that there aren't many markets they can compete in. Nearly every market is governed by price.

Probably still here under a different name

With his hatred of AMD, he'd stand out like a sore thumb.