In one hand I want the Nvidia quasi monopoly to end. On the other hand it might bankrupt AMD on its way.
Be hard to bankrupt AMD when their CPUs make them tons of money.
And for the time being, AMD offers the best CPU-iGPU combination. Intel is still lagging behind on GPU tech and NVidia has no x86 CPU – even though the most important patents expire in two years, I don’t think NVidia will make an x86 CPU without the more modern extensions that are still patented.
Best cpu+igpu yes, but not only that. In the server realm they’re doing incredibly well. EPYC remains unmatched by anything Intel has.
ARM has a future in servers too, but for a lot of companies it isn’t there yet (personally, I hope it never is and they go to RISC-V instead but yeah).
In one hand I want the Nvidia quasi monopoly to end.
NVidia has no monopoly in the PC space. Intel + AMD combined far outnumber NVidia GPUs overall, NVidia just has certain niche markets where they dominate with high profit margins but that’s not what this story is about.
If we are talking gaming (which by no means is a niche market), nvidia absolutely dominates the GPU market. The steam survey reports a market share of 75% for nvidia gpus
They also dominate compute. There’s still a lot of software that depends on CUDA.
Consoles have had AMD chipsets for decades, and still do. Well, except the Switch.
If we are talking gaming (which by no means is a niche market), nvidia absolutely dominates the GPU market. The steam survey reports a market share of 75% for nvidia gpus
Gaming also compromises Candy Crush and Wordle which are not on Steam. The article is about a low-cost GPU, not a 4080 competitor.
Intel GPU press releases are historically horse shit. No matter what the claim, they always underdeliver.
We need more competition in the mid to low market, under $150 and your only option is the 1030 that’s worse than a 6 yo mid range card like the rx570.
I think competition is healthy, so I’m all for it. I hope that Intel throws their hat into the affordable local AI ring.
“Affordable” ROFL sure thing pal