AMD Slowly Gains Share in GPU Market at Nvidia's Expense
AMD Slowly Gains Share in GPU Market at Nvidia's Expense
Posted 08/27/2009 at 9:44am
| by Paul Lilly
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According to Jon Peddi research, growth in shipments of discrete videocards might mean the recession is winding down. It's also good news for AMD, whose graphics market share has been on the rise thanks to a combination of stabilizing pricing and a hot-selling Radeon product line.
This allowed AMD to snag a larger share of the overall market, which increased to 34 percent for the quarter. But it's not all bad news for Nvidia, who despite slipping four points still owns the lion's share at 64 percent.
All told, Jon Peddie Research said that 16.81 million discrete videocards where shipped in the second quarter of 2009, which is a 3 percent increase from the first quarter, but still down 15 percent over the same quarter one year ago. But JPR believes the worst is over, noting the numbers "demonstrated some much-needed firmness in Q2'09, adding more evidence that demand has bottomed and a recovery is in the offing."
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spoonard
August 28, 2009 at 10:28am
I was curious about the fact that ATi provides the GPU's for both the Xbox 360 AND the Wii. Compared to nVidia providing simply for the PS3. With the combined amount of Xbox 360's and Wii's that are out there, how is AMD/ATi not up to their eyeballs in cash flow?
Digihotaru
August 27, 2009 at 10:39pm
4 of my last 5 video card purchases were either DOA or grew unstable later as a result of nvidia's manufacturing woes. Personally, I'll be switching to ATI until I'm satisfied nVidia has smoothed this wrinkle out.
Techrocket9
August 27, 2009 at 10:33am
Spy vs. Spy!
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MeTo
August 27, 2009 at 10:22am
I have had both Nvidia/ATI several cards and for the money i will go with ATI.
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