Rumor: Nvidia Spooked by AMD's Market Share Gains, Will Cut Videocard Prices in Response
Posted 11/14/08 at 02:45:15 PM | by Paul Lilly
A report by Jon Peddie Research (JPR) earlier this week confirmed that AMD's recent success with its Radeon 4000 series has helped the company take back some market share from rival GPU maker Nvidia, while also forcing Nvidia and its partners to lower prices on the recently released GTX 200 series. It appears even more cuts are on the way.
DigiTimes, citing un-named sources at graphics cards makers, says that Nvidia "is planning to cut its graphics card prices in an attempt to curb further loss of market share" to AMD. For its part, AMD isn't finished taking it to Nvidia and anticipates grabbing 50 percent of the market following lowered prices on its ATI Radeon HD 4000 series.
In short, it continues to be a great time to be a PC gamer, and it only looks to get better as AMD and Nvidia battle on the pricing front.
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ATI!!!!
Submitted by TheKhaos24 on Wed, 2008-11-19 17:02
Ya go for ati cause they r hotter
9800 GTX SLI
Submitted by sapper72 on Sun, 2008-11-16 03:21
Yeah thats great that they might drop prices. But I just want to get this into the open I feel like I got a raw deal with those cards cause I bought them a launch. Witch I normally would not do, but because the wife was ok with it at time I had to act fast and get rid of the 8800 GTS 512's. Once I got them they where not a upgrade at all just more less a waste.
great job ati! ive recently
Submitted by xs0u1x on Fri, 2008-11-14 17:15
great job ati! ive recently switched to ati products and i tell you, for the moment, im an ati customer!
Nice!
Submitted by K0BALT on Fri, 2008-11-14 15:39
I'm in the market for upgrading to a couple GTX 260's. If the prices go right, I may get two 280's instead :)
Wow! Hope springs eternal!
Submitted by BroadSide on Fri, 2008-11-14 14:32
Wow! Hope springs eternal! Something that benefits the customer?! Where will it stop? Maybe supplies of existing graphics cards won't suddenly dissappear the same day that a new video card launches. Or is that just me being paranoid?...Anybody know where I can get another PNY GTX8800 XLR8?.....
When competetors battle, the
Submitted by Tekzel on Fri, 2008-11-14 14:13
When competetors battle, the consumer wins! Yay us.
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