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Watch out AMD: Intel Arc A580 could be the next great affordable GPU | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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

[–] dack@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They also dominate compute. There's still a lot of software that depends on CUDA.

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah absolutely. Doing GPU parallel computing for many people is synonymous with using CUDA.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They also dominate compute.

Yes, "certain niche markets where they dominate with high profit margins".

[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Consoles have had AMD chipsets for decades, and still do. Well, except the Switch.

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

We are talking about the PC space here, though.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would claim that most people that need a dedicated GPU for gaming are using steam

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I would claim that most people that need a dedicated GPU for gaming are using steam

True but you said "If we are talking gaming (which by no means is a niche market), nvidia absolutely dominates the GPU market". So gaming in general which includes the massive number of casuals playing simple web games and that's what I was replying to. Gaming with dedicated GPU is a niche market compared to the sheer size of the overall PC market which has an installed base of literally billions of devices in use. So again: NVidia has no monopoly.