this is the downfall of AMD

[silenthill_69]

market share is going down & card manufactures are switching sides so is this the begging of the End
 
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/nvidia-could-dominate-market-of-desktop-graphics-cards/

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/79929-gpu-vendors-concerned-declining-amd-demand/

[werto165]

Hasn't their market share been smaller for a while? Once they release their new GPU's I might consider getting one, new GPU + free sync monitor will be my next upgrade probably. 

[LiamApex]

nvidia sort of do already dominate the gpu area with only 30 percent of the community using amd

 

 

 

Sources:http://kotaku.com/which-graphics-card-do-you-use-nvidia-or-amd-1440853030

[Sauron]

That's just because the 970 launched. You'll see, AMD will return to its usual 40ish% marketshare when the R9 3xx series launches.

[007agentHP]

as much as the 970 rules, i wish amd all the luck in the world because without competition, nvidia will turn into greedy fuckers and charge whatever they want for gpus

[zappian]

AMD has the best cards under 350 dollars.

 

Stop OP.

[tmlhalo]

Maxwell was a disappointment for me. Going to see what AMD offers in their next generation.

[Ace307]

AMD has the best cards under 350 dollars.

 

Stop OP.

you can get a 970 windforce for 339

[zappian]

you can get a 970 windforce for 339

 

okay amd has the best cards under 339.

Happy ?

[Trik'Stari]

970 might turn out to be a flop depending on how this whole 3.5gb of vram thing goes. Just saying.

[Ace307]

okay amd has the best cards under 339.

Happy ?

better lol

[NannerBeans]

It was a 60:40 for the longest time but I don't think AMD has come out with anything great lately. 

[Ace307]

970 might turn out to be a flop depending on how this whole 3.5gb of vram thing goes. Just saying.

true 

[Nup]

I don't think AMD is going anywhere  

[Altecice]

There main downfall is the monkeys that work in the GPU drivers department.

[JuztBe]

End of AMD: "Owns  30-40% of hundred millions worth market"

[hak4fun]

970 might turn out to be a flop depending on how this whole 3.5gb of vram thing goes. Just saying.

There response to the 970 issue was this:

"The GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with 4GB of dedicated graphics memory.  However the 970 has a different configuration of SMs than the 980, and fewer crossbar resources to the memory system. To optimally manage memory traffic in this configuration, we segment graphics memory into a 3.5GB section and a 0.5GB section.  The GPU has higher priority access to the 3.5GB section.  When a game needs less than 3.5GB of video memory per draw command then it will only access the first partition, and 3rd party applications that measure memory usage will report 3.5GB of memory in use on GTX 970, but may report more for GTX 980 if there is more memory used by other commands.  When a game requires more than 3.5GB of memory then we use both segments."

[Guest]

970 might turn out to be a flop depending on how this whole 3.5gb of vram thing goes. Just saying.

 

This. If they have to recall them it would be a disaster. And even if it can be solved with "just" a firmware update it would be an absolute PR disaster.

 

There response to the 970 issue was this:

"The GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with 4GB of dedicated graphics memory.  However the 970 has a different configuration of SMs than the 980, and fewer crossbar resources to the memory system. To optimally manage memory traffic in this configuration, we segment graphics memory into a 3.5GB section and a 0.5GB section.  The GPU has higher priority access to the 3.5GB section.  When a game needs less than 3.5GB of video memory per draw command then it will only access the first partition, and 3rd party applications that measure memory usage will report 3.5GB of memory in use on GTX 970, but may report more for GTX 980 if there is more memory used by other commands.  When a game requires more than 3.5GB of memory then we use both segments."

 

That still doesn't explain why performance drops so drastically when the last .5 GB of memory are being accessed. If this is "by design" it might be even worse than what we're thinking right now.

[OfficialJsP]

i think people forget that they have the best APUs currently 

[Nup]

End of AMD: "Owns  30-40% of hundred millions worth market"

 

This ^^

 

lets not forget that they power all the consoles, which is significant! So maybe lagging in the desktop gnu race, but they're certainly not gone. 

[c0d0ps]

i think people forget that they have the best APUs currently 

Yes, but it'll take a while before they are actually viable unless you do like 400 dollars build or something. 

For most builds it's better with dedicated gpu.

[OfficialJsP]

Yes, but it'll take a while before they are actually viable unless you do like 400 dollars build or something. 

For most builds it's better with dedicated gpu.

 

viable.... they are used in all of the consoles 

[Altecice]

Joke or not, they're not as bad as people say they are.

 

Not a joke I am serious.

 

I own two 290x's and since 14.7 they haven't bothered to fix a card breaking bug imo with eyefinity. Lots of people have the same issue and have posted on the AMD forums and not one single person from AMD have replied. One person opened a ticket with AMD and it took them two weeks to reply to him and even when they did it was literally a money who did. (they didint know CrossfireX was AMD's version of SLI, they also thought the 290's used Crossfire bridges). I am not buying another AMD product after I upgrade my GPU's in a year or two.

 

I could fully believe that AMD will either go bust or leave the GPU market if they dont fire and hire new driver people.

[TheMcSame]

970 might turn out to be a flop depending on how this whole 3.5gb of vram thing goes. Just saying.

I'm surprised this is only just becoming a big thing on here. It's been around for a while.

[tmlhalo]

viable.... they are used in all of the consoles 

400 dollar builds

consoles

 

They are good, I have one in an HTPC but they have a point. You wouldn't build a 600 dollar or higher gaming machine with an APU for graphics.