As AMD’s RV800 GPUs Approach Release…
NVidia is starting to have cold sweats.
Hey guys, Icarus here!
Today, since we’re so close to the release of AMD’s Radeon 5850/5870/5870X2 GPUs, I thought I’d share a bit about what will most likely happen for NVidia.
Now, NVidia was already at a slight advantage in Quarter 3 of 2009 because AMD cranked down the prices for its most popular graphics cards, and the performance of the GPUs were also astounding.
AMD consumers pretty much got just as much performance out of a $100-$200 AMD 48X0 graphics cards as NVidia’s expensive GTX 260-295 graphics cards.
So, from all this, we can pretty much say that NVidia lost many of its consumers to AMD’s inexpensive, “bang-for-the-buck” GPUs.
Now NVidia is in an even worse situation:
AMD’s taking an early swing at NVidia with its new Radeon 5850/5870/5870X2 GPUs at the very beginning of Q4 of 2009.
Out of desperation, NVidia scheduled their editor’s conference on the same day AMD will be releasing their GPUs.
Now, I think what NVidia did out of desperation is counter productive.
Because all of the top-notch, well-known tech journalists will be scouring for information and the actual GPU to review, NVidia’s editor’s conference will most likely be empty, or be attended by tech journalists who aren’t as well known.
So how does Q4 look for NVidia?
Not good at all, if you ask me.
NVidia’s only moment of relief is when it releases a prototype of the GT300 GPUs in late-September.
Personally, I think NVidia should release their GT300 prototype when AMD releases its RV800 GPUs in a few days. This way, NVidia can absorb some of AMD’s punches and somehow stay even with AMD.
Well, that’s all for this post! Hope you guys enjoyed it!
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~| Icarus
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