ATI overtakes nVidia

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To quote the iconic 1960s drummer Buddy Miles, the graphics chip market is "going through them changes."

As Nvidia falters, Advanced Micro Devices' ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by "radical" shifts in the market, according to Mercury Research, which tracks the market for GPUs or graphics processing units.
"AMD surpassed Nvidia this quarter in overall shipments...(and) is now the leading supplier of standalone GPU and of notebook standalone GPUs, and the second largest supplier of graphics solutions overall," the Mercury Research report says. Intel is the longstanding No. 1 supplier because it includes the graphics function in its chipsets, which accompany its processors, and more recently is building the function into the central processing unit or CPU.

There are, of course, good reasons why AMD knocked Nvidia out of the No. 2 spot. AMD is gaining in laptop share just as the total mobile graphics market surpasses the total desktop graphics market for the first time, according to Mercury. In particular, AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5000 series (used in both laptops and desktops) saw a "a huge burst" in shipments in the second quarter, Mercury said.

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I just wish that nVidia would stop with its sleazy business tactics and focus on making great cards. I was very happy with my 8800GT but the recent scandals, especially surrounding PhysX and TWIMTBP program, have put me off the company. ATI has continued to push open standards, while technologies like EyeFinity aren't restrictive, unlike nVidia's PhysX, 3D Vision and CUDA.

nVidia doesn't need to resort to cheap and dirty tactics - their products are solid.