Just thinking with the mixed reviews and views on the forth coming next gen cards, that do we now need more competition again?
Remember when we had 3Dfx, STB, Diamond, S3, nVidia, ATi, Matrox, Cirrus, Trident etc etc... PowerVR tech hahaha I remember that one.. ... you know in the old days there was a lot of competition...
Is this lack of competition nowadays making the whole GPU market stagnant? I think it is... and wouldn't it be nice if Matrox decided to re-enter the 3D Market, I remember their Millianium was the fastest 2d in the world, and the Mystique 2 and 4mb, they were ace 3D cards them as well...
What's people opinions on the current (well last few years) monopoly of just two companies pushing it? does it make them rest on their laurals knowing they only have to beat 1 other competitor?
IF for example, we'd have still had say 4-5 major players, would we have faster technology being released next week?
Cheers Pug
Remember when we had 3Dfx, STB, Diamond, S3, nVidia, ATi, Matrox, Cirrus, Trident etc etc... PowerVR tech hahaha I remember that one.. ... you know in the old days there was a lot of competition...
Is this lack of competition nowadays making the whole GPU market stagnant? I think it is... and wouldn't it be nice if Matrox decided to re-enter the 3D Market, I remember their Millianium was the fastest 2d in the world, and the Mystique 2 and 4mb, they were ace 3D cards them as well...
What's people opinions on the current (well last few years) monopoly of just two companies pushing it? does it make them rest on their laurals knowing they only have to beat 1 other competitor?
IF for example, we'd have still had say 4-5 major players, would we have faster technology being released next week?
Cheers Pug