When you say "holds market share lead", I read it as "holds onto", as if AMD was somewhat close in market share. lol. 62% nVidia 37% AMD Matrox sells cards still? And I don't think the slide in overall sales has much to do with tablets. It has much more to do with the overall Obama-Economy. Higher taxes, insanely priced healthcare for people who actually work, and massive government regulation on just about every sector. The people who are getting screwed by his redistribution of wealth policies are the exact people who normally create jobs, buy high end PC components, and pretty much keep the economy moving. ... 2016 cannot come fast enough.

If there was a bigger performance jump between the graphic cards maybe they would have sold more cards but if I can run all games on max with a 680 and the new graphic card only gives me 10fps more then why should I spend 400$ on a new card. Don't blame the consumer for bad sale blame game dev. that doesn't push the graphic to the max so Nvidia and AMD would have to make cards the gave 30-50 fps more then the last gfx card.

AMD improved AMD actually improved from last quarter 35% to 37.9% this quarter, that is almost 3% gain in GPU sales which is good for them. AMD's 2.9% gain resulted in exactly 2.9% loss in GPU sales at nVidia. :bang:

That almost reads like spam from theblaze.com, but there was no reference to gold stockpiles, Ageless Male, or Blue Emu oil so it isn't true theblaze.com rant. This subject is closed - Obama governed, the people approved and asked for more. If you don't like the people having the right to vote and voice their approval then go live in North Korea. In the USA we vote and the guy with more money doesn't always win. As for the cards, Nvidia continues to dominate because the product is better. Less noise, less heat, better drivers. Consumers buy what is best.

Well I don't know if it's congress or Obama or whatever but I've definitely been effected. My salary hasn't increased yet my insurance costs have nearly doubled under the affordable care act. I now have to pay a $50 copay instead of a $10 one. Gas prices are high. My taxes have increased. US inflation has increased. Internet/Cable/Phones bills have all increased and with all the regulations in place and new FCC rulings it may never get cheaper. So what money I once had as discretionary has halved and it's definitely effected my purchasing decisions. 5 years ago I would have bought 780Ti's in SLI. Today I just can't justify it. As for your voting thing, I think Benjamin Franklin stated "When people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic". Obviously I think everyone should have the right to vote but it definitely doesn't mean I have to agree with the majority.

Your view is pitifully US-centric. However these statistics cover the entire worldwide share. The US do affect the figures somewhat of course, but nowhere near as importantly as you think.

Your view is pitifully US-centric. However these statistics cover the entire worldwide share. The US do affect the figures somewhat of course, but nowhere near as importantly as you think.

Are you replying to me? Where have I stated that the US is having a large effect on these figures? -- I merely stated the reasons why I personally have ceased spending on computer oriented stuff. And honestly if you look at any world economy graph pretty much everywhere took a hit in 08. Most economies are just now recovered to pre-08 levels. So yeah I think that the economic woes that have effected me is effecting a lot of people considering we live in a global economy. It may not be the same specifically but the outcome is definitely the same. That being said I just bought a $900 monitor so maybe it's not all that bad 😛

As for the cards, Nvidia continues to dominate because the product is better. Less noise, less heat, better drivers. Consumers buy what is best.

I've had issues with both sides when it comes to drivers.

The way I look at it is, it's letting those not able to upgrade, play catch up longer. It's not as bad as people think. Once they do that devs can start using more and more new tech that they could not before, since DX 11 will be in more and more machines.

Seems pretty simple to me. No games out requiring an upgrade means no one is upgrading. A GTX 670 will play everything maxed out on 85% of what's out there. Small instances like Crysis 3 or a heavily modded Skyrim are the few games that require a 780 Ti or something in that realm. If there were 20+ games requiring that kind of power you'd see higher sales.

Seems pretty simple to me. No games out requiring an upgrade means no one is upgrading. A GTX 670 will play everything maxed out on 85% of what's out there. Small instances like Crysis 3 or a heavily modded Skyrim are the few games that require a 780 Ti or something in that realm. If there were 20+ games requiring that kind of power you'd see higher sales.

I could easily point out 20+ games

maybe u can point out games but truth is people can forfait 1 or 2 settings rather then spending 500$ on a marginal upgrade. personally i dont upgrade until the next single card can at least get close to the 2 i currently own at the same cost. 700-800$ on the 780ti is nvidias fault for hurting their own sales

I didn't even know S3 still exists.

Matrox sells cards still?

Matrox specializes in professional 2D graphics solutions. A market that neither AMD or NVidia are concerned about.

As for the cards, Nvidia continues to dominate because the product is better. Less noise, less heat, better drivers. Consumers buy what is best.

Or it could have something to do with the fact that most retailers refuse to carry AMD products and that's where most consumers go first. Option drives sales more than anything else.

I could easily point out 20+ games

You can't find 20+ games that require a "GTX780Ti or something in that realm".... It may take that to run at "max settings" but if there were 20+ games that actually required a "GTX780Ti or something in that realm", you'd have found 20+ games that completely failed in sales. Any studio willing to push graphics that hard, is a studio that wants to fail.

I didn't even know S3 still exists.

They really don't. At least not in the consumer graphics market. They tried to make a return back in 2004/2005, but their "high-end" card was pathetically slow and their "entry-level" card wasn't any faster than Intel's integrated crap. They tried to advertise their cards based on their supposed multimedia features, but no multimedia software ever supported them. S3, as a result, has been relegated to the embedded and commercial mobile markets.

They have a big lead in the market share, how are they hurting sales?

Sales and market share aren't always mutually exclusive. Market share is calculated based on sales figures, yes, but it's a comparative figure. As such, they can easily lose sales without losing market share.