Originally Posted By: Jedi Master


Both of which got it after 3DFx had it 16 years ago. wink

Anyway, that Steam survey shows a lot--like nvidia is in over half the PCs, while AMD is only in 1/4 and Intel and the rest make up less than 1/4. So a game that doesn't work well on nvidia is slitting your throat. Obviously you want it to work on all 3, but Intel's are so slow that it's a losing proposition to try, so you have to optimize for both the others and that nets you over 3/4 of the systems.

Beyond that, when 1 out of 20 are using the 970, yet no more than 1.6% are using the top AMD, which is only R9 200 series, it looks crappy for AMD. Of that first page, 28 are nvidia, 9 are Intel, and 9 are AMD. AMD needs a real hit on their hands. There are two ways to do that--same performance for lower price than competition, or better performance at the same price. The 1070 seems to have clearly bested the Fury and 980 at their price point, and the 1080 is tops, but the below $400 market is still open until the others come in.

To me the most surprising stat is 40% Win10 64!




The Jedi Master


Eh, it's not like the market can't reverse. It's happened before.

Last edited by Remon; 06/08/16 04:00 PM.