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Originally Posted by Xzibit
I think your overlooking the fact that AMD priced there product to performance of Nvidias GeForce 500 series
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Nope. AMD priced according to competition. If buying public BELIEVED AMD offered the better choice at a respective price/performance point then AMD wouldn't need to lower prices- the FACT that AMD are lowering prices indicates that all is not well in the sales figures AMD are receiving
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Originally Posted by Xzibit
They have lots of room to manuever price wise and compete when Nvidia GeForce 600 series finally hits the market
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Nvidia likewise have have maneuvering room. A smaller die and cheaper components at the top end, and salvage/throwaway parts in the mainstream segment. The difference is one company shaves their prices down and one stays relatively firm on pricing
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Originally Posted by Xzibit
Plus didnt AMD gain 2.5% in discrete desktop segement in Q2 ?.. That would mean it did okay for going up against Nvidia Geforce GTX 690, 680 & 670.
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2 + 2 = 3.1415 ?
If Nvidia only offered GTX 690/680/670 then your statement is true. The fact that they still offer Fermi and earlier based SKU's means that you can infer nothing from those individual models. If AMD gained ~2.5% against Kepler, it means that they gained ~ nothing against Fermi derivatives...kind of makes the HD 7750/7770/7850/7870 a massive flop, no?
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Originally Posted by Xzibit
Nvidia is sitting on 40million of excess inventory with no buyers. Times are tough for both i guess.
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$40m is easier to liquidate than
$833m...
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Originally Posted by Xzibit
To put into perspective. Nvidia made a profit of 60million in Q1
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Not bad for a company supposedly getting hammered by AMD in price, price/performance
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Originally Posted by N3M3515
Honestly i don't give a rats ass if amd or nvidia are premiere brands or not (there are only 2 brands ffs...) ..........whichever gives me the best perf/price is the one i pick.
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I do. Premiere brand = higher average selling price = higher profit line = more $$$$ going into R&D, software support, gaming SDK's.
I don't think there is anything inferior with the hardware- I do however, feel there is something fundamentally wrong with AMD's marketing, their internal perception, and how that correlates into consumer brand awareness.