GPU Sales Figures?

[Laketh]

Friend of mine claims that the primary limitation keeping more people from livestreaming high-def content was the GPU. I personally think the bigger limitation is the availability of sufficient upload bandwidth, with Verizon FIOS installed in only ~3 million US households.

I'm told that the threshold for putting out a decent quality stream would be the 8800 GT or higher, but can't seem to find information on how many high end GPU's are sold. Anyone know if there are any resources/information on this subject?

 

[jaggerwild]

Friend of mine claims that the primary limitation keeping more people from livestreaming high-def content was the GPU. I personally think the bigger limitation is the availability of sufficient upload bandwidth, with Verizon FIOS installed in only ~3 million US households.

I'm told that the threshold for putting out a decent quality stream would be the 8800 GT or higher, but can't seem to find information on how many high end GPU's are sold. Anyone know if there are any resources/information on this subject?

if a cell phone can do it then why shouldn't my computer do it, like you i assume bandwidth is the limiter not the GPU. I think this may better fit in another section of the forum like Ethernet or what not.

 

[qazwsxokmijn]

Why would the GPU be the limit? It's just the renderer. I would say it's your connection other than anything else. I pity any fools who buys a 5970 or some other high-end card for live streaming HD content.