RussianSensation
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I am honestly surprised.
What's more surprising are the constant claims that Fermi and NV are doomed on the desktop side. Actual information reveals that the primary reason NV has been losing market share is actually because of the mobile side (but of course neither Fudzilla, nor SemiAccurate, nor AT forum members generally mention the mobile side because they really don't care about mobile gamers).
This chart should pretty much alleviate all doubts that NV is outselling AMD on the desktop, regardless of how much hate there is out for Fermi:
NV's Desktop Market Share = 58.8%
NV's Q-over-Quarter Shipments = increased by 28.70%
vs.
AMD's Desktop Market Share = 41%
AMD's Q-over-Quarter Shipments = increased 11.20%
This means NV is increasing shipments over an already larger market share on the desktop in the first place. The only way this is possible is if you are outselling your competitor.
The primary reason AMD is doing so well is their astounding 62% foothold in mobile space. Juniper's cooler architecture landed itself really well for the mobile space.
The mobile space comprised of 15 million shipments in Q3 vs. 18.7 million shipments on the desktop. Therefore, it's critical for any videocard manufacturer to remain competitive in both areas. Mobile space, much more so than the desktop space (as many seem to claim here), is where Fermi truly failed. NV was only able to launch its mobile derivatives based on Fermi architecture in September 2010, but these products didn't become available on the market for another 2-3 weeks. So in essence, mobile Fermis aren't even in the chart for the most part --- hence, NV losing a whooping 32.7% of mobile shipments.
I am not saying that AMD didn't take market share away from NV from September 2009 to June 2010 on the desktop. However, based on the latest information, it looks like NV is actually more competitive on the desktop. Now, this is surprising! :biggrin:
Source: Nvidia's Desktop Cards Shipments Skyrocket as Mobile Chips Sales Collapse
P.S. What are the chances that people will start paying attention to official #s before passing off opinions as facts?? Not a chance.
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