With AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4800-series graphics cards successfully cutting into the US$200-300 mainstream market forcing Nvidia to cut the price of its previous generation GeForce 9800 GTX down to US$199, sources at graphics card makers see AMD's discrete graphics card market share as having a chance to increase to 40% in the third quarter this year from around 30% at the beginning of 2008.

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by El Sid on 27 Jun 2008 - 12:16
Good on them I say. They are the reason I got jipped with my 9800GTX purchase, but I'm man enough to admit that I think I made the wrong decision purchasing my graphics card. The 48x0 series is looking like a no-brainer purchase, and Nvidia cards can't compete at a price/performance ratio.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Fanon on 27 Jun 2008 - 12:43
Aye. It's nice to have competition again in the discreet graphics market. I purchased an 8800GT a few weeks ago for $150. I knew the 260 and 280 were going to be out of my price range, and I figured AMD's cards were going to follow suit. I, too, wish I waited, but that's technology for you.

Now if we could just have competition again in the mainstream CPU market.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 27 Jun 2008 - 15:09
Sorry... No ATI product is going into my computer. Merging with AMD was a great idea. Now I can avoid two companies for the price of one.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by darkpuma on 27 Jun 2008 - 22:03
lol yeeh, wheres the thumbs up smiley hadn't thought of it that way, but yeah! right on.
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by nonick on 28 Jun 2008 - 01:18
(GreyWolfSC said @ #2)
Sorry... No ATI product is going into my computer. Merging with AMD was a great idea. Now I can avoid two companies for the price of one.


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Quote this comment #2.3 Posted by ambushed on 28 Jun 2008 - 03:22
(GreyWolfSC said @ #2)
Sorry... No ATI product is going into my computer. Merging with AMD was a great idea. Now I can avoid two companies for the price of one.


And the reason for completely rejecting all possible products from a company for no other reason but their brand name would be.....................? Mindless fanboyism?
Quote this comment #2.4 Posted by Eis on 02 Jul 2008 - 02:07
(GreyWolfSC said @ #2)
Sorry... No ATI product is going into my computer. Merging with AMD was a great idea. Now I can avoid two companies for the price of one.

Wow. It's not everyday I see ignorance at this level. Kudos.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Frank on 27 Jun 2008 - 16:04
I can tell you after visiting AMD this past week and meeting with their people and seeing their new products first hand (including the 4870) I can tell you AMD/ATI will be making a lot of strides in the near future that will change the way you look at this company.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by dagamer34 on 27 Jun 2008 - 17:55
Is the ATI of 2003 with the epic Radeon 9700/9800 finally back after AMD ownership? I certainly hope so!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by ataris_kid on 27 Jun 2008 - 18:54
It's about time that they make an epic comeback! Well done.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by +Anaron on 28 Jun 2008 - 07:33
Finally! ATi is at it's prime once again. The HD 4800 series kicks GPU butt for its price range.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by RobertH on 01 Jul 2008 - 12:30
I'll admit i have not even looked at AMD CPU's since the C2D arrived, and the same can be said for their GPU's since the 8800 -- but the 4x00 looks great, and after doing some research im actually seriously thinking of getting a system built on the Phenom.
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