NVIDIA Goes Down

Posted by Codrut Nistor
July 3, 2008, filled under Video Cards


We all know the "hardware wars" currently happening all over the world, and all over the Internet, because I am sure you have seen at least once a topic like "Intel versus AMD" or "ATI versus NVIDIA" on some forum that ended up being closed by moderators because people went all the way over the line. Why? Well, for a lot of computer users, hardware parts are more than tools. After using one, two, three, four products from the same manufacturer, and then having a wrong turn with another, most people end up worshipping the first one as the best there is. I won't get into details, because there's something you have to know today, regarding the evolution of the ATI versus NVIDIA war - NVIDIA has just been hit, and has been hit really hard!


Here's what happened in the last days - first, ATI announced the revival of the glorious All-in-Wonder series , and just like the release of the Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 wasn't enough to give NVIDIA nightmares, some details regarding the upcoming HD 4870X2 also became public, and now NVIDIA has just been forced to drop prices once again.
For the green monster, things are not pink at all these days. In fact, something that I couldn't even imagine some time ago also happened, when producers like Gainward announced their first video cards based on ATI GPUs, after years and years spent manufacturing only NVIDIA-based ones.

To top all the above, NVIDIA has just admitted that some of its notebook chips are failing at "higher than normal rates." The direct consequences of this fact are the fact that a lot of expenses will be required to cover replacing the laptops containing bad GPUs and chipsets, but the big problem is that today, NVIDIA's shares have fallen almost 22 percent, going as low as $14.08 a share. Ouch!

Having some money you don't know what to do with? My advice is to buy AMD stock, and as soon as possible. NVIDIA won't go to the bottom, I am sure of that, there are still too many fans that won't switch to ATI, but the stock market is nobody's fan. Now, it's the right time for AMD/ATI. Tomorrow...you never know!

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Comments

Comment by Slacker on August 3, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

Yeah, video cards haven’t been going back and forth for as long as there has been a performance video card market…

Hope you haven’t quit your day job; This is not news.

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