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ATI vs nVidia: Is the balance shifting?
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
August 13th 2002
Quarterly results for the two companies'' OEM card makers reflect a modest shift in
the balance of power in favor of the current No. 2 chip manufacturer
DigiTimes reports that companies manufacturing graphics cards based on ATI chips
turned in better overall quarterly results than those producing nVidia-based AGP
cards. The digital daily also reported that on the whole the graphics card market
experienced modest growth.
"Overall, manufacturers for ATI Technologies-based cards delivered stronger business
performance, while companies in the Nvidia camp showed relatively weaker and more
varied results," the report states.
DigiTimes speculates that ATI''s faster-to-market next generation chip RV250, aka
Radeon 9000 series graphic cards, which are expected to ship as part of Apple''s
updated PowerMac systems later today, played a role in helping the current No. 2
graphics chip maker to gain ground on nVidia.
Analysis: When one mega-corporation is pitted against another it''s often hard to know
who to root for. As ATI has been down for a number of years, however, it would be good
to see them spank nVidia for a string of quarters -- competition is good.
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