Graphics card market Details revealed @ Xbit

Some interesting info on the <A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20031029073519.html" target="_new">composition of the Graphics market at Xbit Labs</A>.

The funniest segment:
<i>NVIDIA leads the DirectX 9.0 value segment with 72% of the market</i>

WHAT? Nvidia has a DX9 part? Which one!
All those MX buyers have become FX5200non-ultra buyers.


Overall numbers Intel still rules the roost with 35% market share, but the interesting thing is that ATI is closing the Gap with nVidia 22% v 25% share.

Non-integrated VPUs (cards, mobile, etc) Nv has more 53% vs ATI's 40%

Stand alone cards of all classes: Nvidia 62% vs 32% for ATI.

Intel dominates the Integrated market in the desktop and mobile market.

Mobile standalone ATI dominate with 71% of the market, nV feel from 28% to 21%

For most of us here, this shouldn't be surprising:
<i>NVIDIA also tripled its sales of the Performance Direct X 9.0 GPUs and grabbed 32% of the market. ATI was flat in terms of units and its share felt to 68%. In overall, it means that ATI Technologies still sells loads more high-performance DirectX 9.0 parts than the rival.</i>

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