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Nvidia won, we all lost

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977 points todsacerdoti | 6 comments | 04 Jul 25 21:58 UTC | HN request time: 1.837s | source | bottom
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__turbobrew__ ◴[04 Jul 25 23:27 UTC] No.44468824[source]▶
> With over 90% of the PC market running on NVIDIA tech, they’re the clear winner of the GPU race. The losers are every single one of us.

I have been rocking AMD GPU ever since the drivers were upstreamed into the linux kernel. No regrets.

I have also realized that there is a lot out there in the world besides video games, and getting all in a huff about it isn’t worth my time or energy. But consumer gotta consoooooom and then cry and outrage when they are exploited instead of just walking away and doing something else.

Same with magic the gathering, the game went to shit and so many people got outraged and in a big huff but they still spend thousands on the hobby. I just stopped playing mtg.

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mathiaspoint ◴[05 Jul 25 00:32 UTC] No.44469164[source]▶
AMD isn't even bad at video games, it's just pytorch that doesn't work so well.
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1. kyrra ◴[05 Jul 25 00:41 UTC] No.44469208[source]▶
Frame per watt they aren't as good. But they are still decent.
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2. msgodel ◴[05 Jul 25 00:56 UTC] No.44469270[source]▶
TCO per FPS is almost certainly cheaper.
3. trynumber9 ◴[05 Jul 25 01:35 UTC] No.44469447[source]▶
They seem to be close? The RX 9070 is the 2nd most efficient graphics card this generation according to TechPowerUp and they also do well when limited to 60Hz, implying their joules per frame isn't bad either.

Efficiency: https://tpucdn.com/review/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-5050-gaming-o...

Vsync power draw: https://tpucdn.com/review/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-5050-gaming-o...

The variance within Nvidia's line-up is much larger than the variance between brands, anyway.

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4. docmars ◴[05 Jul 25 02:08 UTC] No.44469578[source]▶
The RX 9070XT goes toe-to-toe with the RTX 4080 in many benchmarks, and costs around 2/3 MSRP. I'd say that's a pretty big win!
5. tankenmate ◴[05 Jul 25 09:54 UTC] No.44471493[source]▶
I run 9070s (non XT) and in combination with under-volting it is very efficient in both joules per frame and joules per token. And in terms of purchase price it was a steal compared to similar class of NVidia cards.
6. Mithriil ◴[08 Jul 25 14:27 UTC] No.44500319[source]▶
Did you read the article? One of the points is that frames are not a good metric anymore for NVIDIA, since they push the idea that gaming NEEDS AI-generated frames and bullies reviewers to include TAA, DLSS and other frame-boosting techs when giving framerates.