Someone is going to make bank by catering to consumers. Will the market accept nvidia back with open arms if/when the ai investments fall through?
Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models
Submitted 7 hours ago by FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That would be nice. But video cards are a VERY niche piece of engineering. The knowledge of HOW to make them is locked in a handful of people, and the ability to make them locked behind a very niche set of equipment that will ALSO be exploding in cost.
One does not simply start a graphics card company.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 58 minutes ago
I don’t think a newcomer could do it, but a company like Intel is posed to be in a good position. They don’t have much market share but they have a good product.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Most people are willing to sell their morals. When nvidia comes crawling back it will be like nothing ever happened.
psvrh@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Intel, here’s your big chance!
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Intel is partly owned by the US government now. You think they want tech going to the people when they themselves want them for skynet.
markz@suppo.fi 6 hours ago
Maybe, unless it takes so long that everyone already has a chinese card or something
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
I hope they don’t have the production of non-ai chips then.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Hey, I’ve seen this one before.
Last time it was crypto instead of AI, but other than that it’s just the same shit again.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Not really. It’s world economy times bigger now.
Bullerfar@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Would this mean AMD finally gets the supply demand it Reserves?
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 minutes ago
More and more gamers are seeing Linux as the OS of choice so hopfully that will mean more interest in AMD as well.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Unfortunately AMD is affected by RAM shortage too.
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 6 hours ago
So that kind of means that the high-end AAA PC market will crash in the next years, right? No new GPUs, production stop for existing GPUs and rising prices for GPU & RAM in combination with inflation and a bad economy ensure that many people can’t afford a gaming computer. And that a lot of those younger gamers can’t afford to start this hobby.
And that means a shrinking audience for games, which need all this GPU power. If you’re an AAA publisher, it kind of looks crazy to invest multiple millions into a game that you can’t be sure that your audience will be able to afford to play
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Definitely a shrinking audience for AAA games, but I don’t think it will be too bad gamers overall. Consoles will keep marching forward, as will Valve with the Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
I think the highest of the high end graphics stuff has long since hit diminishing returns. You can do a hell of a lot with yesterday’s hardware and less-than-bleeding-edge process nodes for newer hardware. Consoles have never used bleeding edge GPUs and they’ve always done fine with sales (across the whole market, if not always individually). I think we’re highly unlikely to see a repeat of the 1983 gaming crash.
starik@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
All games will be streamed, with a subscription
dustman0192@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Shhh! Don’t give them any ideas!