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Monopoly pc 201610/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It sucked - not just slow but buggy (hardware bugs). I had one of Nvidia's first GPUs in my work computer (back when they were nVidia, and 3dfx dominated). The jump from 2D to 3D graphics card significantly raised the required competency level to remain competitive, resulting in a lot of culling and consolidation. But the field used to be filled with lots of competitors - 3dfx, Matrox, SiS, Tseng labs, S3, etc. Most of you younger people have only known AMD and Nvidia. If AMD were to disappear, Nvidia would be able to crank up their prices, up to the point where GPUs become so expensive and lucrative that another competitor(s) would decide to enter the market with their own GPUs.
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