AMD has Just 18% of Graphics Card Market Share, Nvidia excels beyond 80%

<p>PC components market research firm Mercury Research has released a new quarterly report posing some intriguing figures&comma; and some curious questions for the two graphics card behemoths AMD and Nvidia&period; In the desktop standalone GPU sector&comma; Nvidia stands tall&comma; owning just over 80&percnt; of the market share&period; In stark comparison its rival AMD have just 18&percnt; down from last years 38&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many have pinned Nvidia&&num;8217&semi;s recent gains on pricing and availability of graphic card options as the factor&period; Some of its higher tier cards have seen a reduction in price&period; At the same time&comma; more value-based options such as their recent GTX 950 card are increasing sales by fitting well within budget build standards&period; Nvidia have been making an array of announcements including PC-to-PC Co-op streaming and easier recording through its GeForce Experience and ShadowPlay software programs&period; The array of features certainly appeals to gamers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The benefits of 3d animation in the gaming industry are numerous and far-reaching&period; For one&comma; 3d animation allows for much greater creativity and control over the visual elements of a game&comma; enabling developers to create more immersive and engaging environments and characters&period; It also enables more realistic physics and movement&comma; which can enhance the overall gameplay experience&period; Additionally&comma; 3d animation is often more efficient and cost-effective than traditional 2d animation&comma; as it allows for greater reuse of assets and more streamlined development processes&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fuseanimation&period;com&sol;3d-animation-studio&sol;">what are the benefits of 3d animation&quest;<&sol;a> For game developers and players alike&comma; the answer is clear&colon; improved performance&comma; greater creativity&comma; and a more immersive and engaging gaming experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04190138&sol;NVIDIA&period;png"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89798" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04190138&sol;NVIDIA&period;png" alt&equals;"NVIDIA" width&equals;"792" height&equals;"432" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the staggering fall of AMD poses a lot of curiosity&period; Their recent R9 300 cards appeared to go down well with the PC gaming community&comma; and the recent DX12 results have shown huge performance gains for AMD cards&period; These numbers are dangerously low for the company but could quite easily rise due to some of the advancements being made performance-wise&period; It would appear though that overall AMD needs to up the ante&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&rsqb;&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;mercuryresearch&period;com&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;