AMD Wrestles Discrete Graphics Crown from NVIDIA

The numbers are in and, according to a 2Q market share report from Mercury Research, AMD is once again the king of the discrete graphics card market. While the full report isn’t available just yet, highlights include:

• For the first time in four years, AMD has taken control of the discrete graphics market from Nvidia, with 51.1% market share, up 10.4 points from Q2 2009. In that same period, Nvidia lost 10.4 points.
• In the lucrative Desktop discrete market, AMD gained 11 points in the year, standing at 44.5% market share. This was a direct loss for Nvidia, who fell 10.9 points in the same period.
• In the fast growing mobile discrete market, AMD gained another 2.4 points, now standing at 56.3% market share.

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