Has Nvidia made the biggest mistake in its history by ignoring consoles?

[vivster]

Vasto said:

vivster said:

They were the better choice because of price. An Intel-Nvidia setup would've worked just as well but probably twice as expensive.

Dont the AMD APU and GPU work together to get maximum performance?  I think this is the setup that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo want.

Intel APUs are not nearly as good as AMDs.

No they don't work better because they're on the same chip. They will still communicate outside of the chip through the RAM anyway, which in a lot of cases is a bottleneck for APUs because CPU and GPU have to share it instead of each having their own. APUs are also extremely limited in power due to being on the same chip. The same heat that's usually generated on 2 chips and cooled by 2 coolers is crammed on a single small surface.

If it's about performance APUs(or SOCs) will never beat dedicated CPU + GPU. But since an Intel and Nvidia always demand premium price for their products going with AMD was the natural step. APUs are a great compromise but do not excel in anything.