http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20012025-64.html

Advanced Micro Devices passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a report from a marketing research on Wednesday, adding to Nvidia's woes.

AMD's ATI graphics unit took 51 percent of the standalone, or "discrete," graphics chip market compared to Nvidia's share that was just shy of 49 percent, according to Mercury Research, a Cave Creek, Arizona firm that tracks graphics chip shipments. This is a sharp reversal from the same period a year ago when Nvidia had about 59 percent of the market and AMD had just under 41 percent.

Total market figures for the second quarter of 2010 had Intel with a 54.3 percent share, AMD with 24.5 percent, and Nvidia with 19.8 percent. This, also, is a setback for Nvidia: in the second quarter of last year, Nvidia had a 29.6 percent share compared to AMD's 18.2 percent.

Nvidia warned Wednesday that revenue would fall short of earlier projections. The warning came a day after Apple moved its iMac and Mac Pro lines to AMD graphics chips, dropping Nvidia.

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Good to see Nvidia get smacked around a bit, hopefully this means they're gonna pull themselves together and get some more competetive cards out there. I'm glad that ATI's strategy has paid off for them.

Awesome! Finally ATI gets some recognition for the awesome work they've done over the years. Funnily enough I don't think that it counts console GPUs either, thats a good 70M unit swing in their direction over the past few years which would probably make a dent in the overall numbers if counted alongside everything else.

Good. I prefer Nvidia but competition is always good.

maybe Nvidia will start to price competitively next round. This is mainly because the 5000 series was out sooner and cheaper, price is a big factor.

The King is Dead, Long live the King ?

I just noticed the change of Macs over to ATI. I heard rumours that Apple were considering using AMD chips in their refreshed iMacs and Macbooks next year...

There is a lot more to the Nvidia business than user end GPU sales...

But yeah, ATI strategy of giving better value for the money is paying off for them. ATI success should help AMD too which need it badly.

Yes! A great day for the fans.

Very nice. I have a lot of respect for them but their products are kind of overpriced these days. The greedy bastards - but maybe AMD really needs it, since they are constantly bleeding money.

Woohoo! AMD ftw!

Nice to see AMD finally being able to turn the tides over. Even with Valve on their side, it's been tough.