NVIDIA's leadership in the desktop space is now well established, but it's interesting that the company's share of the high-end of the market isn't as high. The implication is clear: Its arch-rival, ATI, has begun to chip away at its lead, thanks to products like the Radeon 9800, 9700 and 9600.
And NVIDIA's self-confessed cock-up over the GeForce FX 5800 won't have helped the company any.
With the 5800's successor, the 5900, now shipping and backed by the GeForce FX 5200 and 5600, it has a fine range of products covering the DirectX 9 market.
Which, let's not forget, isn't entirely a high-end business. Indeed, at the lower end of that segment, NVIDIA has a 70 per cent share. That, plus the arrival of the 5900, will, we reckon, improve the company's DirectX 9 market share during the second half of the year, and possibly its overall share too.
Probably by only a few percentage points, but a gain nonetheless.
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