Quote Originally Posted by Bobsama View Post
The only thing, from a business standpoint, that you seemed to have forgotten is the impact of customer loyalty. My own assumption is that if the nVidia solution is within 10% performance of the AMD solution (meaning nVidia = 90%, AMD = 100%), the broader market will prefer nVidia. For a bit of proof on this assumption, take a look at how popular the 8500GT's, 8600GT's, 9500GT's, and GT220's are in the mass market, when compared to the HD3650's, HD4550's, HD4650's, and HD4670's. The AMD solutions are faster, priced similarly, but much less popular.
Marketing is also powerful stuff