The company might have some sour grapes, since its chief competitor, AMD, has its GPUs running in the next-generation consoles. June 12, 2013 8:00 AM PDT (Credit: Sony) Nvidia doesn't seem all that happy with the news that AMD has all but won this generation's console cycle. The company was quote on Wednesday in an interview with The Verge pointing out that while the next-generation consoles are notably more powerful on the graphics side, they still can't compete with the chips it's producing on the PC side. "I'm glad the new consoles are here," Nvidia's senior vice president Toni Temasi told The Verge, "if for no other reason than to raise the bar." He also pointed out to The Verge that his company's graphics cards can deliver about two-and-a-half times the graphical performance of the PlayStation 4, which runs AMD's technology. Related stories PC gaming is the dark horse of E3 2013 MSI's Haswell laptop comes with a 3K screen Xbox rumors ramp up before unveiling Nvidia Shield preorder date moves up, starts today HP goes Android with x2 hybrid AMD's chips are running in both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Nintendo even chose to go with an AMD chip in its Wii U. That leaves Nvidia out in the cold. But Temasi and his team believe that on the PC side, with its higher-end processors, like the GeForce GTX Titan, it's Nvidia that's pushing the gaming space forward. Still, it's no secret that PCs have delivered better graphics than consoles since the very beginning, as long as power users bundle the right equipment into their machines. It's also no secret that Nvidia could have profited greatly off this generation's console market. But it won't.
The company might have some sour grapes, since its chief competitor, AMD, has its GPUs running in the next-generation consoles.
(Credit: Sony)
Nvidia doesn't seem all that happy with the news that AMD has all but won this generation's console cycle.
The company was quote on Wednesday in an interview with The Verge pointing out that while the next-generation consoles are notably more powerful on the graphics side, they still can't compete with the chips it's producing on the PC side.
"I'm glad the new consoles are here," Nvidia's senior vice president Toni Temasi told The Verge, "if for no other reason than to raise the bar." He also pointed out to The Verge that his company's graphics cards can deliver about two-and-a-half times the graphical performance of the PlayStation 4, which runs AMD's technology.
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AMD's chips are running in both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Nintendo even chose to go with an AMD chip in its Wii U. That leaves Nvidia out in the cold. But Temasi and his team believe that on the PC side, with its higher-end processors, like the GeForce GTX Titan, it's Nvidia that's pushing the gaming space forward.
Still, it's no secret that PCs have delivered better graphics than consoles since the very beginning, as long as power users bundle the right equipment into their machines. It's also no secret that Nvidia could have profited greatly off this generation's console market. But it won't.
