AMD Topples Nvidia As The Top Market Leader In Discrete Graphics Cards

Well folks, AMD is now the market leader in discrete DirectX 11 graphics cards. Much of the strong performance is due to the strength of the firm’s DirectX 11 graphics cards with more than 25 million of those sold alone.

AMD managed to add 5.6 percentage points to its market share tally and now commands 61.9 percent of the market.

Analysts at Mercury Research have released figures showing that AMD is continuing to dominate the discrete graphics market and took pole position for the second quarter running reports the Inquirer.

“AMD is the clear leader in DirectX 11 graphics technology with more than 25 million DirectX 11-capable units shipped to date, and the Mercury Research results are indicative of our continued focus on delivering compelling graphics technology to both notebook and desktop markets,” said Matt Skynner, corporate VP and general manager of the GPU Division at AMD.”

“With the successful launch of the award winning AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards, shipping in volume on the day of launch, AMD is in a very strong position moving into the last quarter of 2010.”

via MaximumPC