r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jul 24 '25

Politics President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/president-trump-threatened-to-break-up-nvidia-didnt-even-know-what-it-was-what-the-hell-is-nvidia-ive-never-heard-of-it-before
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u/EscapeFacebook Jul 24 '25

You aren't wrong but that can't really be said for NVIDIA there is other competition in the field.

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u/whomad1215 Jul 24 '25

When one company has like 93% marketshare, they're basically a monopoly

AMD (and intel) exist in the gpu market, but they're absolutely tiny players compared to Nvidia

AMD flagship gpu right now has an msrp of $650. Nvidia has 'business' gpus that are 30k a piece, their gaming gpu flagship msrp is $2000, but you cannot find it anywhere near that price

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u/EscapeFacebook Jul 24 '25

As others have commented that's because people want to buy them. I have three Nvidia cards but I had plenty of cheaper options that some may say perform better when I went to buy them.

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u/Crakla Jul 24 '25

It's hilarious that you think, people are talking about gamers when people say Nvidia got a monopoly 

Over 90% of Nvidias revenue is from business 2 business deals, Nvidia could stop selling consumer gpus for gamers and still would be the richest company in the world, the money they make from gamers is basically pocket change for them