AMD discrete GPU market share enjoys slight uplift in Q1 2016

[jigger]

To power a discrete graphics card you need a CPU and most Intel CPU's come bundled with a GPU. I saying many people buying Intel CPU's are most likely not interested in the graphics performance, but people buying an APU are.

[kalniel]

I think most of Intels chip are bought for the CPU, you just have no option of buying anything without the bundled GPU regardless if you ever use it.

Same with APUs.

[watercooled]

To power a discrete graphics card you need a CPU and most Intel CPU's come bundled with a GPU. I saying many people buying Intel CPU's are most likely not interested in the graphics performance, but people buying an APU are.

My point is that it's a relatively small portion of the market, so it doesn't invalidate kalniel's point.

[jigger]

Same with APUs.

No really. Every APU line has an Athlon quad core CPU.

[jigger]

My point is that it's a relatively small portion of the market, so it doesn't invalidate kalniel's point.

APU's are small portion of the CPU market? Maybe, but thats still taking a portion of the discrete graphics market.

[watercooled]

No, I mean computers with discrete GPUs are a relatively small portion of the market, as I said in my first reply.

[jigger]

We are talking about the discrete market. Computers without a GPU would be a very small portion of the market. 0%

[watercooled]

You were talking about APUs - kalniel responded mentioning Intel's 'APUs' taking a huge percentage of the GPU market. He's right.

You said most of Intel's processors are bought purely for the CPU (assuming I understood you correctly), which isn't true - the GPU part will be used on the vast majority of them. Sure, the gaming potential might not be utilised by most, but a system without any GPU at all doesn't make a good desktop, and hence Intel's GPUs do not go mostly unused as you implied.

Even if Intel sold cheap CPUs without an IGP, they wouldn't be the most popular option simply because you need some GPU to make a working system - hence why Intel's entry-level stuff all have IGPs, and why Intel's GPUs are so widely used.