The original post: /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Hrmerder on 2024-10-12 12:39:21.
I was going to look for some information tieing DLSS to AI as someone thought DLSS was just an app and not AI at all (it stands for Deep Learning Super Sampling fyi), but I went to Nvidia's main page, just nvidia.com to see where it had AI as a bullet point for DLSS.....
I had to scroll 6 sections deep JUST to find the "Gaming and Creating" section. Everything else was AI this, AI that, maps with AI, Developing with AI, Mark Zuck uses AI, Weather with AI, pretty much everything AI with one single section for video cards, and half of it was games using RT, and the other half was only the RTX branding, not actual video cards like the 4090 or 4070ti. It did have a quick link to 'Graphics Cards' but that's it. Nowhere on the main page was anything about a specific model, flagship, budget, or otherwise. Jensen has stated they are no longer a video graphics card company in the past but I thought it was just all hype for AI, but damn... Now I am starting to realize it could actually be a possibility that they could just straight up exit the graphics market at some point in the near future....
So I went to AMD's website. Of course if you go to https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon.html you get a bunch of info on video cards just like if you went to https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/ but.... On AMD's main page it was literally the same as Nvidias... Nothing but AI with one small section saying "Breakthrough Performance AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series graphics cards" which is just a clickable link on an image of a boxed 7xxx series card.
That's it.. I mean.. This is worry-some. Yeah Nvidia will ALWAYS be there for the professional/high buck market, and AMD stated they are going to concentrate on the low buck market, but damn.. AI has basically taken over everyone's vision at both companies it seems.
Is this sub thread clickbait? I know you gotta be asking yourself that... I'm not posting this as such but I sure as hell hope myself it is. It would suck if we get left in the dust more than we already are and end up having only Intel as a game in town or something... I mean... I already feel like Nvidia is paying AAA studios or giving chunks of money for development of games in favor of screwing over gamers who don't buy video cards every other gen. You have games coming out that you damn near have to mod for it to work on older video cards that were meant for more than good 1080p gaming.. What the hell happened? AI, DLSS, and UE5 happened... But this is just insane.