Video Card Network Effect

Posted Dec 12, 2007 23:55 UTC (Wed) by zlynx (guest, #2285)
In reply to: Specifying codecs for the web by gmaxwell
Parent article: Specifying codecs for the web

The video card network effect is seen most in games.  The current Nvidia dominance of the
performance video card has resulting in games optimized to Nvidia cards.  This translates to
review benchmarks showing Nvidia running games faster than ATI/AMD.  More gamers buy the
Nvidia card, leading to game writers optimizing for it ...

It also applies to game consoles.  When one console offers a superior game experience, the
game authors target it, the game buyers buy more of them, etc.