<ul><li>AMD is reportedly sitting out of the high-end gaming race this generation, and it’s bad news for Nvidia fans.</li><li>The graphics processing unit (GPU) market is at risk of slipping into unhealthy territory.</li><li>This is due to the rivalry between AMD and Nvidia cooling down.</li><li>Nvidia is slowly chipping away at AMD’s market share, currently holding 88% of the GPU market.</li><li>AMD has no plans for a high-end RDNA 4 graphics card, leaving Nvidia to monopolize the high-end graphics card market.</li><li>If Nvidia charges $2,000–$2,500 for the RTX 5090, there’ll be less of an incentive to keep prices reasonable.</li><li>This could result in crazy pricing across the entire stack and affect those who want to buy an RTX 5080.</li><li>AMD has done it before and it can do it again, but the GPU market needs more than just Nvidia to thrive.</li><li>To stay healthy, the market needs more competition and pressure from AMD could’ve helped.</li><li>We’ll likely find out more during CES 2025 in January.</li></ul>

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