Discussing how Nvidia Coverage has Evolved (Die Shrink Telegrams)
Added 2025-05-27 21:37:50 +0000 UTCAs I (Tom) scroll around YouTube, I can't help but notice that all of the sudden it's become "cool" to hate on Nvidia... Indeed, it feels like this year there has been a constant churn of "Nvidia Hates Gamers", "Nvidia might not give us free cards", and "Nvidia's lying to you" posts...but has Nvidia really changed all the much recently? Has MLID changed in how we tend to approach Nvidia stories? Is something uniquely different about the Blackwell hate?
Write-in below with your thoughts, questions, and maybe even critiques of how the larger Tech Press, MLID, and the PC Gaming Community as a whole have covered Nvidia (past and present). Perhaps you've noticed a change in yourself, a change in us (MLID), or maybe you just got into PC gaming recently and have questions about "the Nvidia of old" - all are fair game!
You have ~3 hours to submit!
Some throwbacks in chronological order:
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The big thing that has changed since RTX 3000 or 4000 series is the perceived driver stability. Although Nvidia still has more features and broader support in third party applications, it is no longer the default recommendation for a GPU that "just works." I use Radeon personally, but when I tell a friend or family member what to buy, I am always going to recommend the one that has the lowest possibility of problems rather than the one with the best performance per unit of currency. Previously that has been Nvidia, but right now I would recommend RDNA4. There's no point paying a premium price if you don't get premium reliability. Probably Nvidia will get their drivers back on track in time, but there is no guarantee.
magneticmanul
2025-05-28 14:59:19 +0000 UTCHey Tom! First time telegram. I’m honestly getting tired of the selective outrage aimed at Nvidia lately. Yes, they’ve made questionable decisions. The VRAM segmentation, overpricing, and the way they push ray tracing and frame generation as headline features. But let’s not pretend AMD is some bastion of consumer advocacy either. They’ve followed Nvidia on almost every front stagnating VRAM (9060 XT 8GB), leaning heavily into upscaling tech instead of raw raster gains, and now teasing multi-frame generation themselves. The narrative has become so one-sided. Gamers pile on Nvidia for any misstep while turning a blind eye when AMD pulls the same moves a year later, often less polished. If we’re going to be critical of industry trends, let’s at least be consistent. Otherwise, it feels more like tribalism than real consumer advocacy.
Samson
2025-05-28 13:42:22 +0000 UTC
