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Nvidia dominates AMD with 94% of desktop GPU market
Things are looking grim in the graphics card market, unless your name is Nvidia. Already a dominant force, and riding high on industrial sales through both the crypto craze and the AI boom, a research firm now says Nvidia has 94 percent of the add-in-board market as of the close of the second quarter 2025. AMD has just six percent, and Intel comes in with effectively zero presence. According to Jon Peddie Research, AMD is continuing a slide downwards, going from 12 percent of discrete desktop GPUs at the end of Q2 2024, to eight percent in Q1 of this year, to six today. Nvidia’s monopoly on graphics cards is no longer theoretical, it’s inarguable. And it doesn’t look like the trends will be reversing anytime soon, as all of this has happened while AMD was releasing new consumer and pro-level cards at competitive prices to counter Nvidia’s moves. Keep in mind that these numbers are specifically for desktop PCs with add-in boards, not counting those relying on integrated graphics (which is a big chunk of them, and basically all smaller designs like “mini PCs”). The only good news if you’re trying to get one of those highly in-demand RTX 50-series cards is that at least some of them seem to be available at retail prices after half a year of waiting. AMD is doing better on the CPU side of things, as PC Gamer notes. Jon Peddie also reported that AMD gained ground against Intel, with big blue dropping from 76 percent of the market in Q2 2024 to 67 percent at the end of Q2 2025. Strong performance from Ryzen chips, both with laptops that take advantage of its powerful integrated graphics and on the desktop with the cache-boosted X3D series, is helping out a lot. And it’s not all doom and gloom, as AMD reports strong demand for its newest Radeon cards. It could be simply from the rising graphics card market (up 27 percent just this quarter, according to the same reports). But without a pretty major shift — say, expanding ROCm support to Windows? — it seems like AMD is destined to remain a secondary player in graphics cards for the time being.

Everything you need to know about Formula One’s newest team: Cadillac F1
Veterans Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas have been entrusted by Cadillac to take the grid in 2026.

ExpressVPN overhauls its VPN plan with 3 new membership tiers
ExpressVPN is shaking things up in a big way by releasing three new membership tiers to its VPN service. Rather than there being only one plan to choose from, there are now three levels to choose from depending on the user’s needs: Basic, Advanced, and Pro. Starting from today, September 2, ExpressVPN subscribers can now choose between any of the tiers. The new plans are all offered in month-to-month, one-year, or two-year terms and all come with the VPN’s usual 30-day money-back guarantee. The VPN provider has consistently ranked as one of the best VPNs, however the high price of its sole membership tier has long been the main drawback. Now that all seems to have been fixed and users can opt for a tier plan that better suits their budget. In a press release regarding the switch to a new pricing model, ExpressVPN stated, “Each tier reflects the way people use ExpressVPN today. Some still want the same reliable VPN experience they’ve always had. Others are asking for more…This new model meets those needs while keeping core protections universal. Privacy remains at the heart of every plan. For existing users, nothing changes unless they choose to move to a new plan. Their subscriptions continue uninterrupted.” Along with the three new tiers, ExpressVPN has upgraded all memberships to a minimum of 10 simultaneous device connections, with more connections offered in higher tiers. ExpressVPN’s three tiers at a glance Following the likes of other big name VPNs with multiple membership tiers, ExpressVPN offers more security features with each tier up and the longer the subscription length for each tier, the greater the discount. Let’s take a look at how the three new membership tiers break down: ExpressVPN Basic This is ExpressVPN’s bread and butter VPN experience, including (almost) all of the features you’ve come to expect from the service. It includes core features such as Lightway protocols, access to all 3,000 plus servers, including one in every state, and post-quantum encryption. ExpressVPN Basic is now offered for $3.49 per month for a two-year plan with an additional four extra months of service included for free. ExpressVPN Advanced ExpressVPN Advanced includes everything from Basic, plus a built-in password manager, 3 days of unlimited international mobile data via eSIM, ID monitoring, and an identity restoration service. It also comes with an upgraded 12 simultaneous device connections and a coupon for 50 percent off ExpressVPN’s Aircove router. ExpressVPN Advances is now offered for $4.49 per month for a two-year plan with an additional four extra months of service included for free. ExpressVPN Pro ExpressVPN Pro is the top membership tier and as such, comes with some pretty cool new features. It includes everything from the previous tiers plus monthly credit reports, a personal data removal service, and five days of unlimited eSIM data. Users will also get access to a dedicated IP address of their own, up to 14 simultaneous device connections, and a 75 percent off coupon for the Aircove router. The big draw here is that the Pro plan adds in a dedicated IP for subscribers. A dedicated IP is a personalized, unique IP address that offers more consistent and stable access to online services apart from the standard shared VPN IP. Usually you have to pay for this as an extra service and the savings of it being bundled in could be significant. ExpressVPN Pro is now offered for $7.49 per month for a two-year plan with an additional four extra months of service included for free.