OpenAI could ditch Nvidia GPUs, handing a lifeline to PC gamers desperately seeking affordable cards

Well, this wasn't in our top ten 2026 expectations. According to eight sources "familiar with the matter," OpenAI is "unsatisfied with some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips", and actively seeking to move away from Nvidia GPUs in favor of more specialized processors. Were this to cause a significant reduction in demand for Nvidia GPUs for AI, it could mean GPUs for graphics cards becoming more readily available, though it remains far too early to tell exactly how this situation will play out. The reason for this potential shift in demand is that while Nvidia GPUs remain dominant for training AI models, the power of these chips for providing the front-end responses to customers - known as inference - is being challenged, with application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) being increasingly favored for these tasks over general-purpose GPUs. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:This monstrous Nvidia GPU just broke a world record, despite having a hole in itNvidia allegedly trained its AI on 500 terabytes of pirated books, says court filingNvidia beats Apple to become chipmaker TSMC's biggest customer, and I'm not sure that's a good thing

Feb 4, 2026 - 01:44
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OpenAI could ditch Nvidia GPUs, handing a lifeline to PC gamers desperately seeking affordable cards
Well, this wasn't in our top ten 2026 expectations. According to eight sources "familiar with the matter," OpenAI is "unsatisfied with some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips", and actively seeking to move away from Nvidia GPUs in favor of more specialized processors. Were this to cause a significant reduction in demand for Nvidia GPUs for AI, it could mean GPUs for graphics cards becoming more readily available, though it remains far too early to tell exactly how this situation will play out.

The reason for this potential shift in demand is that while Nvidia GPUs remain dominant for training AI models, the power of these chips for providing the front-end responses to customers - known as inference - is being challenged, with application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) being increasingly favored for these tasks over general-purpose GPUs.

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