Motherboard sales fell in Q1

Motherboard sales during the first quarter of this year were not as many expected. The motherboard figures that have been distributed by leading companies in the sector such as ASUS and Gigabyte, which reveal that sales declined compared to the same period of the previous year, have been known.

Sales of motherboards and graphics cards fell

ASUS and Gigabyte shipped some 3.8 million and 3.5 million motherboards respectively during the first three months of the year, a significant drop compared to last year's figures. This is particularly striking as Kaby Lake processors were launched in January, but even so the arrival of the new generation Intel failed to draw consumer attention to the levels of the previous year. It is also commented that the sales of graphics cards were not too strong in this first quarter either and it is estimated that they fell 15%.

Although sales did not accompany this period, it is expected to rebound during the second quarter, where we have the launch of the entire full line of Ryzen processors along with AM4 motherboards plus the launch of Radeon RX VEGA graphics cards, which should increase motherboard sales.

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With the launch of AMD's Ryzen 7 in early March and Ryzen 5 in April, motherboard manufacturers believe they will be able to make up for lost ground in the previous quarter and exponentially increase their sales as upgrading to these new CPUs will only be possible with the new AM4 motherboards.

Regarding graphics cards, although Nvidia recently launched its new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and reduced the price of the GeForce GTX 1080 from $ 699 to $ 499, weak demand has created an overstock, especially in China say the sources.

Source: digitimes