Graphics card sales fell again compared to last year

According to Jon Peddie Research data, graphics card sales have suffered in the final months of last year, despite the launch of Turing graphics cards.

The PC GPU market decreased by 3.3% from one year to the next

Figures for the fourth quarter of 2018 show that GPU sales fell 2.65% compared to the previous quarter, AMD sales 6.81%, Nvidia sales 7.62% and Intel sales 0, 67%. The most relevant fact here is that the PC GPU market decreased by 3.3% from one year to the next, while GPU shipments decreased by 2.6% sequentially.

The fall of the mining segment and the arrival of Nvidia RTX graphics cards with too expensive prices, have caused sales to fall.

According to JPR , the reason for this large decline lies in the large card surplus in early 2018, while demand fell sharply as a consequence of the crypto market crash, which was also cited in the third quarter report. According to the company, this decrease would continue in the first and second quarter of this year.

AMD's market share in the last quarter decreased -0.6%, Intel's + 1.4% and Nvidia's -0.82%. Total annual GPU shipments decreased -3.3%, desktop graphics -20% and notebook graphics + 8%. Although overall GPU shipments decreased, PC sales rebounded by + 1.61%, which is a positive sign for the overall market.

This is not good news for Nvidia, especially since it was the only one that launched a new generation of graphics cards in recent months. AMD, meanwhile, would launch Navi in ​​the middle of this year.

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