JPR’s Market Watch suggests it’s all three, and bots too. We’ve been tracking GPU and before that graphics control shipments for decades, and we think we have a sense about their trends and seasonal behavior. Our Market Watch report for Q3 2020 reveals unusual buying patterns for graphics boards. So, what’s up? Look at the following chart that shows shipments for the … [Read more...] about What’s driving GPU sales—COVID, games, or Crypto?
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What does a pandemic have to do with GPUs?
The story behind the numbers. By now you’ve heard from anyone who has a keyboard, how the pandemic is bolstering the gaming market. That’s true, it is. In JPR’s quarterly market report, we saw shipments of GPUs go up to an extent, which in any other time, would be surprising. Everything is different now. Games need good, really good if not great, GPUs. Most gamers, who … [Read more...] about What does a pandemic have to do with GPUs?
Pandemic distorts global GPU market results
Shipments surprise: Jon Peddie Research reports that PC GPU market shipments increased by 2.5% sequentially from last quarter. As part of its ongoing research on the PC graphics market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its Market Watch report for the second quarter of 2020. Before 2020, the PC market was showing signs of improvement and settling into a new normal. JPR’s … [Read more...] about Pandemic distorts global GPU market results