{"id":1208715,"date":"2023-12-04T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208715"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:57:40","slug":"after-a-chaotic-three-years-gpu-sales-are-starting-to-look-normal-ish-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208715","title":{"rendered":"After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1114-800x533-1.jpe\" alt=\"AMD's Radeon RX 7600.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1114.jpeg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1707\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> AMD&#8217;s Radeon RX 7600. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an up-and-down decade for most consumer technology, with a pandemic-fueled boom in PC sales giving way to a sales crater that the market is <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2023\/04\/pc-gaming-market-is-set-to-grow-again-after-pandemic-and-overstock-corrections\/\">still gradually recovering from<\/a>. But few components have had as hard a time as gaming graphics cards, which were near impossible to buy at reasonable prices for about two years and then crashed hard as GPU companies responded with <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/09\/nvidias-ada-lovelace-gpu-generation-1599-for-rtx-4090-899-and-up-for-4080\/\">unattainable new high-end products<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the GPU sales analysts at Jon Peddie Research, things may finally be evening out. Its data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonpeddie.com\/news\/the-post-covid-black-death-is-over\/?s=31\">shows<\/a> that GPU shipments have returned to quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth after two years of shrinking sales. This is the second consecutive quarter this has happened, which &#8220;strongly indicates that things are finally on the upswing for the graphics industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JPR reports that overall GPU unit shipments (which include integrated and dedicated GPUs) are up 16.8 percent from Q2 and 36.6 percent from a year ago. Dedicated GPU sales increased 37.4 percent from Q2. When comparing year-over-year numbers, the biggest difference is that Nvidia, AMD, and Intel all have current-generation GPUs available in the $200\u2013$300 range, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/06\/geforce-rtx-4060-review-not-thrilling-but-a-super-efficient-299-workhorse\/#:~:text=It's%20a%20reasonably%20sized%20card,new%20ATX%203.0%20power%20supply).\">GeForce RTX 4060<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/05\/review-amds-269-rx-7600-is-a-good-1080p-card-but-the-rtx-4060-looms\/\">Radeon RX 7600<\/a>, and the Arc A770 and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/02\/intel-cuts-arc-a750-gpus-price-while-boasting-about-driver-optimizations\/\">A750<\/a>, all of which were either unavailable or newly launched in Q3 of 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988346#p3\">Read 4 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988346&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ AMD&#8217;s Radeon RX 7600. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) It&#8217;s been an up-and-down decade for most consumer technology, with a pandemic-fueled boom in PC sales giving way to a sales crater that the market is still gradually recovering from. 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