However, the market for graphics cards works completely independently since it is not based on stock and prices, but rather the variety of models and future launches, the same as what happens in the car market. processors.
With the new Intel graphics you already present, with the NVIDIA RTX 50 and the AMD RX 8000 about to be officially presented in a few weeks, it should not surprise us that sales of graphics cards for home use have decreased in the last quarter by 14.5% according to JPR.
Graphics sales fall
However, it is important to note that the figures published by this company correspond to the third quarter, the months from July to September, a month that has traditionally always shown the same trend as the second quarter of the year. In fact, these figures are the lowest since the second quarter of 2023.
Once again NVIDIA has been the manufacturer that has sold the largest number of graphics cards for home use to users, taking two points away from AMD. In the second quarter, NVIDIA and AMD shared the market 88 and 12% respectively.
In this last quarter, NVIDIA has kept 90%, leaving the rest to AMD. Once again Intel still does not have a presence in the market, something that could change in the coming months if the new commitment to the Intel Arc B Series bears fruit.
If the figures of GPU sales in the third quarter of 2024, they have been bad, they are probably nothing with the figures of the last quarter of this year, when all users are waiting like May water for the next launch of NVIDIA especially and AMD.
The launch of new models means that the models already available on the market they will drop in price which will encourage sales during the first quarter of 2025. So, if you are waiting to take advantage of an offer to renew your graphics, the best thing you can do is wait until January.
The future of graphics looks very dark
The study published by JPR points to a dark future for the next 4 years in the graphics card market. According to what they say, between 2024 and 2028, the growth rate of this market will be negative, specifically 6 points, that is, fewer graphics will be sold than currently.
The main reason that this medium alleges to make this statement is, once again, the tariffs that Donald Trump He plans to apply when he is officially inaugurated as president of the United States, in an event that will take place on January 20.
If Donald Trump keeps his promise (unlike Spain, in the United States they tend to keep them on most occasions), this will mean a rise in the price of laptops and PC components by up to 45%.
Fortunately for Europe, this price increase will only affect the United States and not Europe, although it is possible that Europe will follow the same path as the United States, just as it did a few months ago by raising tariffs on Chinese electric cars.