The hardware market, especially graphics cards, is going through a difficult period due to the chip and supply crisis. Analysts announced that the supply problem has been largely resolved and graphics card prices will continue to decline.
The supply chain problem is gone: Video card prices are falling
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According to the report published by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the supply of graphics cards increased by 32.2 percent compared to last year. Calculating the period from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022, analysts drew attention to the improvement in supply.
It is among the shared information that video card supply increased by 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2022. It is stated that shipments in the first quarter have decreased by 4.9 percent on average in the last 10 years.
Graphics card manufacturers shipped a total of $8.6 billion in the first quarter of 2022. In the fourth quarter of last year, this value was 12.4 billion dollars. The main reason for the decrease in revenues in companies is described as the decrease in prices.
AMD managed to increase its market share by 4 percent compared to last year. Intel, which wants to take the competition to the next level, has already started to worry both AMD and Nvidia.
The graphics card market is expected to grow healthily until 2026. Although the decrease in prices in the second quarter of 2022 is slow, there will be developments that will please those who want to buy a PC in the coming period.
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