Add-in board market up in Q3, Nvidia gains market share

[f1sherman]

The quarter in general

AIB shipments increased 3.9% from the last quarter (the 10-year average is 12%).

• Total AIB shipments increased this quarter to 14.5 million units.

• AMD’s quarter-to-quarter total desktop AIB unit shipments decreased 3%.

• Nvidia’s quarter-to-quarter unit shipments increased 8%.

• Nvidia continues to hold a dominant market share position at 64.5%.

• Figures for the other suppliers were flat to declining.

http://jonpeddie.com/publications/add-in-board-report/

 

[blackened23]

No surprise really. Nvidia had new products throughout the year, AMD only recently introduced new products. The 290 should stabilize things and raise their numbers a slight bti, even IF I think AMD could have done way better with the 290 in terms of design. I won't get into all that, though.

It's good that overall discrete sales aren't declining in any case. Should bode well for PC gaming overall.

 

[ShintaiDK]

No surprise really. Nvidia had new products throughout the year, AMD only recently introduced new products. The 290 should stabilize things and raise their numbers a slight bti, even IF I think AMD could have done way better with the 290 in terms of design. I won't get into all that, though.

It's good that overall discrete sales aren't declining in any case. Should bode well for PC gaming overall.

Products like 290/290X/GTX780/GTX780Ti hardly change these numbers.

Its the 100-200$ cards that does.

 

[Skurge]

Products like 290/290X/GTX780/GTX780Ti hardly change these numbers.

Its the 100-200$ cards that does.

You mean like the "New" R7 series?

 

[f1sherman]

Products like 290/290X/GTX780/GTX780Ti hardly change these numbers.

Its the 100-200$ cards that does.

Indeed, but high-end does the same thing that new series name (R9, GTX700) does.

It brings the company in media spotlight and it energizes sales.
High-end is not just profit driver (for NVIDIA 20% of the volume drives roughly 70% to 80% of the gross profits - *overall company numbers*), it drives volume up too.

 

[blastingcap]

Repost. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2354633

 

[ShintaiDK]

Indeed, but high-end does the same thing that new series name (R9, GTX700) does.

It brings the company in media spotlight and it energizes sales.
High-end is not just profit driver (for NVIDIA 20% of the volume drives roughly 70% to 80% of the gross profits - *overall company numbers*), it drives volume up too.

The 2 companies cancel one another out. Same with game addons etc.

A classic example is the tobacco industry. When commercials got banned they still sold the same. But the saved billions got turned into profit.

You mean like the "New" R7 series?

Yep.