In the third quarter this year, according to the results of Jon peddie research investigating, the market for the discrete video card expected a perceptible lift, which was not observed in the second quarter. The deliveries volumes of video card reached 20 ml. pieces, whereas a block earlier they hardly counted 16 ml. pieces. In the quarterly expression, the gain volume from the deliveries of discrete video card composed 21%, but in the annual expression loss in size of 7,2% is observed.
The joint market for graphical solutions, which includes integrated chipset, demonstrated an increase in the sales volumes by up to 31% in the second quarter, but discrete products shot with a certain delay. Analysts explain this by the caution of buyers, who in the second quarter were not ready to expend money on something larger than that integrated chipset.
AMD company could recapture from competitors only 1% of market, more than of 60%, which occupies NVIDIA production. However, calm will not be prolonged infinitely - already soon new graphic products AMD and NVIDIA will join the battle for buyer preferences .