In the last years we hear more often MSI company, as the largest manufacturer of gaming laptops, although in the beginning of the last decade it has been the largest manufacturer of graphics cards in the world, having the ability to produce at 9 million. Products annually. Times have changed, and now the title of the largest manufacturer of graphics cards went to Palit, and Colorful Chinese company, known mainly in the home market.
According to the publication DigiTimes, the high popularity of cards middle and upper price range in North America and Europe this year has allowed MSI to catch up with Asustek Computer. Last year, MSI has released 4 million cards, and for the first nine months of this year -. 3.5 million cards.. This allows to hope that by the end of the year will be released from the 4.8 to 5 million Cards.
Gigabyte Technology Company on the demand for gaming graphics card also receives dividends. At the end of three quarters this year, the manufacturer has released 2.55 million Cards, in the fourth quarter Gigabyte plans to release more 900 thousand. Cards. .
For three quarters this year, Gigabyte has released 12.5 million Motherboards for the year, this number may increase to 16.5 million Pieces. Demand for motherboards middle and upper price ranges allowed Gigabyte compensate for the drop in sales volumes in terms of profits. For comparison, ASRock this year will be able to issue only 4.5 million Motherboard. Interestingly, the video card manufacturers are looking forward to the announcement of GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - in their words, the output of these cards will limit the seasonal drop in sales to 10% in the fourth quarter.