discrete GPU market share.

[renz496]

looking around the net and then found this:

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

AMD market share for discrete GPU is down to 28%. to be honest i don't believe that number at the first glance. but looking at 37.9% market share they have last quarter that is in line with what i remember for their Q2 market share which is around 38%. (the previous two quarters before that number was flat at 35%). from what i can remember AMD never drop below 35% for their discrete market share. so far this is the lowest that i know of. not saying AMD is done but that doesn't sound like everything is just fine either right? so what you guys think? for now i haven't seen data for Q4 2014 yet.

EDIT: can mod change this into discussion thread? thanks

 

[chenw]

The only thing I can think of is 970 and 980 were released at the very end of Q3, but it's a very large shift for a new card that was only on the market for 2 weeks at that stage.

 

[renz496]

to be honest i was expecting for their market share to at least hold on Q3 since their market share rise a bit in Q2. or at worse down back to 35%. but instead it goes down even below 30% mark. on another discussion people thinks AMD grows steadily by grabbing more pro market share from nvidia. but in the end the total discrete share was down to new low for AMD. personally i think we will only see 980/970 impact in Q4. AFAIK AMD really needs something new on the market ASAP.

 

[chenw]

Oh wait, another one; G-Sync, Swift was released in Q3 wasn't it?

 

[renz496]

Honestly I don't think Gysnc was able to pull that.

 

[chenw]

What about mining?

 

[renz496]

What about mining?

that would be interesting. AMD launch 290X/290 in Q4 2014. back then people expect AMD to gain a bit more market share because of the mining craze. but in Q4 2013 and Q1 2014 AMD market share was flat at 35% despite the craze. in Q2 their market share rose to 38%. i don't remember if it's in Q2 or Q3 earnings when they mention that when the craze goes down it does affect their sales. nvidia JHH in their own earning also asked about how the mining would affect them but he say he just glad it wasn't his company that affected heavily by the mining.