News Gaming GPU sales plummet 14.5% in third quarter — Nvidia's RTX 5000-series launch looms large

[Admin]

Jon Peddie Research shows that GPU add-in board sales have declined 14.5% from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. The drop-off defies typical Q3 market behavior, thanks to the wait for next-gen releases. The long-term forecast for the market also looks grim.

Gaming GPU sales plummet 14.5% in third quarter — Nvidia's RTX 5000-series launch looms large : Read more

 

[vanadiel007]

Yes, blame it on tariffs when prices of a video card are $1,500 before tariffs take effect.
Just lay blame where it should: overpriced hardware and people are having enough of it.

 

[usertests]

Nvidia took a 2% market share from AMD since Q2, going from an 88%/12% split to 90%/10% in three months (Intel still sits at 0%).

RDNA4 price/perf miracle. Surge to 14%.

 

[Mama Changa]

We are all waiting for next gen hardware. Honestly I'm most excited for RDNA4, but if 5080 is $999 it may tempt me, but I'd rather 24GB at that price point and that will come with Super variant when 3GB GDDR7 dies are released.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

We are all waiting for next gen hardware. Honestly I'm most excited for RDNA4, but if 5080 is $999 it may tempt me, but I'd rather 24GB at that price point and that will come with Super variant when 3GB GDDR7 dies are released.

That's basically what has happened. People are waiting for the new GPU's unless the current stuff has a massive discount. Why would I want to spend $1050 on a RTX 4080 Super when the 5080 is right around the corner and will be faster than the 4080S? It would be best for me to take the $1050 and put it towards the 5080 even if it costs more.

 

[vanadiel007]

That's basically what has happened. People are waiting for the new GPU's unless the current stuff has a massive discount. Why would I want to spend $1050 on a RTX 4080 Super when the 5080 is right around the corner and will be faster than the 4080S? It would be best for me to take the $1050 and put it towards the 5080 even if it costs more.

Oh, it will cost more you can count on that.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

Oh, it will cost more you can count on that.

Oh sure but that's $1050 towards an RTX 5080 or 5090. I'd rather go that route than buy yesterdays tech still at a commanding price. Now if there was a fire-sale for the RTX 4080 Super in the range of $549-599 then that would be different. Since prices have stayed pretty much the same given the duopoly between AMD and Nvidia, i'll gladly wait till next year for the 5xxx series from Nvidia.

 

[DS426]

Yeah... "Jon Peddie Research" doesn't sound like exactly the biggest of names, and even if it is, it doesn't seem to accont for 1) Intel having a legitimate low to mid-end dGPU market presence and 2) COVID causing an excess demand vs. supply situation and now supply is strong compared to demand... also coming out of years of crypto mining and other B.S. factors that didn't traditionally F with the dGPU market.

 

[aberkae]

Meanwhile Nvidia paid trolls are claiming that the current $2500 to $3500 for a 4090 new is justified for llm training because in 2025 there is no cloud solutions whatsoever. Oh wait. I sold my 25 month used 4090 for the same price I bought it. The time to sell is now if you want to mitigate out of pocket upgrade to Blackwell.

 

[F4nB0y]

Manufacturers poisoned the well. They created this feast and famine cycle. Not creating sub $500 parts. Going 2 years between releases. Charging an arm and a leg for those parts right up until the day of a new generation release. Releasing halo parts before upper mid range.

 

[Ogotai]

unless any of the cards from nvidia or amd, for that matter... start at less then $400 here, i dont see any one i know upgrading their cards yet... as for intels video cards.. they wont touch those either, until the drivers, and performance.. are proven....