Top Three Graphics Card Vendors Net 12 Million in Shipments, in 2014

[btarunr]

According to stats put out by Taiwan-based industry observer DigiTimes, the top three graphics card vendors by shipments were ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI (in that order), 2014. ASUS leads the pack with over 5 million graphics cards shipped in the year. Gigabyte comes in second, with over 3.6 million cards shipped. MSI is third, with between 2.8 and 3 million cards shipped in the year. The three sell both AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. 2014 overall, has seen graphics card shipments drop by 10 percent, owing to a pop in the bubble created by crypto-coin miners in 2013. Other notables from the report include a rise in shipments from PRC-based vendors such as Colorful and Onda.



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[dj-electric]

It is important to remember that crypto-currency craze of early 2014 and take that into account

 

[neliz]

It is important to remember that crypto-currency craze of early 2014 and take that into account

Actually, CC was 2013, sales related to crypto-currency dropped massively in February of 2014. by March sales(especially AMD) were down to normal levels.

After that, you'll see AMD inventory start to rise and NV's 7xx models start turning in the money for the "big 3."

 

[Prima.Vera]

How is the crypto mining going nowadays?

 

[eidairaman1]

Dead.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Dead.

Hence the cheap availability of second user cards..... Boom then bust.