NVIDIA increases GPU market share in Q3 2017, PC gaming segment was once again the bright spot


Jon Peddie Research shared its latest data for Q3 2017. According to the report, NVIDIA has increased its GPU market share in this latest quarter. On the other hand, AMD saw a small (0.2%) decrease and Intel saw 3% decrease.

The overall PC market saw a 10.31% quarter-to-quarter increase, and 2.06% year-to-year decrease. Discrete GPUs were in 39.55% of PCs, which is up 4.18%. Moreover, desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs) that use discrete GPUs increased 29.05% from last quarter.

According to Jon Peddie Research’s report, the Gaming PC segment, where higher-end GPUs are used, was once again the bright spot in the market in the quarter.

AMD’s desktop discrete GPUs increased 16.1% from last quarter, and notebook discrete shipments increased 5.2%. AMD’s total PC graphics shipments increased 7.6% from the previous quarter.

On the other hand, Nvidia’s discrete desktop GPU shipments were up 34.7% from last quarter. The company’s discrete notebook GPU shipments increased 22.4%, and total PC graphics shipments increased 29.5% from last quarter.

Last but not least, the total amount of discrete GPUs shipments for the industry increased 23.3% from the last quarter, and increased 11.7% from last year.