AMD's stake in the graphics card business hasn't been great for the past couple of years and in-fact in the last six months, it dropped below 20 percent for the first time. When the new line up of Fiji XT based Fury cards were released, most people thought they weren't strong enough to recapture much of what was lost, but it looks like they have been successful to an extent, as it did result in a growth in AMD's share of 0.8 percent.
This still leaves Nvidia with almost 82 percent of the entire add-in graphics market, but being able to at least turn around its decline is good news for AMD. That near one percent of the market it captured, came entirely at the loss of Nvidia (as per Jon Peddie Research).
This also comes at a time where graphics cards shipments overall increased by 28 percent compared to last quarter, although the entire market is down three percent over this same period last year.
This is perhaps an interesting uptick in its own right, as it seems AMD and NVidia managed to capture the attention of enthusiasts more than they have in recent months, though whether that will extend beyond the Christmas period remains to be seen.
Have you bought yourself a new GPU lately? I'm waiting for the New Year to let current-gen GPUs come down a bit more before buying a new one for VR.
