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GPU shipments are expected to increase by 10% in 2022
Demand for graphics cards continues to surge, and supply is slowly rising to meet demand. Shipments have grown in 2021 and this demand is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.according to Asian digital age, GPU shipments are expected to further increase by 10% in 2022. If you buy GPUs in the market, maybe, maybe once we get out of Omicron’s downturn, we will start to see a downward trend in prices.
The epidemic caused by the resurgence of Omicron is causing the deterioration of market conditions, which will obviously hinder the development of things. Semiconductor shortages, isolated labor, and logistics delays are having the dual effect of reducing supply and increasing demand. If you are isolated at home or waiting for the workplace to open, you may have more time to play games. It is still not possible to buy game consoles in major street shops.
Most tech CEOs have released forecasts, and most of them see mid-to-late 2022 as the point when shortages should start to ease. If we don’t see additional market shocks caused by geopolitical concerns or a resurgent trade war.
Digitimes pointed out that demand in the consumer market has actually fallen slightly. This is most likely due to weak mining demand. As Ethereum moves closer to its planned proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, the sales of mining GPUs should begin to decline. Once the date of the pre-PoS difficulty bomb is locked, the demand will continue to decrease and eventually drop to almost zero, as it becomes increasingly difficult to recover the cost of new mining purchases. Less mining demand means more gaming equipment cards. Moreover, if there are about 10% more cards that miners are not interested in, then later in 2022 may be a good time to become gamers, and we may even see some (ahem) bargains! In any case, this is hope.
The laptop market is also expected to grow, but probably not at the same level as the desktop market. Digitimes noted that major laptop makers, including Apple and Dell, have capacity reservations of up to two years, meaning they don’t expect demand to drop anytime soon.
The gaming GPU market will soon welcome Intel into the fray, and while we had hoped we might now see its Arc-series GPUs released, it seems like they’re still a few months away. When this happens, gamers will have a third option. High-end Arc cards aren’t expected to be 3090 Ti killers, but they don’t need to be. If they get in at an affordable price, they’ll sell well.
We are also about to release AMD’s RX 6500 XT and Nvidia’s RTX 3050. These cards will be suitable for casual 1080p gamers and are expected to relieve the pressure of users looking for any type of current generation GPU that does not need to be sold.
On the bright side, it’s 2022! That means we can confidently say things will improve later this year. Hey, better than nothing!