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I also suspect this is related to the increased popularity of laptop computers. Laptops outsell PCs by 4:1 according to https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-
by michaelt 3y ago
I also suspect this is related to the increased popularity of laptop computers. Laptops outsell PCs by 4:1 according to https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021 https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021
And one of the main groups of holdouts still using desktop computers is presumably PC gamers - who don't buy passively cooled graphics cards.
I'm sure there's some market for low-end desktop PCs - like traditionalists who just don't want a laptop - but I don't think it's a growing market.
- gpderetta 3y agothin clients are common in the office. I think they count as low-end desktops, although barely
- brucethemoose2 3y agoYeah, but they dont need discrete graphics. Integrated is just a nice bit of penny pinching for OEMs.
- gpderetta 3y agoOh, yes of course, there is almost no market for discrete low performance GPU.
- bonton89 3y agoDuring AMDs long dark age Intel shipped an iGPU on basically every mainstream desktop and laptop CPU which obliterated the cheapo bottom end of the market and as others have mentioned killed off any remaining GPU makers as their niches got even smaller. The only remaining markets for low end discrete GPUs I can think of are people who need basic video out for servers or people who have exhausted all display out options for multiple monitors and need a card to add more.