GPU market in the first quarter of 2026: 11.82 million graphics cards shipped, but NVIDIA remains virtually untouchable (opens in new tab)

The graphics card market is allegedly in crisis: memory is scarce, prices remain high, and genuine new product introductions are limited. Nevertheless, almost twelve million discrete desktop graphics cards were shipped in the first quarter of 2026. Either the market is more resilient than expected – or manufacturers and retailers are preemptively building inventory before […]