Editing Graphics card (section)

== Market ==
Graphics card shipments peaked at a total of 114 million in 1999. By contrast, they totaled 14.5 million units in the third quarter of 2013, a 17% fall from Q3 2012 levels.<ref name="Jon Peddie Research Q3 2013"/> Shipments reached an annual total of 44 million in 2015.{{Cn|date=September 2022}} The sales of graphics cards have trended downward due to improvements in integrated graphics technologies; high-end, CPU-integrated graphics can provide competitive performance with low-end graphics cards. At the same time, graphics card sales have grown within the high-end segment, as manufacturers have shifted their focus to prioritize the gaming and enthusiast market.<ref name="DIGITIMES April 2013"/><ref name="anand-discreteontop">{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/10613/discrete-desktop-gpu-market-trends-q2-2016-amd-grabs-market-share-but-nvidia-remains-on-top|title=Discrete Desktop GPU Market Trends Q2 2016: AMD Grabs Market Share, But NVIDIA Remains on Top|last=Shilov|first=Anton|work=Anandtech|access-date=2018-01-22|archive-date=2018-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072301/https://www.anandtech.com/show/10613/discrete-desktop-gpu-market-trends-q2-2016-amd-grabs-market-share-but-nvidia-remains-on-top|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beyond the gaming and multimedia segments, graphics cards have been increasingly used for [[General-purpose computing on graphics processing units|general-purpose computing]], such as [[big data]] processing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-touts-gpu-processing-as-the-future-of-big-data/|title=Nvidia touts GPU processing as the future of big data|last=Chanthadavong|first=Aimee|work=ZDNet|access-date=2018-01-22|language=en|archive-date=2018-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120185451/http://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-touts-gpu-processing-as-the-future-of-big-data/|url-status=live}}</ref> The growth of [[cryptocurrency]] has placed a severely high demand on high-end graphics cards, especially in large quantities, due to their advantages in the process of cryptocurrency mining. In January 2018, mid- to high-end graphics cards experienced a major surge in price, with many retailers having stock shortages due to the significant demand among this market.<ref name="anand-discreteontop" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/cryptocurrency-boom-creates-insane-global-graphics-card-shortage/|title=Here's why you can't buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy|work=Ars Technica|access-date=2018-01-22|language=en-us|archive-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121193105/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/cryptocurrency-boom-creates-insane-global-graphics-card-shortage/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/262493-gpu-prices-skyrocket-breaking-entire-diy-pc-market|title=GPU Prices Skyrocket, Breaking the Entire DIY PC Market|date=2018-01-19|work=ExtremeTech|access-date=2018-01-22|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120202816/https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/262493-gpu-prices-skyrocket-breaking-entire-diy-pc-market|url-status=live}}</ref> Graphics card companies released mining-specific cards designed to run [[24 hours a day, seven days a week]], and without video output ports.<ref name="parrish20170710">{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/graphics-card-for-mining-roundup/ |title=Graphics cards dedicated to cryptocurrency mining are here, and we have the list |last=Parrish |first=Kevin |date=2017-07-10 |website=Digital Trends |access-date=2020-01-16 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801035950/https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/graphics-card-for-mining-roundup/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The graphics card industry took a setback due to the [[2020–present global chip shortage|2020{{En dash}}21 chip shortage]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Graphics Card shortage is killing PC Gaming|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/how-graphics-card-shortage-is-killing-pc-gaming-2021-06-18|access-date=2021-09-01|website=MarketWatch|language=EN-US|archive-date=2021-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901040058/https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/how-graphics-card-shortage-is-killing-pc-gaming-2021-06-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>