Typically in the second quarter, desktop graphics card sales almost always experience a slump as summer approaches. According to Jon Peddie Research’s latest report, however, add-in board (AIB) shipments defied seasonal expectations in Q2, jumping 10% sequentially and 6.6% year-over-year to hit 12.5 million units. Looking at JPR’s past reports,

Shipments of desktop add-in-boards in Q2 were the highest since Q1 2022 despite rising prices and dropping sales of desktop PCs, according to new numbers from Jon Peddie Research.

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