GPUs are still shipping at a frantic rate despite market pressure — I didn't expect Intel to post the only growth

Installing an ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU inside an iBUYPOWER RDY Trace X R01 pre-built gaming PC with a white case.

Despite an ongoing memory crunch that's affecting wide swaths of the tech market, a new report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reveals that NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel discrete GPU shipments in Q1 2026 remained relatively flat compared to the previous quarter.

As JPR points out (via PC Gamer), the first quarter of the year is generally expected to be flat. Consumers are tapped out after the holiday season, and the major sales events in the tech market are yet to arrive.