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Gigabyte sees weak motherboard orders for 1Q18
The motherboard orders that Gigabyte Technology is receiving thus far in the first quarter of 2018 are much lower than those received during the same period of a year earlier, an apparent result of the departure of some of its top managers and likely all that has been happening with Intel.
The ex-president of Gigabyte China has joined Acer where he will be in charge of handling the company's emerging businesses including industrial PC (IPC) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, reports DigiTimes today. Meanwhile, the ex-head of Gigabyte's Korea/Japan office has left for Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry). In 2017, Gigabyte's graphics card shipments reached a company record of 4.4-4.5 million units, thanks to cryptocurrency mining demand, boosting the firm's net profit to around NT$2 billion.
However, its motherboard shipments in the year shrank sharply by 3.6 million units to reach less than 13 million units due to the company's business re-organization and fierce competition from Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI). Since Gigabyte is currently the largest motherboard vendor in South Korea, some market watchers are concerned about the company's motherboard shipment results in 2018.
However, the market watchers believe Gigabyte's overall revenues will remain healthy in 2018 if graphics card demand can stay strong and orders for servers remain stable.
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#5513851 Posted on: 01/24/2018 07:04 PM
Yeah, when especially the RAM but also GPUs are so disgustingly expensive, a mobo alone won't help you much. People upgrading from a DDR4 system to another DDR4 system aren't probably yet so common, and even if they were, it's not like all the old systems would be thrown away, so many would still want or need to buy new RAM modules. It's a pity there aren't more memory manufacturers. Actually it's strange there aren't considering how vital computers are to the modern civilization. Imagine if there were only 2 or 3 car brands in the whole world, huh.
Yeah, when especially the RAM but also GPUs are so disgustingly expensive, a mobo alone won't help you much. People upgrading from a DDR4 system to another DDR4 system aren't probably yet so common, and even if they were, it's not like all the old systems would be thrown away, so many would still want or need to buy new RAM modules. It's a pity there aren't more memory manufacturers. Actually it's strange there aren't considering how vital computers are to the modern civilization. Imagine if there were only 2 or 3 car brands in the whole world, huh.
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#5513855 Posted on: 01/24/2018 07:19 PM
GPU and RAM prices are killing mid range and high end PC builds at the moment, unless paying over the odds doesn't bother you that is.
GPU and RAM prices are killing mid range and high end PC builds at the moment, unless paying over the odds doesn't bother you that is.
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#5513900 Posted on: 01/24/2018 08:53 PM
Add to this situation that Coffee Lake motherboards are expensive...
Add to this situation that Coffee Lake motherboards are expensive...
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#5513901 Posted on: 01/24/2018 09:08 PM
Maybe because gigabyte skimps on important things like vrm and cooling and focus to much on rgb bling?
Asrock and asus got the midrange and highend respectively covered with good price to performance products. (x399/x299 and z370).
Maybe because gigabyte skimps on important things like vrm and cooling and focus to much on rgb bling?
Asrock and asus got the midrange and highend respectively covered with good price to performance products. (x399/x299 and z370).
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Maybe because GPUs and RAM prices are nearly double what they were last year, and the market is saturated with immature (Ryzen) and rushed platforms (Z370, X299). And maybe it's because the cryptocurrency miners only care about GPUs.
The market will correct itself, i'm sure, but it would correct itself a lot faster if AMD / NVidia restricted mining to workstation cards or created a specific class of card for that purpose. Also DRAM manufacturers need to be investigated for price fixing AGAIN. Seems like every 5 years or so they think they can get away with it again.