The battle for dominace in the gaphics card maket is heating up as AMD and Nvidia are set to release their latest products in early July. They may stimulate some demand in the second half of 2019, but the lack of AAA games, plus othe factors, may deter demand for hardware replacement in the gaming market.

AMD, Nvidia to fire up graphics card competition in early July: The competition between AMD and Nvidia in the graphics card market is expected to heat up in early July as AMD is set to release its new 7nm Navi series products on July 7, while Nvidia will counter with its latest RTX 20 Super series on July 9, according to sources from graphics card players.

Gaming market to see weak results in 2H19: The gaming market may see weak sales in the second half of 2019 as the hardware replacement cycle has been extended due to limited improvement from new-generation hardware, and competitions among vendors have grown fiercer, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.