Shipments of graphics processors dropped 3.4% in Q4, with Nvidia to gain 3% in Q4 from last quarter, while both Intel and AMD dropped by 4% and 7%, according to the latest data released by Jon Peddie Research. The research firm says that the attach rate of GPUs (includes integrated and discrete GPUs) to PCs for the quarter was 142.75% down -10.44% and 30.18% of PCs had discrete GPUs, which is down -2.16%.

The overall PC market increased 3.53% quarter-to-quarter, and decreased -0.72% year-to-year. Desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs) that use discrete GPUs decreased -0.68% from last quarter.

The Gaming PC segment, where higher-end GPUs are used, was a bright spot in the market in the quarter. Nvidia’s Maxwell GPUs continued to show strong sales, lifting the ASPs for the discrete GPU market.

Nvidia’s desktop discrete shipments were up 5.51% from last quarter; and the company’s notebook discrete shipments increased 0.1%. The company’s overall PC graphics shipment increased 2.9%.

AMD’s shipments of desktop heterogeneous GPU/CPUs, i.e., APUs decreased -30.0% from the previous quarter, but were up 4.6% in notebooks. AMD’s discrete desktop shipments decreased -15.97% and notebook discrete shipments decreased -16.6%. The company’s overall PC graphics shipments decreased -7.0%.

Intel’s desktop processor embedded graphics (EPGs) shipments decreased from last quarter by -4.4%, and notebooks decreased by -4.1%. The company’s overall PC graphics shipments decreased -4.0%.