GeForce GTX 1060 Remains the Leading GPU on Steam

Valve has released the results of its monthly hardware survey among Steam users. What are the results just before the launch of the GeForce RTX 3000 family GPUs?

Survey, survey on the net, what do PC gamers get?

The Steam hardware survey published by Valve shows no major changes compared to previous months. The GeForce GTX 1060 remains the most popular GPU among gamers, with almost 11% of rigs using it. Right behind it are the GTX 1050Ti and 1050 with 7.48% and 4.85% respectively. Available on the market for nearly two years, the RTX 2000 Series GPUs have not been as popular with gamers as their predecessors, with RTX 2060 in seventh place (2.77%) and RTX 2070 SUPER closing the TOP 10 with 1.97%. In the ninth place we will find the only AMD representative in the top ten - the Radeon RX 580, which is used by over 2% of users.

NVIDIA rules in gaming sets

Although 4-core processors still dominate (45.76%), for the last few months we have seen an increasingly clear decrease in their share in Steam user configurations. 6-core (25.28%) and 8-core (8.57%) units are becoming increasingly common. It is also worth mentioning the two-core CPU owners, whose number amounts to around 18%.

Undoubtedly, the extremely successful Ryzen 3000 series CPUs had a significant impact on this state of affairs.

Changes are also visible in other categories. As many as 41% of the sets have 16 GB of memory, and 8 GB, not so long ago the most popular option and considered sufficient for everything, takes second place with a result of less than 32%. The number of people who have more RAM at their disposal (defined as more than 16 GB) is also increasing - it is equal to 9%. Once again, the myth of ubiquitous 4K is being debunked, as screens of this resolution are owned only by 2.24% of players using Steam. In this category, FullHD monitors (65.55%) continue to rule, followed by 1366x768 (9.53%) and 2560x1440 (6.59%).

Although a certain stagnation in survey results for the last few months is visible (excluding processors), major changes can be expected in the coming months due to new hardware releases. While the GeForce GTX 1060 is likely to sit on the throne for some time to come, chipsets like the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 will be replaced by RTX 3000 series models (or Radeon RX 6000), and the era of quad-core processors will inevitable approach its end.