Steam has printed its newest month-to-month Hardware and Software Survey, breaking down what the most typical items of {hardware} customers on the platform are rocking, together with processors, graphics playing cards, reminiscence capability, and extra.
This newest version as soon as once more confirms what we have seen in earlier months: PC players are holding onto their graphics playing cards for longer. Nvidia’s RTX 3060, which initially launched in early 2021, stays the most typical card amongst Steam customers, with round 3.76% of customers operating it. That is down from its September 2023 share of 6.1%, nevertheless it’s nonetheless up on the earlier month’s 3.71%, displaying that it is nonetheless a preferred alternative for a brand new gaming PC construct. Even older playing cards are holding their share too, with Nvidia’s 2019 GTX 1650 nonetheless commanding a substantial 2.37% of the person base.
Regardless of more and more excessive costs, that is to not say some Steam customers aren’t forking out on the most recent and best GPUs regardless. Inside Nvidia’s RTX 50 lineup, the mid-tier RTX 5060 is the most typical alternative inside, present in 2.98% of rigs recorded within the survey. The month-to-month share of Steam customers operating 50 sequence playing cards like this one can be rising, slowly however certainly.
A part of the explanation players are holding onto a few of these older playing cards for longer is, in fact, that fashions corresponding to the most well-liked RTX 3060 stay extraordinarily succesful in among the newest PC video games, and can seemingly stay so for various years in terms of 1080p and 1440p gaming. However it’ll even be all the way down to the problem of recent GPU prices that continue to rise, with new fashions corresponding to these inside Nvidia’s RTX 50 lineup seeing value rises of as much as 40% this summer season alone. And with demand for reminiscence persevering with to outstrip provide amid the AI growth, there is not any signal of costs letting up any time quickly.
This has additionally pushed up the worth of older playing cards, whether or not leftover new inventory or used items, as they turn out to be well-liked picks for the extra budget-conscious gaming PC builder.
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