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Nvidia 3000 series still the most popular GPU, according to latest Steam survey

The GTX 1650 still standing proud.

The Steam hardware survey provides a general idea of the specs PC gamers are playing with ā€” a little window into hardware expectations and trends to expect. More often than not, we see how much Nvidia creams the competition, and the latest data shows Team Green still dominates.

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As first reported by PC Gamer, the most recent Steam hardware survey shows that, while down 4.88%, the Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card is still at the top as of November 2023. A quick scan down the list not only shows a minimal amount of AMD and Intel, but that the 3000 series crops up quite a bit.

Screenshot showing the latest Steam survey.
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The 3060 laptop edition is at the number four spot, with an increase of 1.20% over the previous month. We can also see the 3050 has increased by 0.55%, while the 3070 and 3060 Ti are down slightly. It’s also interesting to note that many PC gamers are still using older generation GPUs, with the GTX 1650 and GTX 1060 the second and third most popular, according to this survey.

Ada Lovelace is rising slowly

We already saw last month that Nvidia RTX 4000 cards were beginning to show up more in the results, and this still seems to be the case. While the RTX 4060 laptop model doesn’t appear until the 11th spot, it’s still up 1%.

Likewise with the RTX 4070 Ti, which, although much further down, saw an increase of 0.18%. Even the 4090 ā€“ arguably the most powerful graphics card on the current market ā€“ saw a 0.28% rise. Additionally, the RTX 4080 went up by 0.05%. It’s small, but it does show that the more enthusiast Ada Lovelace GPUs are starting to make their way into people’s rigs.

It also goes to show just how much Nvidia seems to be the preference when it comes to PC gaming. It should be said that these Steam surveys are never 100% accurate, but they do paint a picture of the divide between the two graphics card powerhouses (three if you include Intel, which no one seems to).


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