Arr, me hearties! The mighty Nvidia RTX 3060 be claimin' the crown for Steam GPUs. But, be ye smellin' somethin' fishy in these waters?
2023-10-03
Avast, me hearties! Nvidia's mighty RTX 3060 hath swashbuckled its way past the lowly GTX 1650 to claim the title o' the most sought-after GPU on Steam. Aye, 'tis a victory worth raisin' a tankard o' grog to, me mateys!
Nvidia’s RTX 3060 graphics card has claimed the top spot in the ranking of the most popular GPUs used on Steam, according to Valve's latest hardware survey. The data for September shows that the RTX 3060 rose from 4.87% the previous month to hit 6.27% and claim the number one slot. However, caution must be exercised when interpreting the Steam hardware survey, as the PCs included in the breakdown change from month to month, causing some variance. In the past, large upticks in Chinese PCs have skewed the results, with a corresponding increase in simplified Chinese language usage. This has happened with the RTX 3060 before, with adoption on Steam reaching almost 10% before returning to normal the following month. While there is a slight rise in the percentage of PCs using simplified Chinese, it is not at the same level as previous occurrences. A 5% uptick for Chinese PCs may partially explain the gain made by the RTX 3060, which has been popular in previous surveys in Asia. However, only time will tell if the RTX 3060 holds the top spot next month or reverts to previous percentages. Nvidia currently dominates the Steam GPU rankings, with the top 11 spots held by Team Green. The first AMD GPU seen is integrated graphics at number 12, and the top desktop graphics card for Team Red does not appear in the top 25.