The Most Used GPU's on Steam Are Still:

[The Brown Hornet]

"Steam Hardware and Software Survey March 2022" Top GPU's

GTX 1060
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1650
GTX 1050
GTX 2060

I'm not surprised these GPU's are at the top. It's been this way for years, despite the constant push to upgrade as demonstrated by some gamers. The 10 series is clearly still going strong, it begs the question of why some advise others to steer clear of the 10 or even 20 series?

The fact these are still the most used GPU'S on Steam....what does this say? Is it the market? Popularity? Pricing? Availability? Or is it completely irrelevant to upgrade when the GPU you've had for years is still sufficient? Do tell.....

[my new friend]

A small sample size of about 300k unique accounts every month out of the ~130 million active and unique users per month doesn't really tell enough of the story.
But it does at least give developers an idea of what to expect even if they have a far better breakdown of what their players on their games have on their system. They do get some very good and precise data of what their players on their games use.

[Illusion of Progress]

It's sort of a little bit of everything you mentioned, but ultimately it suggests that for the people at those price points, perhaps more than any other price point, have found little that's worth replacing their current GPU with just yet. Traditionally it's these price segments that aren't as willing to just spend up for improvements that used to come with time, and stagnation hit these price segments a bit after Pascal.

[Illusion of Progress]

Originally posted by my new friend:

A small sample size of about 300k unique accounts every month out of the ~130 million active and unique users per month doesn't really tell enough of the story.

You'd be surprised how large of a sample size you don't necessarily need to accurately represent the larger whole.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

Originally posted by my new friend:

A small sample size of about 300k unique accounts every month out of the ~130 million active and unique users per month doesn't really tell enough of the story.

You'd be surprised how large of a sample size you don't necessarily need to accurately represent the larger whole.

There are developers that disagree with this when their own game stats show a far different usages.

[The Brown Hornet]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

It's sort of a little bit of everything you mentioned, but ultimately it suggests that for the people at those price points, perhaps more than any other price point, have found little that's worth replacing their current GPU with just yet. Traditionally it's these price segments that aren't as willing to just spend up for improvements that used to come with time, and stagnation hit these price segments a bit after Pascal.

I only got around to PC gaming in the past 10 years, at the time my impression was the need to constantly upgrade hardware and software but it seems that the 10 series GPU'S have been the exception to the rule. Those cards are over 5 years old now but it appears to have been money well spent. The 20 and 30 series are almost appearing to be failures in comparison.

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

It's sort of a little bit of everything you mentioned, but ultimately it suggests that for the people at those price points, perhaps more than any other price point, have found little that's worth replacing their current GPU with just yet. Traditionally it's these price segments that aren't as willing to just spend up for improvements that used to come with time, and stagnation hit these price segments a bit after Pascal.

I only got around to PC gaming in the past 10 years, at the time my impression was the need to constantly upgrade hardware and software but it seems that the 10 series GPU'S have been the exception to the rule. Those cards are over 5 years old now but it appears to have been money well spent. The 20 and 30 series are almost appearing to be failures in comparison.

Looking at your library (I like the games you have, similar to mine some of them), I'd ask are you sure it's not that the 10xx series gpus can play everything that's worth playing that's out and a lot of your games are old but good?.

All new games suck, or is there really a game coming out right now that you want to play but your gpu can't handle? One of the main reasons people are upgrading is for the upgrade in resolution/hz. If that was your thing then you would have to appreciate the newer series no? because they do make the difference when it comes to that.

[plat]

Thank you for posting this interesting and reassuring news. People with high-end gpus make a lot of noise and that's what gives the appearance of there being more of those than the rest of us.

[Meatball]

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

GTX 1060
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1650
GTX 1050
GTX 2060

I'm not surprised these GPU's are at the top. It's been this way for years

Wait, how many people on Steam participate on those suverys ? 0,01% ? xD

You can hardly call the 1050, 1050TI or the 1650 a "GPU" and I highly doubt that the majority would play on those toasters.
Sure, if you have a tight budget and you're only playing games from 10 years ago or small Indie games a 1060 would do just fine but otherwise....LOL

A 1050.....dude C'mon.
No way someone would play on this piece of ...... if they aren't completely broke or don't care about gaming.
Either way, I rather play on a gaming console than on those cards. UGH !

If these cards would rly be representative for the gaming community, all AAA developers would just be broke by now because nobody could play their new games anymore.

Originally posted by my new friend:

A small sample size of about 300k unique accounts every month out of the ~130 million active and unique users per month doesn't really tell enough of the story.

Bingo

I think this threads purpose is just to convince people or themselves, that one doesn't have to upgrade because of whatever reason.
Just choose one. xD

[AbedsBrother]

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

The 10 series is clearly still going strong, it begs the question of why some advise others to steer clear of the 10 or even 20 series?

b/c they're ray-tracing fanboys

[The Brown Hornet]

Originally posted by plat:

Thank you for posting this interesting and reassuring news. People with high-end gpus make a lot of noise and that's what gives the appearance of there being more of those than the rest of us.

That's a good point, it could just be that those with the powerful GPU's are louder, more vocal, and more adamant about sharing their specs. While in reality most are happy with their 10 series graphic cards. I personally have had a 1050 ti for the last 4 years. I'm not anti upgrading but I can't complain about not being able to run any game I'm interested in playing.

[The Brown Hornet]

Originally posted by Medication:

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

GTX 1060
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1650
GTX 1050
GTX 2060

I'm not surprised these GPU's are at the top. It's been this way for years

Wait, how many people on Steam participate on those suverys ? 0,01% ? xD

You can hardly call the 1050, 1050TI or the 1650 a "GPU" and I highly doubt that the majority would play on those toasters.
Sure, if you have a tight budget and you're only playing games from 10 years ago or small Indie games a 1060 would do just fine but otherwise....LOL

A 1050.....dude C'mon.
No way someone would play on this piece of ...... if they aren't completely broke or don't care about gaming.
Either way, I rather play on a gaming console than on those cards. UGH !

If these cards would rly be representative for the gaming community, all AAA developers would just be broke by now because nobody could play their new games anymore.

Originally posted by my new friend:

A small sample size of about 300k unique accounts every month out of the ~130 million active and unique users per month doesn't really tell enough of the story.

Bingo

I think this threads purpose is just to convince people or themselves, that one doesn't have to upgrade because of whatever reason.
Just choose one. xD

Those aren't actually surveys, that data is taken directly from your Steam account and auto scan of your hardware. Valve knows exactly what hardware members are using.

[Meatball]

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

Those aren't actually surveys, that data is taken directly from your Steam account and auto scan of your hardware. Valve knows exactly what hardware members are using.

Nope. Check your facts brother. That just isn't true and that's exactly the reason why your thread doesn't have any significance.

The hardware data for surveys is only collected on a voluntary basis. Users on Steam will get a message, usually at the end of a month if they want to share their specs..If you accept your system information will be collected, if you decline his system information is not collected.

Steam does also collect non-voluntary data but it doesn't contain hardware information. It's more of a OS/siftware kind of thing.

[The Brown Hornet]

Originally posted by AbedsBrother:

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

The 10 series is clearly still going strong, it begs the question of why some advise others to steer clear of the 10 or even 20 series?

b/c they're ray-tracing fanboys

Agreed...Isn't there a difference between PC and TV? I literally play on on a monitor or laptop. I personally don't care about ray tracing on a small screen. If I wanted to sit in front of a large HDTV and enjoy a console experience then maybe the graphical bells and whistles would matter more but on the go, or just a few hours on a gaming laptop, it doesn't make or break the gaming experience.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

Those aren't actually surveys, that data is taken directly from your Steam account and auto scan of your hardware. Valve knows exactly what hardware members are using.

Not correct at all. Valve sends out surveys to users on the first of every month and only IF they opt into providing the information can Valve publicly use it on the Hardware Survey page. Otherwise, they would be sued for privacy violations.

[The Brown Hornet]

Originally posted by Medication:

Originally posted by The Brown Hornet:

Those aren't actually surveys, that data is taken directly from your Steam account and auto scan of your hardware. Valve knows exactly what hardware members are using.

Nope. Check your facts brother. That just isn't true and that's exactly the reason why your thread doesn't have any significance.

The hardware data for surveys is only collected on a voluntary basis. Users on Steam will get a message, usually at the end of a month if they want to share their specs..If you accept your system information will be collected, if you decline his system information is not collected.

Steam does also collect non-voluntary data but it doesn't contain hardware information. It's more of a OS/siftware kind of thing.

If it's voluntary then wouldn't the loud, RTX owning vocal minority be best represented? Or are you suggesting that only gamers with 10 series cards respond to surveys? Btw I don't think Valve is dumb enough to simply rely on surveys when they clearly have access to every gamers hardware and specs.