For the primary time, 16GB of VRAM has develop into the most typical quantity amongst Steam customers, based on the newest Steam {Hardware} Survey.
This month’s Steam {Hardware} Survey is right here, and it brings us new insights into avid gamers’ {hardware} and software program configurations. The stat that instantly catches the attention is VRAM.
For the primary time, 16GB of VRAM has develop into the most typical quantity amongst Steam customers. It now sits at 25.90%, edging out 8GB, which had lengthy held the highest spot and now sits at 25.32% after dropping 0.32 share factors this month.
16GB being probably the most prevalent quantity is sort of attention-grabbing within the context of right this moment’s market. For years, 8GB has been handled because the optimum, or at the very least minimal, configuration for contemporary gaming. Seeing 16GB lastly overtake it means improve cycles are beginning to catch up. Thoughts you, that is all taking place throughout the severe hardware pricing crisis we’ve been experiencing for a while now.
That stated, 16GB turning into the one most typical tier does not imply most avid gamers have truly caught up. Add up each class under 16GB, and also you get 62.89% of Steam customers nonetheless operating much less VRAM than that. 16GB merely turned the largest particular person slice of a pie. And given the latest {hardware} costs, we’ll nonetheless have to attend for a comparatively very long time to see 16GB develop into an precise majority.
As for particular person GPUs, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 reclaimed the highest spot because the most-used graphics card, edging out the RTX 4060 Laptop computer GPU. The 2 are shut, with the 3060 at 3.71% towards 3.44% for the 4060 Laptop computer.
On the working system facet, Home windows 11 continues to be above 70%, after it finally crossed the mark last month. It did expertise a 0.18% dip in comparison with June, however that’s a marginal distinction. Nonetheless, Home windows generally is experiencing a market share dip across the board, not simply with avid gamers.
You may dig by the total outcomes on Steam’s official survey page.