Friday, April 7th 2023
Most Popular Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Steam Hardware Survey
Steam's latest March survey has put NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 at the top, reaching over 10 percent and surpassing both the GTX 1060 and the RTX 2060. NVIDIA has been holding the crown with over 80 percent of users running on their GPUs, while AMD held just over 10 percent. This means that the NVIDIA RTX 3060 almost has more users on Steam than all AMD Radeon graphics cards combined. Intel holds just over 6 percent. Bear in mind that Intel and AMD numbers also include integrated GPUs.
When it comes to CPUs, there are 74.46 percent running on Intel CPUs and 25.54 percent on AMD. Most users use a 6-core CPU, 45.76, with 8-core CPUs taking 18.45 percent. The memory amount has obviously risen, as 56.92 percent run on 16 GB, and 22.41 percent have 32 GB systems. When it comes to OS, most users are running on Windows 10, 73.95 percent, while Windows 11 OS takes 22.41 percent. While some might argue that the Steam Survey is not exactly precise as it is apparently based on a random survey, it does give a general idea and shows the big picture.
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Steam Survey
When it comes to CPUs, there are 74.46 percent running on Intel CPUs and 25.54 percent on AMD. Most users use a 6-core CPU, 45.76, with 8-core CPUs taking 18.45 percent. The memory amount has obviously risen, as 56.92 percent run on 16 GB, and 22.41 percent have 32 GB systems. When it comes to OS, most users are running on Windows 10, 73.95 percent, while Windows 11 OS takes 22.41 percent. While some might argue that the Steam Survey is not exactly precise as it is apparently based on a random survey, it does give a general idea and shows the big picture.
94 Comments on Most Popular Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Steam Hardware Survey
With Steam running, press the Windows key and "R"
Then copy and enter this:
steam://takesurvey/1/
Ignore the name of the game on the first line; it doesn't matter, it works the same.
The reason you sometimes see large fluctuations in the stats is because usually gamers only take the survey when they have upgraded hardware. There's no point in taking the Survey if your hardware hasn't changed.
The Survey scans your PC and collects your stats automatically so nothing can be falsified.
So there are two ways to falsify Steam HW survey - it does not pop-up automatically anytime the PC configuration changes, is not mandatory and even if you call it manually, it does not mean the data get sent. And as stated above, data processing is suspected too.
If you are happy with your current system, good.
Or just upgrade if you got that itching...
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Why would Steam monitor your hardware and pop up the Survey automatically if you upgraded hardware? Steam doesn't monitor anything in your PC without your permission. Why would they?
Why in the world would Valve want to falsify the data anyway? What would they have to gain?
Before you get around to accusing gamers of taking the survey 1,000 times to skew results I will go ahead and head that one off right now. You have to be signed into your account to take the Survey for that reason. To prevent abuse of the Survey. You can take the Survey a thousand times but if your hardware hasn't changed then only 1 Survey will be recorded.
And no, it does not have to be mandatory to collect data, but in that case, you have publicize a method of selecting samples. Valve does not.
If Valve wants their statistic (Steam HW Survey) to be taken seriously, they have to publicize method of choosing sample and other statistical details. Otherwise, their statistics are NOTHING BUT propaganda.
I'm trying to understand where you're coming from but I can't. The reason the 3060 went to the top of the chart is because a lot of gamers upgraded probably buying from the glut of used cards for sale since mining took a major downturn.
Tell me how Valve could possibly benefit from reporting the uptick in 3060s on the Survey if it weren't true. They don't sell 3060s. They have absolutely no reason to falsify anything.
Also we don't know a corporate backgrounds. I am no conspiracy theorist. There might and might not be any deals running between HW manufactures, SW publisher and selling platforms. I have no data on that, so I won't speculate.
But that Valve does not want to disclose raw data is telling. If there is nothing going on, what is to be afraid of? Those are HW infos, not sensitive information on sold copies, that SteamSpy provided initially.
The bottom line is that Steam has been around for a long time and they know what they are doing.
Took me a whole 5 seconds to get windows to think I have a processor that doesn't exist. There's also VMs, dual boot systems (is this system counted twice), and of course net cafes.
The point is that you can't be counted twice. You have to sign into your account no matter where you do it from. The results are tied to your account. I suppose you could make multiple accounts on Steam and use some means to skew results but who the hell would bother with that? Valve has thought this through and the Survey is a free service that they don't make a penny from. Why would anyone expect Valve to strive for a professional scientific survey? I don't but it does give at least some indication what gamers are using to game with.
That assumtion fails a simple logic test when you look at all the other differences between this month's Steam Survey and the noisy, near-useless data from all previous months. Steam just upped their game this month with the most useless survey responses in recent memory.
the STEAM survey is not a publized scientific article so everything after that in your statement is false since your statement begins with a false assumption
What's all the fuss about it shows the big narrow picture :sleep:
I don't think steam should have to uphold it's survey to scientific standards if it does not want to. The problem is that many news websites use it as if it is. IMO a disclaimer at the top of the survey in bold stating that said data may not be an accurate representation of the market and should not be used as a basis of any factual conclusion would suffice or something to that effect. I feel that is fair to all parties.
Have a civil discussion.