GeForce RTX 3060 has become the most popular graphics card among Steam users, but there is a caveat

The GeForce RTX 3060 video card has become the most popular on the Steam platform – in September its share was 7.52%, follows from a fresh report Steam Hardware Survey. However, there is one important nuance – we are talking about the combined performance of the mobile and desktop versions of the video card. Whereas individually they are only in 5th and 6th places in terms of popularity.


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The absolute leader in terms of popularity on the platform is still the desktop GeForce GTX 1060 with 6.94% of users. In second place is the GeForce GTX 1650 with 6.32% of users, and in third is the GeForce RTX 2060 with 5.19% of users. The mobile version of the GeForce RTX 3060 has a 4% share, while the desktop version has a 3.52%. In general, NVIDIA video cards are used by 76.77% of Steam users, another 14.41% are AMD solutions, and Intel is content with a share of 8.61%.

The share of users of the Windows 11 operating system has grown over the past month to 24.84%. Windows 10 is still the most popular operating system on Steam, but has lost 0.57 percentage points over the past month. Now its share is 68.49%.

As for processors, six-core models remain the most popular among Steam users. The share of their owners is 33.54% of the total. Monthly growth – 0.50 percentage points. The share of owners of eight-core processors also increased, by 0.22 p.p. and now it is 19.19%.

The share of owners of the virtual reality headset Oculus Quest 2 on the Steam platform collapsed by 7.86 p.p. over the past month. However, this device is still the most popular in its category. The share of its owners is 41.39%. In second place is the Valve Index with 17.21% of users, and in third place is the Oculus Rift S with a share of 13.94%.

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