Steam survey: The GeForce RTX 3060 further extends its lead 2 comments
Like Techconseil with its major annual hardware survey, the Steam gaming client also collects information on PC systems from the general public and gives interesting ratios such as the user shares between AMD and Intel on the processor side or the most popular graphics card. frequently used.
Steam Hardware and Software Survey
As in previous years, Steam’s assessment at the end of 2024 is based on an anonymous and voluntary monthly user survey, which asks for their participation in the game client. Unlike usual, the survey period extended from July 2023 to December 2024. It is unclear how many survey participants Steam relied on.
Operating system
With one exception, there is virtually no difference in the operating system used under Steam compared to the previous year. Windows continues to be the dominant force among gaming clients with 96.10% share. Unless there was a mix-up of numbers from the previous year, the current numbers show a change in ranking between Windows 10 and Windows 11. While macOS is almost unchanged at around 1.6% usage, Linux was able to improve again.
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Steam Systemumfrage 2024 – Betriebssystem Steam 2024 Steam 2023 Techconseil 2024 Windows 96.10% 96.40% 90.3% Windows 11 54.96% 41.95% 62.4% Windows 10 42.39% 53.45% 27, 4% Windows 8/8.1 / 0.15% 0.1% Windows 7 0.15% 0.68% 0.4% OSX 1.61% 1.63% 1.1% Linux 2.29% 1.97% 8.5%
RAM
A look at the RAM used rating shows a similar pattern between Steam and Techconseil users. 16 and 32 GB are often the choice. However, the TechAstuce community uses 64 GB of memory in second place.
Steam System Survey 2024 – Steam RAM 2024 Techtip 2024 64 GB 0.44% 1.6%
Graphics card, VRAM and resolution
When it comes to graphics cards, Nvidia secures its throne for another year with a total share of more than 80 percent. Once again, there are serious differences with the Techoutil survey, in which the ratio between Nvidia and AMD is 53.9 to 42.1 percent.
When it comes to graphics card models used under Steam, the trend from the previous year continues. Mid-range graphics cards in particular are undefeated at the top of the ranking, especially the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, which was able to extend its lead from 5.13% to 5.88%. The finalists also mostly come from Nvidia’s 60 series: GeForce RTX 4060 laptop (4.9%) and GeForce RTX 4060 (4.72%). The “Radeon Graphics” iGPU class is listed as the top AMD graphics card with 2.62% (2.09% in the previous year). The first dedicated AMD graphics card is the Radeon RX 6600 with 0.99%, closely followed by the older Radeon RX 580 with 0.91%. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, ubiquitous in the Techconseil community, is at 1.16 percent. When it comes to video memory, 8 GB is the benchmark on Steam.
The most commonly used resolution is 1,920 × 1,080 pixels, or Full HD, at almost 56 percent. WQHD follows in second place with 19.56 percent. Full HD only occupies fourth place among Techastuce readers. The higher resolutions WQHD, UHD and UWQHD are already increasingly used here.
processors
The Steam rating does not provide a standardized overview of the processors, but indicates that the ratio between Intel and AMD is 62.30 to 37.76 percent. Even if AMD was only able to gain very little under Steam, there is at this point a very big difference compared to the Techastuce survey. With a total score of 75.8 percent, AMD (Ryzen, TR, Phenom and FX) dominates the community. Intel, on the other hand, only holds 22.9 percent.
Mostly less high-end
Finally, there are sometimes serious differences between Techastuce and Steam’s ratings, which, especially regarding the graphics cards used under Steam, suggest that the large group of Steam users upgrade their computer systems at less regular intervals than under Techastuce’s readership. case. The reasons can also be country-specific or based on the titles to be played. Games like Dota 2, Rocket League or Counter-Strike 2 have a large player base and impose lower hardware requirements than current AAA titles, so some players can make do with older hardware.
Topics: Applications Operating Systems Gaming Graphics Cards Steam Source: Steam
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