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Gururu How in the heck do we see a +0.5% increase in 64GB? What video card is that? Reply
usertests Gururu said: How in the heck do we see a +0.5% increase in 64GB? What video card is that? Maybe you cracked the code and they are detecting iGPU users and RAM. Steam Survey doesn't seem reliable. Reply
TerryLaze Admin said: For the first time in Steam history, 8-core CPUs have overtaken 6-core CPUs and GPUs with 16GB of VRAM have overtaken 8GB GPUs… …by such a small margin that it's statistical noise. Go figure, the two most available configs in vram are the two most chosen options. And the only available low end choices in desktop cpus are the most common…what a wonder. Both ultra core and zen 5 only start at 6 cores. Reply
usertests TerryLaze said: …by such a small margin that it's statistical noise. Go figure, the two most available configs in vram are the two most chosen options. Maybe 8 GB and 12 GB will swap places within a couple of generations if 3 GB GDDR7 on 128-bit becomes the common starting point… not to mention the reintroduction of the RTX 3060 12GB. Reply
palladin9479 usertests said: Maybe 8 GB and 12 GB will swap places within a couple of generations if 3 GB GDDR7 on 128-bit becomes the common starting point… not to mention the reintroduction of the RTX 3060 12GB. Samsung being late to market with it's 24Gb GDDR chips is why the budget 128-bit segment got stuck with 8GB. Then the rampocalypse happened so who knows when supply will clear up. Hopefully in three or four years we'll be at 12GB for budget / 18GB for midrange and 24GB for high end GPUs. The article is misleading a bit because under 16GB is still a larger percentage then 16 and above. The real story is the steady growth indicating people are still switching out older systems / components for newer ones and the market is slowly shifting towards 12GB and beyond. Reply
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