Valve's October 2025 Steam hardware survey shows the RTX 3060, launched in February 2021, tied with the newer RTX 5070 as the most-used graphics card, each present in 3.78 percent of surveyed systems. That's down from 4.79 percent in August 2025, indicating its share is shrinking even as it remains the single most common card. Combined, RTX 4060 desktop and laptop variants account for 7.11 percent, nearly double the 3060's share.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-14
Valve's September 2026 Hardware and Software Survey shows 32GB system memory overtook 16GB as the most common setup among Steam users, rising to 42.22% of all sampled rigs, a 4.77-point jump from August. On Windows specifically, 32GB reached about 43% while 16GB fell to 37.6%, and 8GB systems made up just over 6% across all platforms.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-03
Former EVGA product manager Brendon Ray Hedrick published an account describing how Nvidia's 2016 Founders Edition cards put it in direct competition with board partners like EVGA. He also says Nvidia required partners to sell at least one model at the announced MSRP even at a loss, threatening reduced chip allocations for those who didn't comply, forcing EVGA to offer loss-leading cards alongside pricier premium versions.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-30
Former EVGA product manager Brendon Ray Hedrick, who worked there from 2016-2019, described how Nvidia's Founders Edition cards forced EVGA to keep a money-losing 'loss leader' model at Nvidia's advertised price to preserve chip allocations. He said profit had to come from pricier custom cards, but as Nvidia's own designs and clock management improved, the performance edge of those premium cards shrank while the cheap models sold out fast. Hedrick also described learning specs alongside the public and Nvidia tracing leaks via colored dots on retailer images.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-29
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