GTX 1650 overtakes GTX 1060 as most popular GPU on steam

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According to the Steam survey of November, the GTX 1650 is now the most popular graphics card on the platform, leaving the GTX 1060 on 2nd place after reigning supreme for 5 years.
In 3rd place we have the RTX 2060, and in 4th the RTX 3060 for laptops (with the traditional version in 6th).

Crossing the amount of last known monthly active steam users (132 million) with the percentage of users of each of these models we get:

GTX 1650 -> 8 million users
GTX 1060 -> 7.35 million users
RTX 2060 -> 5.9 million users
RTX 3060 L -> 5.89 million users
RTX 3060 -> 4.34 million users

How many users own an RTX card?

If we include all models of RTX cards we get a total estimate of 42.78 million users enjoying RTX cards.
Excluding lower budget models, more specifically the RTX 2060 series and the RTX 3050 series, we get approximately 29.4 million users.


 
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Magic Carpet said:
More people have RTX cards than PS5 and Series combined?
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Its just an estimate crossing the number of monthly active steam users with the percentage of users with RTX cards. Can't say these numbers are precise but they do give a good idea.
Its also only higher when you include budget RTX cards.
 
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That's cool, the poor 1060 deserves to rest.

Had it on a laptop, pretty cool card which allowed me to play most last gen games at 1080p/60fps.
 
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64bitmodels said:
with the low prices of the 6600 its kind of disappointing it didnt take the top spot :( all those 1060 and 1650 owners really need an upgrade
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I'm thinking on getting that one instead of a console by January, the thing is jokingly cheap for the performance it gives, honestly... I want to go cheap so I can retire my 1060 3gb for good and can't spend too much on a GPU right now, was already giving up on upgrading but the prices are tempting me
 
SlimeGooGoo said:
This gen has been pretty disappointing so far.

WIth both Microsoft and Sony releasing their games on PC as well, there's not much incentive to buy a next gen console.

I'm guessing most people will go the "mid/high end GPU + Nintendo console" route this gen
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Extra options for gamers = dissapointing
Got it.
 
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At what place is the first AMD in the charts?
No matter where they are now AMD will change all this generation.their entry and mid level cards will be way more powerful and cheaper than the Nvidia cards.They will win lots of market .
 
SlimeGooGoo said:
This gen has been pretty disappointing so far.

WIth both Microsoft and Sony releasing their games on PC as well, there's not much incentive to buy a next gen console.

I'm guessing most people will go the "mid/high end GPU + Nintendo console" route this gen
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I should have bought Elden Ring on Steam instead of Series X. I could be playing it on Steam Deck.
 
AncientOrigin said:
At what place is the first AMD in the charts?
No matter where they are now AMD will change all this generation.their entry and mid level cards will be way more powerful and cheaper than the Nvidia cards.They will win lots of market .
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The first one that appears on the list is a integrated graphics card in 13th place. The second one is the RX 580 in 21th.
 
S0ULZB0URNE said:
I thought the 1060 was better?
If so we are going backwards...
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Instead of laughing feel free to use that energy to go get the numbers out of that table/survey for us showing the 1060/1650 laptop only sales. it's also makes your comment about going backwards wrong because the most popular gpu is definately faster than a 1060.
 
hlm666 said:
Instead of laughing feel free to use that energy to go get the numbers out of that table/survey for us showing the 1060/1650 laptop only sales. it's also makes your comment about going backwards wrong because the most popular gpu is definately faster than a 1060.
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You made the statement.
Show some numbers.
 
S0ULZB0URNE said:
You made the statement.
Show some numbers.
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God your thick. You can do the math looking at the first post where the 3060 is segmented into laptop and dgpu number that combine to more than the 1650. Which brings me to the post of me asking you to show us only laptop and dgpu split numbers for the 1650 which you can not do because the steam survey combines them all into that one number for whatever reason.

jaysius said:
www.rockpapershotgun.com

Nvidia GTX 1650 vs 1060: What's the difference?

How does Nvidia's new GTX 1650 graphics card stack up against the 6GB GTX 1060? We put both cards head to head to see which is best.
www.rockpapershotgun.com www.rockpapershotgun.com

This article proves you're 100% correct.

Not sure what that troll is on about.
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If your referring to me as the troll, 3060 has more users than the 1650 brainiac when comparing like for like (i.e laptop and dgpu numbers) which is faster than the 1650/1060 no?
 
hlm666 said:
If you combine the mobile and dgpu segments for the 3060 like the 1060 and 1650 do in that survey the 3060 is the most popular gpu.
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Its a good observation. Usually just looking at the top spot isn't a good measure for the market. Although the GTX 1650 is fairly popular by itself there are still other similar models affecting the numbers.

Basically we have something like this:
rtx 3060 series -> 9.94%
gtx 1650 series -> 8.08%

So i guess its safe to say the RTX 3060 models are the de facto most popular ones. Well, there are still tons of variables to take into consideration, i think if we took everything between a rtx 2060 and a gtx 1650 in terms of performance we'd get more than stuff beyond the 2070 capabilities.
 
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Does it really make sense to combine laptop and PC? Performance wise a 3060 on laptop isn't the same as a 3060 on desktop.

If you're looking to measure dicks, then sure it makes sense to combine them.

If you're looking to make a game (which is what these stats are for) and are looking for the most optimal baseline performance to target for the mass market, then you really can't combine them.
 
Console players:

i wanna go home tom hiddleston GIF
 
jigglet said:
Does it really make sense to combine laptop and PC? Performance wise a 3060 on laptop isn't the same as a 3060 on desktop.

If you're looking to measure dicks, then sure it makes sense to combine them.

If you're looking to make a game (which is what these stats are for) and are looking for the most optimal baseline performance to target for the mass market, then you really can't combine them.
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If you are looking for baseline performance then you are most interested in the median performance or something similar, not the mode. 10% of people having a 3060 means that 90% of people don't.
 
That is not even the 1650 super, it's just sad that it took nvidia 5 years to replace the 1060 with that POS. Bravo!:

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Went from a 980ti to a 2080 when it released. I don't see myself upgrading anytime soon. 1440 is all I need for a monitor. I do need a new motherboard though as I am still using ddr3.
 
Amd was selling rtx 3060 perfomance since 2019 and cheaper, but seems people insanely brainwashed by Nvidia.
Saw on AliExpress Rx 5700xt selling for 150usd, but its hard to say new or used
 
Guilty_AI said:
Its just an estimate crossing the number of monthly active steam users with the percentage of users with RTX cards. Can't say these numbers are precise but they do give a good idea.
Its also only higher when you include budget RTX cards.
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Sure, but the survey is optional. Believe it or not, during these 17 years, I've only filled (more like agreed) that survey once. Also, something tells me that people with better hardware are more keen in filling that survey than people with weaker hardware.
 
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hlm666 said:
God your thick. You can do the math looking at the first post where the 3060 is segmented into laptop and dgpu number that combine to more than the 1650. Which brings me to the post of me asking you to show us only laptop and dgpu split numbers for the 1650 which you can not do because the steam survey combines them all into that one number for whatever reason.


If your referring to me as the troll, 3060 has more users than the 1650 brainiac when comparing like for like (i.e laptop and dgpu numbers) which is faster than the 1650/1060 no?
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You're.
 
Looking at RX 6600, wow that is a nice little cheap ass card. 215 bucks new and handles all games in 1080p like a champ. PC gaming is becoming affordable again!

Paired with Ryzen 5600, some decent memory and rest of the case and you have a competent gaming PC for price that rivals PS5.
 
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YeulEmeralda said:
This, a 3060 can technically do RT but it's just as pathetic as PS5 RT.
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It's actually quite a bit better than the PS5 in RT and comparable or ever so slightly faster than an RTX 2070S there.

This is pathetic though. The RTX 1060 is freakin' 6 years old and the 1650 isn't any better. The "budget" market has been annihilated. The 1060 came out with a real MSRP of $199 for the 3GB model and $250 for the better 6GB model. The 3060 has an MSRP of $329 with most cards selling at $350+, that's close to the price point that the 1070 was occupying a few years ago and the 3060 isn't even that much better than the 2070 whereas the 1070 absolutely crushed the 970.

NVIDIA currently doesn't have any attractive options at sub $300. Unless you really want RT and have a $700+ budget and can get at least a 3080, you should go AMD. You forego RT, sure, but I personally wouldn't use RT on anything less than a 3070 anyway.
 
FrozenFlame said:
Sure, but the survey is optional. Believe it or not, during these 17 years, I've only filled (more like agreed) that survey once. Also, something tells me that people with better hardware are more keen in filling that survey than people with weaker hardware.
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It uses the same sample method every other survey out there uses. Naturally there'll be some innaccuracies, but its good enough to give an overall idea of what the current pc user is sporting
 
Skifi28 said:
Wait, the 1650 is worse than the 1060. Are we regressing?
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The de facto most popular model is the RTX 3060 actually, it just doesn't get the spot because the survey separates the RTX 3060 desktop from the RTX 3060 laptop, something it doesn't do with the GTX 1650, the GTX 1060 or the RTX 2060.
 
Why do people think all gamers play AAA garbage? steam is dominated by indie games that can run on anything. Not surprising at all to see this.
 
Gaiff said:
It's actually quite a bit better than the PS5 in RT and comparable or ever so slightly faster than an RTX 2070S there.

This is pathetic though. The RTX 1060 is freakin' 6 years old and the 1650 isn't any better. The "budget" market has been annihilated. The 1060 came out with a real MSRP of $199 for the 3GB model and $250 for the better 6GB model. The 3060 has an MSRP of $329 with most cards selling at $350+, that's close to the price point that the 1070 was occupying a few years ago and the 3060 isn't even that much better than the 2070 whereas the 1070 absolutely crushed the 970.

NVIDIA currently doesn't have any attractive options at sub $300. Unless you really want RT and have a $700+ budget and can get at least a 3080, you should go AMD. You forego RT, sure, but I personally wouldn't use RT on anything less than a 3070 anyway.
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Yeah I have a 3060 but I'm biased.


Since I switched to PC 60fps is a must for me. And( full) ray tracing tanks performance in most cases.
 
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