Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up

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In a surprise to us all, the latest Steam survey finds that the most popular graphics card is an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops.

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What graphics card do you use? I'm looking to upgrade at the moment as my old 30-series is starting to show the telltale signs of age when I'm trying to hit the top settings on triple-A games. However, prices never seem to come close to RRP, even in Black Friday sales and the like. A recent Steam survey has shown that I'm not alone, and plenty of others are also playing on older hardware. But the biggest surprise of all is that most users aren't rocking the best graphics card, and are instead opting for an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up

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What graphics card do you use? I'm looking to upgrade at the moment as my old 30-series is starting to show the telltale signs of age when I'm trying to hit the top settings on triple-A games. However, prices never seem to come close to RRP, even in Black Friday sales and the like. A recent Steam survey has shown that I'm not alone, and plenty of others are also playing on older hardware. But the biggest surprise of all is that most users aren't rocking the best graphics card, and are instead opting for an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up

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In a surprise to us all, the latest Steam survey finds that the most popular graphics card is an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops.


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What graphics card do you use? I'm looking to upgrade at the moment as my old 30-series is starting to show the telltale signs of age when I'm trying to hit the top settings on triple-A games. However, prices never seem to come close to RRP, even in Black Friday sales and the like. A recent Steam survey has shown that I'm not alone, and plenty of others are also playing on older hardware. But the biggest surprise of all is that most users aren't rocking the best graphics card, and are instead opting for an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up


content_text: What graphics card do you use? I'm looking to upgrade at the moment as my old 30-series is starting to show the telltale signs of age when I'm trying to hit the top settings on triple-A games. However, prices never seem to come close to RRP, even in Black Friday sales and the like. A recent Steam survey has shown that I'm not alone, and plenty of others are also playing on older hardware. But the biggest surprise of all is that most users aren't rocking the best graphics card, and are instead opting for an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up
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