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Steam Hardware Survey Shows Impressive gains for AMD
There are some interesting movements to see in the Steam hardware survey, AMD is on the move with Ryzen, as numbers are rising in statistically significant numbers. A bit expected as recent earnings indicated already that their sales are on the rise.
The Steam hardware survey shows all relevant technical data from DX adoption to GPU but also market share of processors. The numbers are big, and for anything to move statistical, numbers need to be even bigger.
When you compare the data with a couple of months ago, AMD has risen in double numbers on the Windows platform, AMD is now touching nearly 16% market share in April, that was a 8% back in January. This new data all is pretty much excluding the new Ryzen 2000 release. It is good to see AMD take back what was once theirs.
Also interesting is the GPU side of things, here AMD gained share as well. It moved from nearly 11% upwards to 15%. Nvidia drops a bit, but that likely this all is related to GPU shortages due to the crypto mining craze in the past half year.
On that topic, the Steam numbers obviously only reflect the PC gaming side of sales and market share. How the dynamic is with cryptoming sales in effect, we do not know.
The survey also shows a strong increase in the Windows 10 64-bit adoption rate, 53% of the users has got it installed. Most people still have a four-core processor, however, that is on the decline by 8% in just one month. The majority of people have a GeForce GTX 1060 is dedicated graphics card and 61% of the Steam'ers game at a resolution of 1920x1080.
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#5543559 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:04 PM
16% is still obviously too little. The market would be far more interesting if the portions fluctuated between roughly 40 and 60 percentages. 30/70 would be a very good start already, but it's a long, long way to even that.
16% is still obviously too little. The market would be far more interesting if the portions fluctuated between roughly 40 and 60 percentages. 30/70 would be a very good start already, but it's a long, long way to even that.
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#5543566 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:22 PM
Good to see a change... On the other hand, what the heck are those 0,16% using as video card? Matrox and VIA? Are they still a thing?
Good to see a change... On the other hand, what the heck are those 0,16% using as video card? Matrox and VIA? Are they still a thing?
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#5543568 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:27 PM
I expect this AMD cpu gains to be on a raise on every Steam survey going forward , as it seems people are definitely going AMD ryzen for their upgrades and or new cpus. Good ridddance !
I expect this AMD cpu gains to be on a raise on every Steam survey going forward , as it seems people are definitely going AMD ryzen for their upgrades and or new cpus. Good ridddance !
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#5543571 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:33 PM
I don't really trust the Steam Hardware Survey anymore. The huge bump for Intel and Nvidia in the past was never really explained (some put it down to PUBG in China, but who knows?) and this huge swing the other way is also similarly unexplained. Perhaps it's due to a change in methodology or the way the data is aggregated, but in general, I no longer consider the survey to be a good indicator of the market.
I don't really trust the Steam Hardware Survey anymore. The huge bump for Intel and Nvidia in the past was never really explained (some put it down to PUBG in China, but who knows?) and this huge swing the other way is also similarly unexplained. Perhaps it's due to a change in methodology or the way the data is aggregated, but in general, I no longer consider the survey to be a good indicator of the market.
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#5543573 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:38 PM
Matrox, VIA, S3, quadro, firegl... also something what unfortunately is too common: user without gpu driver installed. Also fairly high intel's share comes from laptops with two graphics (intel+nvidia or intel+amd or just intel) and again odd behavior: many desktop PCs have enabled integrated intel gpu despite having discrete gpu installed and what is even more funny some people in such situation have their displays connected to motherboard ports instead of to ports on discrete gpu.
Good to see a change... On the other hand, what the heck are those 0,16% using as video card? Matrox and VIA? Are they still a thing?
Matrox, VIA, S3, quadro, firegl... also something what unfortunately is too common: user without gpu driver installed. Also fairly high intel's share comes from laptops with two graphics (intel+nvidia or intel+amd or just intel) and again odd behavior: many desktop PCs have enabled integrated intel gpu despite having discrete gpu installed and what is even more funny some people in such situation have their displays connected to motherboard ports instead of to ports on discrete gpu.
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#5543575 Posted on: 05/03/2018 04:40 PM
It's also worth noting that due to high RAM & GPU prices, people are less keen on building or upgrading in general. When prices will go down, inevitably CPU sales will follow and I think AMD will gain the most from it.
It's also worth noting that due to high RAM & GPU prices, people are less keen on building or upgrading in general. When prices will go down, inevitably CPU sales will follow and I think AMD will gain the most from it.
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#5543596 Posted on: 05/03/2018 05:47 PM
I highly doubt anyone using Steam is still using Matrox, VIA, or S3 GPUs. Quadros and Firepros would be categorized under Nvidia and AMD respectively.
I think what may be happening are those who are running Steam in unusual conditions, like in Linux with open source drivers or non-Windows OSes running the Windows version of Steam through Wine.
Matrox, VIA, S3, quadro, firegl... also something what unfortunately is too common: user without gpu driver installed. Also fairly high intel's share comes from laptops with two graphics (intel+nvidia or intel+amd or just intel) and again odd behavior: many desktop PCs have enabled integrated intel gpu despite having discrete gpu installed and what is even more funny some people in such situation have their displays connected to motherboard ports instead of to ports on discrete gpu.
Good to see a change... On the other hand, what the heck are those 0,16% using as video card? Matrox and VIA? Are they still a thing?
I highly doubt anyone using Steam is still using Matrox, VIA, or S3 GPUs. Quadros and Firepros would be categorized under Nvidia and AMD respectively.
I think what may be happening are those who are running Steam in unusual conditions, like in Linux with open source drivers or non-Windows OSes running the Windows version of Steam through Wine.
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#5543603 Posted on: 05/03/2018 06:11 PM
Dr Lisa Sue really did turn things around since she took over. I am a big fan of hers!
Dr Lisa Sue really did turn things around since she took over. I am a big fan of hers!
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#5543610 Posted on: 05/03/2018 06:16 PM
Cool if they keep it up or else it will just end up being a sampling error.
Cool if they keep it up or else it will just end up being a sampling error.
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#5543612 Posted on: 05/03/2018 06:20 PM
I have the Intel GPU enabled for two reasons. To use quick sync (though not anymore) and to have my second monitor connected to it.
Matrox, VIA, S3, quadro, firegl... also something what unfortunately is too common: user without gpu driver installed. Also fairly high intel's share comes from laptops with two graphics (intel+nvidia or intel+amd or just intel) and again odd behavior: many desktop PCs have enabled integrated intel gpu despite having discrete gpu installed and what is even more funny some people in such situation have their displays connected to motherboard ports instead of to ports on discrete gpu.
I have the Intel GPU enabled for two reasons. To use quick sync (though not anymore) and to have my second monitor connected to it.
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#5543625 Posted on: 05/03/2018 07:03 PM
AMD closed the gap on IPC and pricing is good so i see no reason why the trend wouldn't keep going upwards.
AMD closed the gap on IPC and pricing is good so i see no reason why the trend wouldn't keep going upwards.
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#5543635 Posted on: 05/03/2018 07:24 PM
Goldman Sachs' announcement will make cryptominers happy. And the craze will go up ... Again.
Whether that benefits Nvidia or AMD or both, I am not sure, but gaming is so 90's
Goldman Sachs' announcement will make cryptominers happy. And the craze will go up ... Again.
Whether that benefits Nvidia or AMD or both, I am not sure, but gaming is so 90's
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#5543639 Posted on: 05/03/2018 07:35 PM
Really... I can't believe that some people still don't get that the percentage of AMD users goes up or down with the percentage of Chinese users on Steam. Why do people still give the Steam survey any attention?
Really... I can't believe that some people still don't get that the percentage of AMD users goes up or down with the percentage of Chinese users on Steam. Why do people still give the Steam survey any attention?
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#5543647 Posted on: 05/03/2018 07:54 PM
That's great news for the CPU division, now we just need the GPU guys to mirror it.
That's great news for the CPU division, now we just need the GPU guys to mirror it.
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Good gains from Dec to date. But according to the chart, they're only where they were back In Nov 2016 (Bulldozer era). Still, unmistakable momentum and should continue to improve greatly. I hope they continue to get market share until they're about 50% vs both Intel and Nvidia. Thats when competition (tech advances, aggressive pricing, etc) gets to its finest.