The big motion-picture show: Most of the tech news cycle is focused on CES 2022 right now, naturally, but the start of a new month marks another occasion: the latest Steam Hardware and Software survey results. December was a bumper month for Nvidia's Ampere line, with the RTX 3060 gaining more users than any other carte while the Ti variant and the RTX 3070 experienced significant gains, also. Nosotros as well saw a rare drib in the CPU share for AMD, which could exist explained by the popularity currently being enjoyed by Intel'due south latest Alder Lake CPUs.

During December, the number of survey participants with an RTX 3060 in their PCs increased past 0.57%, more than whatever other GPU on the list. The Ti version of that carte du jour was up 0.xxx%, while the RTX 3070 saw gains of 14%. It seems some people tin can discover/afford Nvidia'due south most recent graphics cards, though they may exist buying them from eBay.

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As for AMD, the Radeon RX 6700 remains the only RDNA ii card on the principal GPU list. It's constitute in 0.xix% of participants' PCs, which is actually down 0.01% calendar month-over-month.

The increase in RTX 3000-series users ways the RTX 3060 is now the 12th most-pop card on the list with a 1.87% share, while the RTX 3070 (1.94%) remains the height Ampere production in 11th place. The GTX 1060 stays in the number i position, but the fourth-place RTX 2060, which was upward 0.twoscore% concluding calendar month, continues to make swell strides.

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The processor section of the survey saw a changing trend in December. Having seen its user share increase every month since August, AMD fell by 0.82% over the last iv weeks. Could this be the Alder Lake effect? Intel's latest CPUs have been receiving plenty of rave reviews, and they were likely on many PC fans' Christmas wishlists.

Elsewhere, Windows eleven connected to chip away at Windows x's lead in the Bone section, increasing its share past ane.87% to 10.xv%. The Oculus Quest ii cemented its dominant position at the peak of the VR Headset chart with a three.xxx% gain, most users take 8GB of VRAM in their graphics cards, and the number of people with four-cadre CPUs is dropping as those with 6 and viii cores increase.

Intel, Nvidia, and AMD are all holding their respective CES 2022 events today, where nosotros're expecting to see new CPUs and GPUs appear that could shake upward the Steam survey over the next few months. But right now, information technology'southward Intel and Nvidia who will exist smile.