The latest software and hardware survey on Steam has revealed the success of Windows 11but it has also brought a novelty, Finally, after 8 months since its launch, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX appears on the list.
For those who don’t know, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, is a high-end graphics card developed by AMD. Belonging to the Radeon RX 7000 series and is positioned as a powerful option for players looking for Enjoy games in 4K resolution and high FPS. With its RDNA3 architecture, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX offers exceptional performance in the most demanding titles on the market.
With this said, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is in the eighth position of the list, sitting between the Intel HD 530 (an embedded solution) and the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (also an embedded GPU). Its participation in Steam reaches just 0.17%which places it among the least used.
To the surprise, the highly criticized RTX 4060 Ti also entered the Steam poll, with an impressive 0.23%, barely a month after its release.
On the other hand, the direct rival of the RX 7900 XTX, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, has a share of 0.47%, almost triple that of the Radeon RX 7900 XT. However, both fall below 1% in terms of usage. But the NVIDIA monster the RTX 4090 has 0.72%.
Radeon RX 7900 XTX Enters Steam Listing
Another popular model on Steam is the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti with a share of 0.68%. There are no other AMD models on the list, and the Radeon RX 7600 is relatively new, so it hasn’t yet managed to rack up enough sales to break into this ranking.
AMD also has to be happy about the progress with its processors, which had a good month of July. After losing ground to Intel for three straight months, AMD saw an increase of 1.16%, bringing its total share to 33.19%. Intel’s 14th generation Meteor Lake CPUs are expected in a few weeks, so it will be interesting to see how this changes things.
On the other hand, Windows 11 continues to gain ground on a monthly basis., while Windows 10 falls at a similar rate. Microsoft’s latest operating system rose nearly 1% in July, while its successor fell 1.56%. That means that 57.87% of the participants now use Windows 10 and 36.67% prefer Windows 11.
Completing the survey, we have that 8 GB is still the most popular amount of VRAM, with an increase of 1.63%, despite the fact that many modern games have problems with that amount of memory. The results also show that Full HD is the most common resolution, most people have 16GB of RAM in their PCs, and despite a slight drop, 41% of VR headset owners have an Oculus Quest 2.
