Watch out Nvidia AMD RX 6700 XT becomes first Big Navi card to rank in
Steams top GPUs

Date:
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:58:15 +0000

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Steams latest hardware survey presents an interesting new debut in the graphics card rankings.

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AMDs Big Navi graphics cards have ranked in the GPU section of Steams hardware survey for the first time ever, in what could be a tentative indication that sales or perhaps more to the point, stock of the latest RX 6000 series cards are picking up a bit.

Lets come back to analyzing what that might mean shortly, but its certainly interesting to see one of Team Reds RDNA 2 GPUs finally making its way onto the graphics card rankings for the September hardware report that Valve compiles based on the Steam user base. Check out the best PC games We'll show you how to build a PC These are the best graphics cards

To be precise, its the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT which makes the cut, but only by the thinnest of margins, registering a 0.16% share among Steam gamers. The very bottom of the table is propped up by GPUs on 0.15%, so you can see that the 6700 XT only just sneaked above these. On Nvidias side, its level pegging with the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti which is on 0.16% too.

Nvidia is dominant in the GPU arena , of course, and even AMDs top-ranked graphics card, the Radeon RX 580, only holds a 1.65% share, putting it in
12th position. All 11 cards above that are Nvidia models, with Amperes RTX 3070 actually placing just ahead of the RX 580 in 11th position (1.69%).

The most popular graphics card with Steam gamers currently is the GTX 1060 (with an 8.64% share), according to the latest survey. Analysis: Could the RX 6600 XT make bigger inroads?

The appearance of an RX 6000 series card in the Steam hardware survey is a
big thing because its the very first time that Big Navi has managed to claw its way onto the GPU rankings as mentioned bearing in mind that these cards have had a long time to make some waves (launching almost a year ago now).

Whats even more interesting is that the GPU to make its mark is a more recently deployed RDNA 2 model, as the 6700 XT was released in March, so has had less time to make an impact but may have been produced in somewhat greater numbers, we can but guess. That wouldnt be too difficult given some
of the well-documented supply issues around the RX 6800 models and 6900 XT.

Weve certainly been hearing some more positive things about stock levels with the latest RX 6600 XT card, as you may have seen, and we might see this make more of a mark than the 6700 XT its very new to the scene, of course, having emerged in August, so itll take time to register greater sales numbers, no doubt. So, in the big picture, Nvidia may have a little cause for concern
here on its rivals cards, even if a 0.16% share for one Big Navi product is hardly an immediate worry.

Finally, we should remember to take the 6700 XT GPUs apparent small victory here with some caution, particularly when such a small percentage of market share is involved at the bottom of the graphics card table. The gains of the 6700 XT could to some extent be a reflection of changes in the gamers who are involved in the Steam survey (its not a constant group of the same PCs covered, as participation is optional, and therefore those taking part will change from month-to-month). Check out all the best gaming PCs

Via PC Gamer



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