Valve has revealed its newest Steam consumer survey information, overlaying April of 2022. Selecting by the information, there are a number of fascinating observations. Initially, we see that the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6600 XT, and RX 6600 have entered the chart for the primary time. Elsewhere, quad-core CPUs have regained the lead they misplaced to hexa-cores within the earlier month (however we’re positive the development is towards them). Lastly, almost 40% of Steam Players on Mac at the moment are utilizing computer systems that includes Apple Silicon processors.
Graphics Card Movers
If you happen to type the video playing cards listing by share change this month you possibly can see that three AMD RDNA2 GPUs made their first dent within the Steam consumer base. In some methods, this reveals simply how constrained provide and demand have been with the horrible GPU market we have now endured within the months earlier.
AMD’s greatest splash this month is the arrival of the mainstream Radeon RX 6600 XT within the charts at 0.30%. That makes it the third greatest gainer of the month. Not far behind is the cheaper 1080p oriented Radeon RX 6600, making its mark on the chart with 0.15%. Lastly, AMD’s highly effective and expensive flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT matches the positive factors of the RX 6600, which is an fascinating factor to see, getting into the chart at 0.15%.
All these three playing cards had been among the many high 10 gainers in April 2022. However, after all, avid gamers and fanatics on the innovative could be holding off from shopping for considered one of these GPUs now, with rumors coming thick and quick of an RDNA2 refresh – particularly new Radeon RX 6650 XT, RX 6750 XT, and RX 6950 XT graphics playing cards.
If you’re questioning, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has been frequent on the consumer survey charts for months. AMD’s RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT are nowhere to be seen within the charts as but, that means they simply have not been well-liked sufficient amongst Steam avid gamers to be listed.
Earlier than we transfer on to a different class, it’s price mentioning that the GeForce GTX 1060 stays the highest canine within the GPU charts with 7.15% of Steam customers. Nevertheless, it dropped over a full share level final month, with the second-placed GTX 1650 at 6.48% gaining 0.40%. If this alteration repeats in Might, we can have a brand new Steam Gaming GPU king and one based mostly on a 50-tier Turing GPU.
CPU Shakers
Final month we noticed what appeared like a seismic shift with hexa-core CPUs changing into the most well-liked among the many Steam gamer base. The speed of the advance in recognition of hexa-cores was exceptional.
In April, hexa-cores have been elbowed apart in what have to be only a momentary change. Nevertheless, there are nonetheless new quad-core CPUs and APUs arriving into DIY desktops and laptops, and thus the long run was held again slightly final month. Within the chart above, additionally, you will word that the largest share positive factors in April had been for dual-core CPUs.
We’re fairly positive hexa-cores will pull again into first place, however octa-cores are wager for establishing a lead inside a yr or so and holding onto the highest spot for size of time.
Additionally, you possibly can observe the rise of Apple Silicon within the CPU charts and the demise of the Intel structure in Macs. Presently, the share is cut up at 38.89% vs 61.07% – Apple vs Intel silicon. Nevertheless, the speed of change was roughly 2% within the final month, so Apple Silicon ought to take over in recognition phrases by Christmas. Furthermore, the introduction of Apple M2 processors would possibly speed up the change of guard.