2021 was perhaps the toughest year for PC gamers in a long time, if not at all. In terms of graphics cards, it is at least the most expensive. And the end of the chip crisis is not even in sight. Nevertheless, or rather: that is precisely why we asked you a few days ago which graphics card you are using. Does that give a completely different picture of the situation?
And in fact it can be said that GameStar readers don’t seem to do things by halves. The four most popular 3D accelerators are either current high-end GPUs or five-year-old graphics cards that are now considered entry-level models. For the sake of clarity, we only show you the top 20 in the following diagram. You can find the evaluation of all models in the survey under View results
Survey evaluation
Which graphics card is using to play?
GTX 1060 (6GB)
Nvidia
1059
RTX 2070 Super
Nvidia
996
Another graphics card from Nvidia
Nvidia
433
RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 are the most popular with you
That of all people Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 the survey participants are in almost one and a half thousand computers, surprisingly in the evaluation, even if it is clear to us that GameStar readers tend to tend to high-end hardware on average than, for example, Steam players in their entirety.
After all, the 3080 currently costs between 1,600 and 1,800 dollars, depending on the manufacturer. Unless you bought the tickets at the end of 2020 at reasonably reasonable prices, or you were able to buy a comparatively bargain in the summer months.
The second place in our survey is at least as interesting
Will graphics cards stay that expensive?
Nvidia comments on the price development
Old friends cavort in places three and four. The Geforces GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 have occupied the top ranks among GameStar readers for years. The two entry-level graphics cards are not only popular with the GameStar community, the picture is comparable monthly hardware survey from Steam. The GTX 1060 has occupied the top position there for several years, and the GTX 1070 is in seventh place this year.
With a share of only 1.11 percent, the RTX 3080 is clearly lagging behind in 23rd place on Steam. The RTX 3070 with a share of at least 1.8 percent in twelfth place.
It is also surprising that the RTX 3090 is comparatively widespread among GameStar readers (46th place on Steam with a share of 0.45 percent). 875 readers stated that they owned the top model, which is around four percent of those surveyed.
GameStar readers obviously don’t do things by halves
You don’t seem to be doing things by halves. Many of you either own the latest high-end graphics cards or entry-level models. Only then follow with the RTX 2070 Super and the GTX 1080 the first mid-range accelerators.
You can also look up which performance class your graphics card belongs to in our clear comparison with over 50 GPUs.
how do you see it? Would you have believed that so many of the respondents already own an RTX 3080? Feel free to write it in the comments!
