Valve Hardware Survey
Valve Hardware Survey
In April NVidia introduced Fermi. Prior to this, the 300-series struggled, but Fermi enabled the creation of the Sauron ring on your device.
I don't believe the survey truly reflects the situation. Just because a few facts match doesn't guarantee the rest does. Shall we examine some data, shall we? [link] On Wikipedia, Steam (software) states that the Hardware Survey includes users exceeding 100,000. Can you imagine that only 0.3% use Phase Change, DICE or LN2? That’s highly unlikely. What about the fact that 33.6% of users own a GPU priced between $300 and $600? Absolutely not. Let's hear what the manufacturers say. Both AMD and Nvidia claim the biggest sales numbers appear in the $199–$350 range, with most falling into the lower half. That’s what they consistently emphasize. Regarding the 14% of users with a $500+ card? That’s not even plausible. These figures don’t align, especially if they were accurate. If Nvidia and AMD’s graphics divisions were reporting such high revenues, their numbers would be significantly higher. With over 100 million Steam users, 14% at or above $14 million would mean a staggering $2.1 billion in sales. Neither company generates that much annually. If you assume a 30% profit margin on the $500 purchase, then Nvidia would earn around $421 million from that segment alone. That’s a massive amount—yet neither firm claims such figures. If your Reddit discussion is correct, then out of 7 billion users, only about 9.5 million would be in the $14k range. At $500 each, that’s roughly 9.5 million units sold. Multiplying by 30% profit gives Nvidia a significant share. But if you’re asking how many GPUs that represents, it’s hard to say. Still, these numbers don’t add up unless we adjust expectations. In short, your conclusion is far from convincing. These statistics seem more like coincidence than a true reflection of reality.