Steam Hardware Survey: RTX 5070 Became the Most Popular Graphics Card, 32 GB RAM Surpassed 16 GB

Valve shared the Steam Hardware Survey results for September 2026. This current data reveals how the components preferred by players in their computer hardware have changed and the hardware standards in the gaming world have increased.

The volatility experienced especially on the graphics card and system memory side is clearly demonstrated by the Steam Hardware Survey data. The performance of the GeForce RTX 5070 indicates a big change at the top of the list.

RTX 5070 Reached the Top

The most notable development of September was that the GeForce RTX 5070 model became the most widely used graphics card on Steam. It is seen that 5.86 percent of the systems participating in the survey include this graphics card.

The model in question achieved a significant success by increasing the usage rate of 3.56 percent in August by 2.30 points. The rise of the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti models at the top of the list does not go unnoticed.

While the RTX 5060 model reached a usage rate of 4.20 percent, the RTX 5060 Ti model reached up to 3.87 percent. While RTX 5060 Ti increased by 1.46 points in a month, RTX 5060 increased by 1.22 points.

The total usage rate of Nvidia's new generation RTX 50 series models reached 18.21 percent. This rate was approximately 12.93 percent in Agosto, indicating that users are making a rapid transition to new generation cards.

RAM and Resolution Preferences Change

There has also been a critical change in Steam users' system memory preferences. The rate of systems using 32 GB RAM increased from 37.45 percent to 42.22 percent.

Thus, 32 GB RAM became the most common memory capacity, ahead of 16 GB RAM, which dropped to 37.82 percent. On the screen resolution side, the rate of systems using 2560×1440 resolution increased from 21.86 percent to 27.04 percent.

Full HD, that is, 1920×1080 resolution, decreased from 50.52 percent to 47.91 percent. This development proves that the dominance of Full HD resolution on Steam has dropped below 50 percent for the first time.

Competition Is Intensifying in the Processor Market

On the processor side, AMD's rise continues steadily. The usage rate of AMD processors on Steam increased from 45.52 percent to 47.41 percent.

Intel's share decreased from 54.47 percent to 52.59 percent. The fact that the difference between the two companies decreased to 5.18 points shows that the competition will become even more intense in the coming months.

What hardware do you use on your own computer and are you planning to upgrade in the near future?