May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey: AMD Hits 45% CPU Share, Windows 11 Crosses 74%, and the RTX 3060 Refuses to Die

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Valve published the May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey a few days late after brief server issues, but the data was worth waiting for. AMD has reached 44.97% CPU share on Windows gaming PCs, its highest figure yet on the platform. Intel sits at 55.02%, down 0.79 points from April. AMD has been steadily chipping away […]

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Re: 3060

Honestly, if you were out to replace it today, what would you replace it with? The direct replacement 5060 is a VRAM downgrade. You get... DLSS 4, but less VRAM to run it with. Yeah, an upgrade, but not an impactful one, and not an upgrade across the board.
 
I actually got the survey request on all 3 of my machines last week and was happy to join. It was the first in as long as I can remember and I think the last time was on a machine with a pair of GTX 500 series GPUs in SLI.
 
I've had them a few times, but it's never been on whatever main gaming rig I have at the time. It's always my secondary or laptop setup. Pisses me off. lol
 
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