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GeForce RTX 4090 hits Steam's latest hardware survey hard as Radeon RX 7000 series yet to register an entry

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 comes with 24 GB VRAM and the AD102-300 "Ada" GPU. (Image source: Nvidia/Steam - edited)
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 comes with 24 GB VRAM and the AD102-300 "Ada" GPU. (Image source: Nvidia/Steam - edited)
The high price of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card doesn’t seem to have put gamers completely off making a purchase. The powerful board from Team Green is the second-highest monthly mover in Steam’s hardware survey for January 2023. While the RTX 4090 soars, an SKU from the AMD Radeon RX 7000 series has yet to make an appearance.

As always, Nvidia completely dominates the PC video card usage chart that is produced in Steam’s monthly hardware and software survey. For January 2023, Team Green has apparently secured 75.03% of user share, leaving just 15.31% for AMD and 9.42% for Intel. Nvidia also holds a powerful grip over the overall graphics card percentage use table and the percentage monthly change table, with the pricey GeForce RTX 4090 providing the company with yet another strong entry.

In its first appearance in the Steam survey, the GeForce RTX 4090 managed to gain +0.24% of user share, enough to put it into second place in the monthly mover chart. Only the GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU enjoyed higher take-up for the month, with +0.44%. In contrast, the highest discrete part from Team Red listed here (not including the “AMD Radeon Graphics” entries) was the Radeon RX 6700 XT that attracted just +0.06% of the survey base.

The RTX 4090 was released in October 2022 at a recommended retail price of US$1,599, but it wasn’t long before prices started increasing as gamers wanted to get their hands on one of the most powerful graphics cards available. Unsurprisingly, there is no space for the RTX 4080 card in the chart, with consumers turning away from a product that was priced at US$1,199 but seemingly didn’t offer the performance that justified the price. Meanwhile, AMD’s Radeon RX 7000 series boards are nowhere to be seen.

However, this should not be seen as a flop for Team Red just yet, as the Radeon RX 7900 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XTX were only launched in mid-December. However, just as the GeForce RTX 40 series has had its issues (melting 12VHPWR cables), it appears the Radeon RX 7000 series also has some teething problems, with AMD’s own reference boards producing throttling-inducing temperatures and being overly noisy to boot. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 remains the overall chart champion with user share of 6.27% in January.

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Daniel R Deakin, 2023-02- 4 (Update: 2023-02- 4)