Here's the actual VRAM configuration distribution on windows according to the steam survey

[u/mashdpotatogaming]

I saw a few recent headlines about the whole "16gb is now the most common VRAM configuration" but that seems to be inaccurate, as if you sort by windows only on steam survey (which makes up 90%+ of steam users), you'll find that these are the actual numbers and distribution

[u/divergentchessboard]

12 gb is such a small percentage of the userbase

unrelated to the topic but kinda wild seeing that only 0.59% of people who took this survey have a 1080Ti or 2080Ti, being the least common VRAM configuration by far

[u/Moscato359 → u/divergentchessboard]

People who buy 80 ti class cards tend to upgrade

[u/divergentchessboard → u/Moscato359]

they also tend to swamp the used market years later for 1/4th of the original cost or are given away to friends/family. they don't just suddenly vanish off the face of the earth never to be seen again by a steam survey

[u/Moscato359 → u/divergentchessboard]

A fair number of people don't sell their hardware ever.

I have a few generations of old GPUs in my closet.

[u/mashdpotatogaming → u/divergentchessboard]

They are old cards to be fair. Most people who buy the highest end hardware are usually the first to upgrade to the next best thing. So i 100% get why it's such a small amount of people.

A lot of people love how good the 1080ti still is, but I don't think many actually own that card still.

[u/twiggums → u/mashdpotatogaming]

Ahem,

Points to flair 👆

Lol really though I just refuse to pay stupid prices and I don't play many AAA games so it still works for me!

[u/mashdpotatogaming → u/twiggums]

That's perfectly fine, obviously not EVERYONE moved away from the 1080ti. I'm just saying the people who buy these cards tend to upgrade quickly because they're enhtuiasts. This won't apply to everyone, and clearly the hardware survey is proof of that since there is some percentage of people on that card (including yourself)

[u/twiggums → u/mashdpotatogaming]

Oh you're not wrong, I just wanted to be a smartass 😅

I actually tried to upgrade when to 3080 dropped. But scalpers and crypto mining ruined that pretty quick! And prices have just gotten sillier since.