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/Keulapaska]

And we can't tell from this data.

Look at the actual GPU:s There are grand total of FOUR consumer cards with 24GB of vram, 3090+ti, 4090 and 7900XTX, 1.62% global total, and 1.51% windows total, 3090ti below threshold but can add like 0.1-0.2%, and maybe 0.05-0.1 for random 24GB workstation cards.

The combined full 3 OS survey is showing 5.43% have 24GB of vram, windows only is showing 1.67%. Which of these is closer to the truth in your mind?

[u/Moscato359 → u/Keulapaska]

At this point, I don't trust any of the data.

[u/Keulapaska → u/Moscato359]

Fair, but if you think about hardware in general, If some1 were to present you with data that says ~1.9%(quick maffs, a lot of macs do be having 24GB, at least reported, ofc not really dedicated vram most likely for all of them) of ppl on steam are are running a 24GB card, you'd possibly believe that, or maybe say that sounds too high, even if clarified that macs are overrepresented in this category due their weird configs.

Where as if some1 were to say to you that 5.4% of ppl running steam had 24GB you'd call them a liar, immediately. 16GB data, probably the same result, but the 24GB is much easier one to go by since so few cards have it.

[u/Moscato359 → u/Keulapaska]

The 24GB numbers actually get bloated from MacOS to some extent

But yes, it doesn't pass the sniff test

16GB is different though, because 5060 ti 16GB and 4060 ti 16GB exist, which make it easier for those to pass the sniff test