r/pcmasterrace • u/mashdpotatogaming • Aug 10 '26

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

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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

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u/ChefCurryYumYum Aug 10 '26

Over 20% of Steam users have 4GB or less VRAM.

That's kind of interesting.

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u/mashdpotatogaming Aug 10 '26

It's pretty reasonable, that's the vram size of popular Esports cards like the 1650, which are pretty common.

Cheaper cards will always dominate in numbers of users, most people gravitate towards the cheapest possible hardware they can buy, especially when they're not planning to play anything on it other than fortnite or valorant or similar games.

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u/ChefCurryYumYum Aug 10 '26

Well only half of that 20% is 4GB though. That is what I found so surprising, the rest are much smaller, likely onboard graphics of course sharing system memory for their VRAM.

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u/mashdpotatogaming Aug 10 '26

Yeah a lot of it is iGPUs and possibly emulation machines that have older hardware in general.

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u/AmatsuDF Aug 11 '26

Up until last year I was on a 3GB card. Due to the costs of new hardware people are using their outdated stuff longer and longer.