More PC gamers now use AMD Radeon GPUs than before, but not the ones you expect

AMD has just recorded its largest GPU market share on the Steam Survey for years, but the increase has nothing to do with the company’s latest AMD Radeon RX 9070-series graphics cards. While Nvidia is still the undisputed king of PC gaming GPUs when it comes to the survey, with the top 13 GPUs all being GeForce models, AMD has now increased its share of the results to 16.9%, with Nvidia on 75%. On the face of it, that’s a massive increase compared to the paltry 11.5% AMD recorded in the February Steam Survey, but last month’s result appears to be an anomalous spike, with this month’s result more in line with the preceding few months. Even so, that’s the best result for AMD in this survey for years, beating the 16.4% in the January 2025 survey. What’s interesting, though, is that it isn’t AMD’s best graphics card models that are leading the charge here, but its integrated GPUs. Continue reading More PC gamers now use AMD Radeon GPUs than before, but not the ones you expect MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review

Apr 2, 2025 - 13:24
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More PC gamers now use AMD Radeon GPUs than before, but not the ones you expect
More PC gamers now use AMD Radeon GPUs than before, but not the ones you expect

AMD has just recorded its largest GPU market share on the Steam Survey for years, but the increase has nothing to do with the company’s latest AMD Radeon RX 9070-series graphics cards. While Nvidia is still the undisputed king of PC gaming GPUs when it comes to the survey, with the top 13 GPUs all being GeForce models, AMD has now increased its share of the results to 16.9%, with Nvidia on 75%.

On the face of it, that’s a massive increase compared to the paltry 11.5% AMD recorded in the February Steam Survey, but last month’s result appears to be an anomalous spike, with this month’s result more in line with the preceding few months. Even so, that’s the best result for AMD in this survey for years, beating the 16.4% in the January 2025 survey. What’s interesting, though, is that it isn’t AMD’s best graphics card models that are leading the charge here, but its integrated GPUs.

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review