16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the most popular configs on Steam — Latest hardware survey shows modern gaming's growing hunger for more resources
- ID
- 10662
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 04 Aug 2026, 6:30 PM
- Fetched
- 04 Aug 2026, 8:28 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/16gb-gpus-and-8-core-cpus-officially-become-the-most-popular-configs-on-steam-latest-hardware-survey-shows-modern-gamings-growing-hunger-for-more-resources
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Excerpt
For the first time in Steam history, 8-core CPUs have overtaken 6-core CPUs and GPUs with 16GB of VRAM have overtaken 8GB GPUs. Even though the hardware survey doesn't represent everyone, it still indicates a paradigm shift for the mainstream market.
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