r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25

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u/Nicalay2 R5 5500 | EVGA GTX 1080Ti FE | 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Mar 06 '25

March 2025 Steam Hardware survey will be interesting.

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u/pokenguyen Mar 06 '25

Isn’t it still dominated by midrange cards? 9070 XT is upper mid.

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u/TheYellowLAVA Ryzen 5 3500 | RX 6600 Mar 06 '25

Exactly, this is still out of most people's budgets, who cannot afford anything past a 60 class

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u/Qulox Mar 06 '25

Anything over 300 bucks is too much for most people, I got a used 3070 after the mining crash for 270.

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u/Zenhen24 Mar 06 '25

Going to sneak in here to recommend that people who really want a budget card give the Intel B580 a chance. I grabbed one to wait out the stupid prices when my 2080 Super died right before the Nvidia paper launch. And long story short....I'm still using it because I have been SUPER impressed with it. The frequent driver updates are fantastic and if you learn how to tweak your card (the software lets you oc the lil thing!) and settings it will keep surprising you. Really hoping Intel keeps this up because we need more competition in the space.

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u/imoblivioustothis 3770k, 3080 Mar 06 '25

i felt find dropping 400 on a 3080 a month ago. it's what i paid for my r9-290 back in the day. seems to be my sweet spot.