People just won't stop buying RTX 3060 graphics cards
If there's one thing I remember from high school biology, it's that the GPU is the powerhouse of the PC. Ask PC gamers what build they're running, the first words out of their mouth will usually be the name of the graphics card their beast is packing. Even the CPU, the brains of the whole operation, will often be left playing second fiddle. It's the part we dedicate most of our PC spending, bragging, and drooling on.
The GPU can also say a lot about what you're is trying to achieve from a build. Someone running a tight setup with a 4000 series Nvidia card, for example, is looking to get the best of the best without care for the cost. Older cards paint a picture too. Someone with a 1080 is likely to be attractive, smart, and responsible with money regardless of how much they desperately want something better.
Steam's video card stats(opens in new tab) paint a broad picture of the PC gaming community, giving us a look into what's popular en masse. Currently, they're telling a story that sees many turning to the previous generation's mid-ranged RTX 3060, with the popularity of these cards actually increasing as the current generation rolls out.
The RTX 3060(opens in new tab) was rolling along quite nicely in October last year as one of the fastest growing cards on Steam, but with the release of new cards, holiday sales and gift-giving we saw those numbers start to drop off over November. Not hugely, but enough to harken in a new generation of cards as expected.
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