Every month, Valve releases the results of the hardware testAnd the results are usually predictable, especially when it comes to what graphics cards most people operate. For most months, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 – or equivalent XX60 class card from a different generation – is at the top. And although RTX 4060 is now technically the best GPU on Steam, this time it is a mobile version.
From December 2024, RTX 4060 for gaming laptops increased from 4.19% Steam Users Base to 4.99% of them. This seems to be a tiny change, but at the same time RTX 3060, which is the most popular graphics card for some time decreasing from 5.01% to 4.72%, which allows the mobile graphic process take the lead. This is the first time in my memory that the mobile graphics card was at the top of the list.
Why laptops for gaming? Why now?
It’s no secret that graphics cards become more pricey. Even RTX 4060 is more pricey leagues than its counterpart in the days before RTX. And although game laptops are certainly not low-cost, when you take into account the marked prices, retailers attach to the GPU, it actually begins to make sense to simply download a laptop of games and call it a day, especially if you need more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than more than you need more than more than you need Just Graphics card.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 for laptops is also not the most powerful graphic processor in the world, but it’s still enough to play in most 1080p games without much fight, Moreso if you turn off subtleties, such as tracking of the radius and turn on DLSS. No wonder that it is enough for many people, especially since we are starting to fight the prospect of everything that will be more pricey.
It is probably also a factor in which the only graphic processor of the current generation that is introduced to the Valve report is RTX 5070 Ti, and this is only 0.27% of the player base. It puts it for GTX 1030, low-cost graphics card that was launched 8 years ago, and it was bad Then.
I have heard game laptop manufacturers for years future Or anything, but now that the laptop’s GPU is sitting safely at the top of the Steam hardware survey, I actually start to believe it. After all, when everything costs a arm and leg, it begins to be really challenging to justify dropping $ 1000 on a graphics card, even if it is equipped with a multicted generation or any great thing NVIDIA will be with RTX 6080.
The future of computer games
The magic of computer games is that it is malleable. When playing on PS5, it requires having one specific equipment, you can basically configure a computer as requires your heart (or budget). There are games such as Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which can lead RTX 5090 to your knees, but that’s not why the PC game is amazing. Instead, independent games that appear out of nowhere are where real magic happens, and you don’t need very experienced equipment to operate it.
I do not think that the games for games in a higher -instance game work anywhere, but this hardware survey explains that the niche Is A little shrinking. Instead, laptops of medium games and portable gaming computers begin to look like many people will engage in PC games.
In the next year, because the RTX 5000 laptops are becoming more and more common, and the Gaming Extreme AMD Z2 conveyors up the fresh generation will be captivating to check whether computer graphics are still shrinking or whether it was only a miniature hiccup. Only time will show.
Jackie Thomas is an editor of hardware and buyers in IGN and PC Components Queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra
