When we install game consoles, we always like to say that the entry platform, mainstream platform and the like, their positioning in addition to the price, but also the game capabilities. For example, the entry platform should be a casual online game no problem, mainstream games can be played, high-end games may not be cool to play, etc., so while the game configuration requirements change, the platform configuration requirements must also change. Among the references of game developers, Steam's game platform software and hardware survey should be an important one.
Just recently, in March this year, it can also be said that the first quarter of the platform survey was released, although most of the product changes are only 0.x per month, but with the accumulation of time, some trends are becoming more and more obvious, almost certainly affecting the configuration of game developers, but also affecting our future installation options. Today we will interpret the most important of them.
If you only look at the total table, it seems that the ranking has not changed much this time, 4-core processor and GTX 1060 main, 16GB of memory is enough and so on. Don't worry, let's click on the details. In the graphics card that players are most concerned about, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places form the second echelon, of which RTX 2060 is obviously a bit prominent, and in the third echelon after that, RTX 3060 is also very strong, according to this growth rate, it can become the leader of the third echelon next month.
Under this trend, in addition to increasing the graphics card requirements, developers are likely to consider adding capabilities such as light chasing and DLSS. On the other hand, the video memory capacity is a bit surprising, 8GB is not only the most popular, but also rapid growth, which is not consistent with the top few memory configurations, I don't know why there is such a result, but it must also be considered. In the future, when players install the machine, the mid-range RTX 30 and RX 6000 will become mandatory, and the 10,000-year-old 4GB video memory configuration of the entry-level graphics card may have to be changed.
As for the CPU, although the first share is still 4 cores, the 6 core share is really close, and it is estimated that it will become the new champion next month. In this way, the 4-core Core i3, Ryzen™ 3 and even the flagship CPU of the earlier generations are likely to be abandoned by high-end game developers, in fact, some of the 6-core CPUs have dropped below a thousand yuan, and the high-frequency quad-core CPU suitable for games is relatively close, and it is needless to say how to choose the installed machine in the future.
In other aspects, the configuration of the game platform has not changed much, such as the system memory is still 16GB, the share has even reached an absolute advantage of 50%+, it seems that the pressure to upgrade the configuration is not large, here is not verbose.