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October 2026 Steam Hardware Survey: 16 GB RAM Reclaims Top Spot, Intel Gains CPU Share, Linux Approaches 4%

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Valve’s October 2026 Steam Hardware Survey is now available, revealing some noteworthy changes across CPUs, system memory, graphics cards, display resolutions, operating systems, and VR headsets. Several hardware categories have also reversed the unusual fluctuations observed in September. One of the biggest developments concerns system memory. According to Valve’s official survey, 16 GB RAM has reclaimed its position as the most popular configuration, accounting for 41.42% of participating systems, an increase of 3.60 percentage points. Meanwhile, 32 GB configurations dropped by 5.16 points to 37.06%, after briefly overtaking 16 GB in September. The CPU landscape has also shifted slightly in […]

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