08-10-2016, 08:59 AM
So the thread is locked? Already locked, I checked out, skimmed the last page and just saw a bunch of people claiming steam hardware survey is totally useless...
As strange as that claim may be, the last page wasnt an out of control fight..seemed civil.
So now they lock threads even when there is no huge nasty fight? They lock threads just because now...I mean, simply posting steam survey results is lock/ban worthy? Wow
Sure, steam shouldnt be considered the end all on hardware sales. But it is real data. Its happens to be a good representation of the steam user base. Its as accurate as any statistical data set these days....which happen to be pretty accurate.
A valid counter argument would be that not all people buying 480s would have steam, bring up miners...The dead horse they always beat on. And I am sure, even though I haven't looked thru that thread, there is probably at least some mention of that. Its a play from the old play book. And, I would actually wager that some of the people in the market for a 480 pirate games. Pretty much, those are the things that would skew the steam survey results. But geez...We are talking a gap of 5 times. Thats pretty hard to explain away.
The data I have offered was from Amazon. While not very scientific..this represents true sales of gpus thru Amazon. My observation was independent, actually I wasnt even looking. See, this list updates and I see it daily. Any one can, go to Amazon and look at top seller graphic cards from amazon. Set up notifications and there is no work in it.
I was surprised that the 480 is not at least hitting top 20. I actually never seen it on the top 20. I seldom go thru to the end, but its been a huge surprise for me...the 480 should be on the front page consistently. I never seen it there. Perhaps it came and went, as I dont check every single hour. But I have seen the list many many times, multiple times a day. Few days I have missed..how can it be so popular and not on this list. It should be in the top 5, actually top slot.
There is no way I can fathom the 480 being a huge success when the 3x more expensive 1080 is outselling it, much less the 1070 or 1060.
Top 20 top sellers.. The 480 has not been dominating sales.
I guess we can disregard Amazon too. Nvidia must be paying them off..lol!!!! Even though these are specific models, partner cards. Evga, msi, gigabyte.
Cant trust steam, cant trust amazon. I think the internet must have it out for amd.
Sadly, the 750ti and 960...heck even fermi cards mame up the top 20. All cards considered failure s and bad buys...all beating the 480 in sales. In amazon at least. Perhaps everyone buys their amd 480 from somewhere other than the biggest online site. I have glanced at a few other sites but have yet to spot the 480 topping the list.
So, amd 480 buyers dont use steam the biggest pc gaming service and they dont use Amazon, the biggest online distribution outlet.
Hmm...just nuts...nuts I tell you
As strange as that claim may be, the last page wasnt an out of control fight..seemed civil.
So now they lock threads even when there is no huge nasty fight? They lock threads just because now...I mean, simply posting steam survey results is lock/ban worthy? Wow
Sure, steam shouldnt be considered the end all on hardware sales. But it is real data. Its happens to be a good representation of the steam user base. Its as accurate as any statistical data set these days....which happen to be pretty accurate.
A valid counter argument would be that not all people buying 480s would have steam, bring up miners...The dead horse they always beat on. And I am sure, even though I haven't looked thru that thread, there is probably at least some mention of that. Its a play from the old play book. And, I would actually wager that some of the people in the market for a 480 pirate games. Pretty much, those are the things that would skew the steam survey results. But geez...We are talking a gap of 5 times. Thats pretty hard to explain away.
The data I have offered was from Amazon. While not very scientific..this represents true sales of gpus thru Amazon. My observation was independent, actually I wasnt even looking. See, this list updates and I see it daily. Any one can, go to Amazon and look at top seller graphic cards from amazon. Set up notifications and there is no work in it.
I was surprised that the 480 is not at least hitting top 20. I actually never seen it on the top 20. I seldom go thru to the end, but its been a huge surprise for me...the 480 should be on the front page consistently. I never seen it there. Perhaps it came and went, as I dont check every single hour. But I have seen the list many many times, multiple times a day. Few days I have missed..how can it be so popular and not on this list. It should be in the top 5, actually top slot.
There is no way I can fathom the 480 being a huge success when the 3x more expensive 1080 is outselling it, much less the 1070 or 1060.
Top 20 top sellers.. The 480 has not been dominating sales.
I guess we can disregard Amazon too. Nvidia must be paying them off..lol!!!! Even though these are specific models, partner cards. Evga, msi, gigabyte.
Cant trust steam, cant trust amazon. I think the internet must have it out for amd.
Sadly, the 750ti and 960...heck even fermi cards mame up the top 20. All cards considered failure s and bad buys...all beating the 480 in sales. In amazon at least. Perhaps everyone buys their amd 480 from somewhere other than the biggest online site. I have glanced at a few other sites but have yet to spot the 480 topping the list.
So, amd 480 buyers dont use steam the biggest pc gaming service and they dont use Amazon, the biggest online distribution outlet.
Hmm...just nuts...nuts I tell you