Valve owns up to inaccurate Steam hardware survey findings, saying 'VRAM on some graphics cards was not reported correctly'

Valve says its monthly Steam survey has been getting VRAM wrong "on some graphics cards"

Last Updated on February 26, 2026 The monthly Steam survey is seen as a reliable source of information when it comes to figuring out what PC gamers have in their systems these days, but it’s not perfect. Market share for AMD graphics cards is often incredibly low – while Nvidia does indeed dominate, the generic ...

Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys — latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy

In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so.

Valve Confirms Steam Hardware Survey VRAM Data Was Wrong for Months

Valve has admitted that the Steam Hardware Survey has been reporting inaccurate VRAM figures due to a client-side bug. The issue affected multiple recent reports, including the January 2026 survey, where VRAM usage percentages shifted noticeably. Valve says the incorrect data was caused by a flaw in the Steam client and has since been addressed. The error may have skewed how GPU memory trends appeared over the past months, potentially impacting…

Steam Quietly Addresses Incorrect Hardware Survey VRAM Readings and Multi-GPU Setup Quirks

Valve has steadily been adding features to SteamOS and the Steam Client since the release of the Steam Deck and leading up to the Steam Machine, but the latest Steam Deck Beta client update aims to address two main issues that have apparently been prevalent in the Steam Hardware Survey, which should result in more accurate GPU data reporting. The first change fixes incorrect VRAM reporting on some GPUs, although Valve doesn't provide any explana…