AMD Chief Reports 'Majority of Gamers Are Still Playing at 1080p'

AMD Chief Reports 'Majority of Gamers Are Still Playing at 1080p'

From Game Rant (Written by Aaron McKinley) on | OpenCritic

Higher resolutions and more RAM may typically catch PC gamers' eyes, but AMD's Frank Azor claims that most people are still playing in 1080p. The endless debate around games' visual performance and headlines about high-end hardware show plenty of demand for expensive, next-generation GPUs, but AMD's Chief of Gaming Solutions and Marketing reports that the lower end is where most of the market is. The latest budget components from AMD may make more sense in light of that reveal.

Earlier this month, AMD revealed the RX 9060 XT, a more budget-friendly alternative to beasts like the RX 9070 or Nvidia's RTX 5090. The line of GPUs comes at an MSRP as low as $299 but, notably, offers just 8 GB of VRAM at that price point. That may not seem like much by today's standards, but according to Azor, that's actually all most PC gamers need.

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Azor dropped the insight when responding to a user calling out the 9060's 8 GB of VRAM on Twitter. He explained that the most...

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