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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
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GeForce RTX 5070

4.4% estimated share · PCs in use

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Rankings · August 2026

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RANK / PRODUCTESTIMATED SHARE · PRICE

Most popular Graphics Card — August 2026

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — est. 4.4% of PCs in use
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — est. 4.2% of PCs in use
  3. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — est. 3.9% of PCs in use
  4. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 — est. 3.4% of PCs in use
  5. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT — est. 3.2% of PCs in use

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