Gaming graphics cards: Which GPU do you have in your PC and how many watts can it draw?

What proportion of the three main graphics card manufacturers are represented in the ComputerBase forum, when did the readers buy their current graphics card and which models are specifically used? There are answers to these and other questions with the semi-annual format of today’s Sunday question.

The question always comes up as to which ones Graphics cards the community on ComputerBase actually plays. A look at individual comments and GPU purchase recommendations may suggest some specific models, but the community is by no means a homogeneous mass – and accordingly there is a large variance in the graphics cards used in gaming PCs.

Various surveys provide a rough picture throughout the year, the same applies to the traditional ones big software and hardware survey at the turn of the year. However, it is rarely broken down into individual GPU models – and certainly not across generations and manufacturers. Today’s Sunday Questions format is intended at this point Remedy every 6 months create. For the sake of clarity, there are three questions before the large survey with several dozen answer options that are intended to provide an overview in advance.

The first question is: Which manufacturer makes the most powerful GPU in your primary computer? In addition to desktop PCs, notebooks are also included.

And which GPU series is it specifically about? The following list of possible answers does not claim to be complete, but does name the central GPU series of the last few years. If you can’t identify your own GPU, please let us know in the comments which series it belongs to.

When was the graphics card last upgraded?

The next two questions relate exclusively to desktop graphics cards, so notebooks are excluded. First of all, it’s about when you bought your current graphics card for the desktop PC – and explicitly not about the year in which the model was introduced or came onto the market.

Which graphics cards do you have in your desktop PC?

The big question that follows is which graphics card you currently use on your desktop PC for video games. All graphics cards of the current and last generation from Nvidia, AMD and Intel as well as some selected models of older generations are covered. However, all graphics cards from the last few years cannot be taken into account in order not to completely go beyond the scope of the survey. So if you’re still playing on a graphics card that isn’t listed in the answer options, you can report about it in the forum.

How high is the consumption and the number of fans?

Finally, there are three more questions about the desktop graphics card, if you have one. First: What is the power consumption of your graphics card specified by the manufacturer?

Secondly: What power limit or target power consumption under gaming load do you use this graphics card in practice?

And lastly: How many fans does your respective model have?

Participation is expressly desired

As always, the editorial team is happy to receive well-founded and detailed reasons for your decisions in the comments on the current Sunday question. If you personally have completely different views that are not covered by the answer options given in the surveys in the article, you can also report them in the forum. Ideas and suggestions for adding content to current or future surveys are also welcome.

Readers who have not yet remembered the past Sunday questions You are welcome to do so, as the surveys always run for a period of 30 days. The only requirement to participate is a free ComputerBase account. There are often still exciting discussions going on in the forum, especially regarding the last Sunday questions.

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Motivation and data use

The data collected as part of the Sunday Questions serves the sole purpose of making the mood within the community and the hardware and software preferences of readers and their development more visible. There is no financial or advertising background and there is no evaluation for market research purposes or the data being transmitted to third parties.