Valve Gaming PC Hardware Survey Summary

JDMurray

The latest Valve computer gaming hardware survey automatically performed through Steam can be found here: http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html. So far over 50,000 Steam users have responded in a little over 24 hours.

If you ever wanted to know what percentage of gamers use Intel or AMD, ATI or nVidia, AGP or PCIe, or Vista or XP then this survey will interest you. This information is especially recommended if you are wondering what technology your next computer should have.

KGhaleon

Interesting...surprised more by the fact that people took the survey.
...or maybe they were tricked? <_< >_>

JDMurray

No, you need to opt-in to the survey. You can also review the actual information collected before it is sent. I have no problem with Valve knowing my hardware configuration, or how much free space I have on my drive.

JDMurray

From the Steam Web site:

The first 135,000 responses offer a preview of the latest hardware trends amongst Steam users, including:

* 40% of your systems have 2GB or more system RAM on board.
* Just over 2% of respondents can run a DX10 path for graphics.
* About 40% of your PCs are running with multiple CPU cores.
* Most of your systems are equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce video card.
* Windows Vista is the OS of choice for 14% of you.