<![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @StormdragonBlue:

Going from a 19" 4:3 to a 24" 16:10 makes a world of difference. Your gaming experiance totally changes.

mondog

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @BigChiefSmokem: Floor intake was not very good. Those fans come from an Antec 900. Instead I now have 3 intake fans in the front of the case, using the two fan boxes from the antec 900. My Temp inside the case is the same as the air going in. If you mean CPU CORE TEMPS idle about 14c above room temp. AT 100% load on all 4 cores about 65c ish. While playing games its around 50c so I'm all good. And Klipsch FTW! I had them for 4 years now so these things are well broken in and sound awesome. I got a X-fi Fatality for about 50 bucks at frys so in running off that now. I dont hear a difference outside of EAX HD games so I would still recommend the AC-1 if you can find it for less than the X-fi

sovietspartan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @photoboy: Yup ASUS P5E, Q6600 oc'd to 3.4ghz, 4gb Transcend AxeRam DDR2 1200.
Believe it or not the videocard is an MSI 8800gt with the Zalman Z1000.

sovietspartan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> There really is no excuse not to get the 2160 and overclock it to 3.0ghz. Duel Core 3.0ghz for $60? Heck yeah! Those waiting for duel cores to come down are clearly uninformed (note, reaching 3.0ghz may require decent cooling from your computer case).

I've been a fullscreen display user, but I ordered a widescreen display that's coming in Wednesday. The widescreen shift is going to be a slow one because the past screens were made to last so long, and frankly there's little to complain about with good CRTs (besides energy use and retina burning).

CyberGlitch

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> - GenuineIntel processor (58.47% of users)
- Single core CPU (59.14% of users)
- 4:3 display (73.88% of users)
- 1280x960 desktop resolution (39.18% of users)
- Windows XP (80.94% of users)
- System language: English (58.73% of users)

These are the only ones that I match; everything else is worse, except for:
- 1280x960 desktop resolution (39.18% of users)
Mine is 1280x1024 :D

man in gauze is king ramses II, actually

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Problem is, I'm using a 8800 GTX. The 64-bit (and - to a lesser degree - 32-bit) Vista drivers for that thing blow.

kubevubin

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KingBroly:
yeah, i always noticed a larger number of foreign language speakers and servers on steam games (mainly TF2) but wouldn't peg it that high, probably around 25ish.

roflwaffles

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> One thing looking at the age of the video cards and processors I would think that most of these systems were built pre-vista. I have never known too many gamers to purchase a new OS with out refreshing there hardware at the same time. Vistas market share will increase as it is tied to new hardware sales (or so i think).

creet

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Oh, and I just noticed they mislabeled the HDD sizes. They labeled them as "Gb", or gigabit, rather than "GB", or gigabyte which means that 250Gb would be a little over 31GB. Yeah, I'm nitpicking, and most people probably won't notce, but still, if you're gonna do it, do it right.

Blah8

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I wonder why they chose to poll for either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios rather than the computer widescreen standard of 16:10. Considering most of their polled resolutions are 16:10, it doesn't make much sense.

Aside from that, a lot of their polls seem limited. As serotoninzero said above, they only went to 250GB on HDDs and only 2GB on RAM.

Blah8

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> And devs wonder why their games don't sell.

Mara

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> You think they would measure HD space a bit different beside 250GB+ at the end.

I've got 1.5TB, and I'm looking to expand soon. Anyone else?

serotoninzero

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Cronus: Vista *utilizes* more memory the more you have. He's complaining about something that isn't a problem. It's Superfetch at work; a performance *enhancement*.

Better than letting the RAM sit there ignored and unloved.

BaseVilliN

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I just got a widescreen monitor. I played a little TF2 on it in 1024x768 windowed mode, because I still had a sad 7300 in there, which got about 1.5 fps in 1680x1050.

So maybe that sort of thing is a factor in those widescreen folks running weird resolutions?

About 2 hours later I picked up a 9600GT, joining the ranks of gamers who can crank all video settings up to max. Whoo!

Crashproof

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> 127 CPUs? WHAT?!?!

DO WANT

jonfiredaman02

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Plakband:

1280x960 IS a 4:3 resolution.

640/480 = 1.3
1280/960 = 1.3

I'm running widescreen. On a PC, that's 16:10. My screen's native resolution is 1920x1200.

1920/1200 = 1.6

[4:3]
800 x 600 29,542 1.71%
1024 x 768 553,497 32.02%
1152 x 864 89,339 5.17%
1280 x 960 677,282 39.18%
1600 x 1200 28,026 1.62%

Total = 79.7%

[16:10]
1440 x 900 129,912 7.52%
1680 x 1050 157,450 9.11%
1920 x 1200 39,543 2.29%

Total = 18.92

Total for both = 98.62

Now combine that with the other statisics for screen aspect ratio:

4:3 = 73.87% of Total
16:10 = 25.70% of Total

And we can see that a little over 6% of widescreen users are running their screens at 4:3 resolutions.

Elliuotatar

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> This is odd...

8% of users have a 24" or larger screen size.

But only 2% are running at 1920x1200!

Are the vast majority running HDTV's, or what? I have a 24", and I thought 1920x1200 was the standard res for screens that size.

Elliuotatar

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Quite interesting.

artofwar420

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I just don't get the Vista problems people have.

I dual boot on my two gaming PC's and no matter what I do, my Vista 64 bit installs ALWAYS put up better Futuremark (3dmark06 & Vantage both) scores than my XP installs.

It's never by very much but its there none the less. My Vista installs are usually about .83% faster than my XP installs.

axiomatic

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KingBroly: Ever hear of.....The rest of the world? heh , europeans love their pc`s.@Laughing_Gas: I have both vista ultimate and xp pro on dual boot partitions with this pc,both with their latest service packs and i still prefer xp pro.I do like the little side bar things you can do on vista but thats hardly an xp killer eh?
Probably a lot of pc owners (like me) just dont use steam anymore as the pain in the arse updates just arent worth it if all you want is a quick 20 minute game of cs source.so the steam hardware survey isnt up to date.Im on my 2nd pc since buying half life 2 and they dont have either of my latest 2 pcs hardware info.

UFO

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @blackmanfu: I've been using Vista with 2 gigs of ram and have had no problem running everything. Even Crysis at medium/high settings. I'm not sure what you have running that takes up over an extra gig of ram than me. Are you downloading gigs of torrents all the time?

Cronus

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> One thing I want to mention
is that their survey takes
in over a million
individual users.

Most surveys that are
considered really accurate
only take in 1000 individual
responses. If developers
don't heed these results,
they are shooting themselves
in the head.

Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> When Alan Wake comes
out as a Vista exclusive,
and sales are poor,
I hope Remedy doesn't
blame piracy.

Rather, that 81% of
gamers who would
actually buy it,
don't have Vista.

Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> My PC specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz
1.5GB ram PC2-4200 (Added another GB of ram, had 512mb previously)
Geforce 7950GT OC PCI-E (upgraded from a Geforce 6200)
160GB hard drive

My computer is about 4 years old at least. Need to buy a new one soon or my power supply will die.

zonetrooper5

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @kubevubin: nvidia's drivers have been good for a while now; they've just been hiding in the Beta releases. I have no trouble with my twin GT's.

BaseVilliN

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Laughing_Gas:

thanks to the newly released Vista SP1 vs XP SP3. I'm still using XP. I used Vista for a while and it ate up way too much of my RAM than I wanted it too (and I have 3GB)

blackmanfu

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @BaseVilliN:

Geforce 6800, AMD Athlon 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM... yeah I'm dying here. And don't even ask me about playing TF2. It plays, but man is it a bitch to load. And that's only because I have the graphics tweaked down to "crap mode".

xiphos

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KirbySS: I hear ya on the 8800, but right now my overclocked 7800 GTX hasn't blown up yet and still does a pretty admirable job, so I'm rolling with it.

zibby

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Heyyou27:

I don't think any of the games have performance issues but yes with some games you need to go into XP compatibility mode to run. Off the top of my head I know you need to do this with Diablo II: LOD and C&C Generals.

CCCombobreaker

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> The strange thing about percentage of monitors (widescreen v. standard) being used is that for over a year, now, I could walk into a Best Buy or Circuit City and find a 4:3 monitor anywhere.

So, either no one's buying monitors, these days, or they're buying them online. I have a 16:10, and regret it sometimes... depending on the game. It's a little surprising how many don't support this resolution.

Tenth

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I would like to point out that a majority of these users surveyed plays CS1.6 only... that would explain the low end configurations there.

JaLooNz

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Laughing_Gas: Considering they only tested 3 popular titles, it in no way proves anything. There are still plenty of games with compatibility and performance issues in Vista.

Heyyou27

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I've been wanting a dual-core system for the past 6 months, but these stats indicate my rig is better than average as-is. Guess I'll save the bucks for a bit longer.

On Vista-vs.-XP, I've used both and much prefer Vista. (Which offers more than just a graphical improvement over XP, as any actual Vista user could tell you.) Vista had a few problems before SP1 but those are gone now, for me at least. We had to wait until SP2 for XP to stabilize.

kidjesus

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> 21" 4x3 CRT, thanks.

Just because people aren't all flocking to widescreen LCDs doesn't mean they aren't savvy. Prob the opposite. LCD + scaling = garbage.

GhaleonUnlimited

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @foxhound009:

If you're looking to get the most bang for your buck Id go with the 9600GT. It slightly outperforms the radeon 3850 and 3870.

CCCombobreaker

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @kubevubin: I'm running an 8800 GTS on 64 bit and i honestly don't see a problem. I can run Crysis at 1280 x 1024 with everything on high to very high at 25 fps.

Laughing_Gas

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I'm not surprised to see over 60% of people using single core processors and less than 2 gigs of ram, with 40% using video cards incompatible with Shader Model 3.0.

@SupaPhly: My X800 feels the exact same way! ;/

@foxhound009: Yeah, just a few more upgrades, such as motherboard, processor, ram, power supply, as well as the video card.

@jp182: I'm in about the same situation as your friend. Until a game comes out that interests me, which would be something other than a ridiculous FPS, I have no need to upgrade. The only thing that upsets me is my X800's lack of ability to display Shader Model 3.0+, meaning many new games are simply impossible to render. Fortunately, many new games are uninteresting to me.

In fact, I think my newest games are from Steam! Aside from the Orange Box, my games are pretty aged...
Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Max Payne 2, Star Wars - JKII: Jedi Academy, Battlefield 1942, Thief 3, and I would have the original Call of Duty, but I don't have the CDs with me in this apartment.

Once Starcraft II comes out, I imagine I'll upgrade... probably pick up Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect for PC at that time, too.

Arttemis

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I looked through Valve's stats again and the whole monitor thing seems to be messed up. 1280*1024 isn't even listed, and Valve only mentions 4:3 displays and 16:9 displays even though it's 5:4 and 16:10 that are easily the most common aspect ratios.

I will put money down that the stats for 4:3 1280*960 is actually 5:4 1280*1024 but they just rounded to the nearest 4:3 resolution for whatever reason.

gfyjo

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> How retarded that they collect the OS info since I run Linux. I've got my Wine to report as XP, but I run Ubuntu. Or is Steam available for anything else than Windows?

thanius

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @sovietspartan: Klipsch speakers FTsuperW

also, how well do those floor intakes work? what temp is your tower (closed)?

BigChiefSmokem

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I doubt that high number of 1280x960 is correct. Since most 19" lcd uses 1280x1024 I guess that resolution is counted as 1280x960..

Harteex

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Also, from RPS ([www.rockpapershotgun.com]); "Vista has shown a decrease in its share of users since November's results. Six months ago it climbed from 7.99% to 16.91%. Microsoft must surely be expecting a significant increase by now, but rather the operating system was reported as being on only 14.95% of machines. No one wants your DX10, Microsoft!"

Cigol

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Game on XP = Fast
Game on Vista = slower

It's as simple as that. The statistics given in a previous Kotaku post don't reflect the reality of actually playing the games yourself. Try it, see for yourself - you'll uninstall Vista from a desktop machine unless you're attracted to its bright lights and 'newness'.

Cigol

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Lemming: 64-bit Vista is a nightmare if you have a high-end NVIDIA graphics card. Honestly, it runs fine until I actually put some gaming-quality drivers on it, then the entire thing just turns to shit. 32-bit Vista is considerably better, but I still get crashes, even on less demanding games like RtCW. It's just NVIDIA's drivers (although ATI could have the same issue - anyone?), to the best of my knowledge. Really, they blow.

kubevubin

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @noboard: If your XP and/or your Vista crashes, it might not be their fault. In fact, I would bet money it's your hardware. Try memtest86 to see if it's the ram, it breaks a lot.

I haven't seen a blue screen since the days of Windows Me

Waka in Japan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Plakband/Ouzak: 1280*960 is a 4:3 resolution.

gfyjo

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @noboard: I have no idea where all this crap about Vista being a bugbear came from but let me assume you are talking about the 64bit version, which alot of games still don't support? Vista 32bit is a fucking dream. I wouldn't trade it for anything, tbh.

Lemming

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Quite surprised at this really. I have a mid-range system, but according to that I'm in a minority because my PC clearly kicks the arse of what most people are using. Weird.

Although maybe the reason so many don't have 16:9 is because a lot of the main widescreen monitors are, in fact, 16:10?

Lemming

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @LX: Servers.

KirbySS

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Spenze: what difference does that make if that's what people are using to access Steam? It's still viable information for them.

@BaseVilliN: I have a friend that is a gamer but still uses AGP so his options are limited. And there haven't been any games that appealed to him enough to upgrade. Then he bought a PS3 and I dont think he's touched his PC for gaming in a while.

jp182

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Quite interesting - its a pity most devs won't take heed of such results and mold their game around those hardware specs.

2kreative

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Jabberslops: I don't think you read my comment correctly. I agree, it is possible, and that's what I said.

Also, you can run a widescreen resolution on a 4:3 LCD too, it just makes everything look stretched.

I still think it's a pretty stupid idea, except for your situation. If you're running a PC game, why would you want to lose screen space?

Ouzak

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I see there are 5,888 other faithful brethren across their userbase that flog a ATI Mobility Radeon 9000-class GFX card. It can be a shady experience, what with my laptop getting warmer than a slagged Xbox360 during TF2 matches.

crapsh00t

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Oldboy26: Wow you have a low estimation of a reliable system. Vista's biggest problem is they changed stuff purely to try a justify the upgrade, so you're left with an OS that is a pain to support and gives you no benefits.

As for reliability, I've seen no difference. Vista BSOD's when it feels like it, just like XP. IF Vista didn't come with the laptop I'd skip it and wait for the next windows version.

noboard

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I'm retarded, I just woke up, I miss read your comment.

Jabberslops

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Ouzak: People running 16:9 resolution rates on a 4:3 monitor is possible, and it wouldn't be the most stupid thing I've ever seen done (but it's pretty high up there).

That is actually wrong, you can display any resolution on your monitor below the max resolution your monitor supports as long as its a CRT monitor. All you have to do is squish the image until it matches the specific resolution you want to use. If you can tolerate having a smaller wide-screen resolution squishing it in the monitors setup menu, you have no need to upgrade to a monitor built specifically as a wide-screen monitor. In fact, I'm actually using my 19" 4:3 CRT to play GTA 4 at 1280x720 and it works just fine. There is only one exception to this. If the game you are playing doesn't support wide-screen resolutions natively (Battlefield 2 on PC is an example) the game will look like you are looking through a fish bowl sort of.

Jabberslops

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> No surprises here at all.

Inhert

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Are they throwing in your standard 5:4 LCDs into 4:3 or 16:9? I think that might explain some of the weirdery.

aeveritt

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> "Windows XP (80.94% of users)"

lol

CockroachMan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Plakband: People running 16:9 resolution rates on a 4:3 monitor is possible, and it wouldn't be the most stupid thing I've ever seen done (but it's pretty high up there).

Ouzak

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @StormdragonBlue: What he said.. The percentage for widescreen displays is not surprising at all.

lapiz

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I know tons of gamers, and not many of them have a widescreen monitor unless it's a laptop. 25% is actually higher than I'd have expected.

Kazzahdrane

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> 3 people have 127 cpus!
where can I find such a monstrosity?

LX

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> - 4:3 display (73.88% of users)
- 1280x960 desktop resolution (39.18% of users)

how is that possible? or is the 39.18% only based on the widescreen display users(which should be far more logical)

Plakband

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Oldboy26: It's not that Vista's bad, it's that they removed pretty much all the improvements over XP except for Aero (which 75% of "Vista-capable" computers sold can't actually run).

In other words, it's the same crap with a shiny new coat of varnish. Why bother upgrading?

Ouzak

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @sovietspartan: Looks like it's one of the ASUS P5E motherboards? That should mean a Core 2 Duo/Quad CPU of some description. I can't see your RAM and different P5Es support DDR2 or DDR3. That looks like a Razer Barracuda sound card?

I don't recognise the cooler on the graphics card but presumably the red PCB means it's an ATI of some sort. Given that it's a dual slot card has it had an aftermarket cooler added? With a 6-pin power cable is it something from the x1900 range?

Am I close? :)

photoboy

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @sovietspartan: Whoa! Are those the uber awesome transformer figures above your monitor?

C.. can I be your friend?

UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KroKan:

Well real gamers and tech nerds know Vista actually isn't worse than XP and has already surpassed any OS before it in reliability and performance.

Oldboy26

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Wow, I'm the default Steam gamer.

lumpi

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Let's play a game:

Guess my components

[img.photobucket.com]

sovietspartan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> How many of them drink Coors Lite?

Archavious

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> blah 8800 :P
I can get an radeon hd 3870 512 mb for 100 euro :)
I don't see why what's the big deal...
for that money it's a steal..
unless you don't own an pci-e x16 compatible motherboard..

then you'll have to upgrade some more...

foxhound009

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @The_nub_next_door: Why? I think 10% is quite good

GrannySmith

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> These stats are very useful for analysing the present state of people actually playing good games on PC.

and maybe this is one of the reasons why Valve is not interested in creating an updated engine.

Reetesh

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @The Whaleman: I can run Steam under Darwine, but I'm just too lazy to get the games running.

My name changed for an unknown reason

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> "- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 graphics card (9.35% of users)"

It's a shame, really. They are going for ~150 beans these days (8800 GT). No excuse to have something terrible (unless your compy is just too old for PCIe...)

BaseVilliN

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I REALLY need to upgrade my box, I'm currently running a 6800GT *sigh*

kariido

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I find it interesting that while 73.88% of people use a 4:3 monitor, the distribution of screen resolutions shows that around 58.08% of those used on the primary monitor would be considered "widescreen" resolutions.

Are people just using strange resolutions not suited to their displays?

xRiOT

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> ~50% have greater than 150gb hd space.
~50% have less than 69gb left.
the internet is for pr0n I tell you!

but seriously 3.11% have 16bpp desktop settings? someone needs to upgrade!

itango

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> "Single core CPU (59.14% of users)"

That's a shame. Dual cores are soooo good. Hell, I used my 4800+ to watch HDTV over a PCI card and play Portal at the same time.

KirbySS

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I have had my pc for almost 4 years, my x800 is crying. I seriously need to upgrade :(

SupaPhly

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KroKan: Good thing there really is nothing wrong with Vista. You may lose a few FPS (5 at most), but with a healthy gaming rig you shouldn't even notice. Besides, Vista is like a shiny XP with some tweaks that are good for gamers - like when my video card crashes, I would get a BSOD in XP, but not in Vista!

Kymeira

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Laughing_Gas:
That post was a test with a Radeon card. I use a 8800, so it doesnt prove anything for me.

I used Vista. It sucked bullocks and even if it gets as good as XP in times of performance, I am fine with XP.

As long as there are no "real amazing DX10 lighting" games out there, Ill wait for Windows 7(We all know that there is no such thing and DX10 brings nothing over DX9)

KroKan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I'm wonder if I'm part of the Other by using steam occasionaly in wine under Linux.

greeble

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Zho: Well... seeing how Steam has 0 (closer to negative...) support for OS X, that would be a surprisingly high number...

The Whaleman

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KingBroly: I know a lot of non-native english speakers (like me) use English as system language despite having a different primary language in real life. Mostly to avoid silly translations... just liked how dubbed movies usually suck ;)

The Whaleman

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> It'd be hilarious if it said 'Operating System: OS X (1 person)'

Zho

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> The low amount of wide screen isn't odd as well. I'm using a perfectly good 19" 4:3 display. Sure, widescreen displays are available everywhere nowadays but where does this idea come from that I should just dump my current screen for a wide version? I rather wait till this one breaks. Then I'll upgrade.

StormdragonBlue

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @KroKan: There was a post yesterday that proved it was on par with xp so...

Laughing_Gas

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> Win XP %81 (including me)

Gamers know that Vista is crap :D

KroKan

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I believe it's 16:10 in general for standard Widescreen monitors.

The whole 2.3 to 2.69GHz thing is skewered as well, I guess. It's not like a 1.86GHz Core Duo is worse than a 2.4GHz Pentium IVc, seems like an unfair value to put it out.

Sneakiest

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> @Spenze:
I never thought about that, astute observation Spenze.

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> "- System language: English (58.73% of users)"

This one's surprising.

KingBroly

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> 10% using a 8800 card? Someone should have shown this to Crytek...

The_nub_next_door

]]> <![CDATA[Steam's Latest Hardware Survey Results Are In]]> I'm sure all the shitty web cafe setups out there really skew these results.

Spenze

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