{"id":49466,"date":"2013-01-16T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T08:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49466"},"modified":"2013-01-16T10:38:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T08:38:20","slug":"valve-pc-hardware-standard-how-does-your-system-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/49466-valve-pc-hardware-standard-how-does-your-system-compare","title":{"rendered":"Valve PC hardware standard: how does your system compare?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valve has published the latest results from its Steam hardware survey, giving a great overview of the kinds of PC gaming systems that are out in the gaming wilds. Key results indicate that Windows 7 64-bit, an Intel CPU, Nvidia DX11 1GB GPU, and 4GB of RAM is the most common setup among Steam gamers.<\/p>\n

How does your system compare? An overview of the results can be found below. You can check out the detailed break-down over on Valve’s hardware survey website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Steam Users Operating Systems<\/h3>\n

Windows 7 64-bit is by far the most popular operating system among Steam users, with 56.35% share. Windows 8 is on the rise, with all versions combined used among 6.93% of Steam gamers. Much maligned Windows Vista is hanging in there with 7.04% share.<\/p>\n

The total Apple MacOS users is at 3.72%. Ubuntu is slowly clawing out a\u00a0user-base\u00a0with 0.80% of users running the Linux-based OS.<\/p>\n

Steam Users CPUs<\/h3>\n

Intel at 73.22% share dominates AMD (26.78%) in the processor space.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of users are running 2-core (49.11%) and 4-core (41.16%) CPUs, with 4.58% using systems with more than 4-cores. 5.16% of gamers are still hanging in there with a single-core CPU.<\/p>\n

Steam Users System RAM and Hard Drive Space<\/h3>\n

4GB of system RAM is the most common configuration (22.78%), with 8GB coming close at 21.25%.<\/p>\n

3GB and 2GB are the next most common configurations at 20% and 13.95% respectively.<\/p>\n

The most common amount of total hard drive space in systems surveyed is 250GB to 499GB (34.86%). Most gamers appear to be able to keep 100Gb to 249GB of disk space free (25.90%), probably to store the latest Linux distros as they become available.<\/p>\n

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Steam Users GPUs<\/h3>\n

DX10 and DX11 systems dominate (a combinations of Vista or Windows 7 and a DX10 or DX11 GPU) with 30.83% and 49.75% respectively. More specifically, DX11 capable cards are used by 55.11% of gamers, and DX10 cards by 38.74%.<\/p>\n

Nvidia users make up 52.13% and AMD\/ATI users make up 34.2%. Unfortunately, 13.23% of Steam users are stuck on a crummy Intel graphics chip.<\/p>\n

GPUs with 1GB of VRAM are most common, present in 41.96% of systems (combination of 1024MB and 1023MB graphics cards).<\/p>\n

Steam Users Display Setup<\/h3>\n

Unsurprisingly, the most common display resolution is 1920 x 1080 (28.30%). Some poor gamers (4.12%) are still running 4:3 ratio monitors at a resolution of 1024 x 768. We weep for you, as we are sure your eyes weep.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, multi-monitor setups are becoming quite popular, with 18.79% of those running two 16:9, 1920 x 1080 monitors (3840 x 1080 resolution).<\/p>\n

Steam Users Language<\/h3>\n

The most commonly spoken language among Steam users is English (53.62%). Russian is the next most common language (15.20%) – DOTA 2 players, please try to stifle your groans.<\/p>\n

How does your system measure against the average setup among Steam Users? Let us know in the comments below and on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n

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