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Emabulator
12-12-2008, 02:58 PM
Valve has updated (http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/) their Steam Hardware Survey with the latest results from November 2008. This time around they gave the page a complete makeover, adding fancy new pie charts and graphs. Nvidia and Intel still dominate with the lion's share of installed GPUs and CPUs respectively. The number of systems running a DX10 GPU on Vista is now at 21.43%. Windows XP 32 bit remains the most popular OS with a user base of 68.67%.

Each month, Steam collects data about what kinds of computer hardware our customers are using. The survey is incredibly helpful for us as game developers in that it ensures that we're making good decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make. Making these survey results public also allows people to compare their own current hardware setup to that of the community as a whole.

Mondopest
12-12-2008, 03:00 PM
Wow, I can't say I am altogether surprised but Intel and Nvidia just dominate those graphs.

Emabulator
12-12-2008, 05:11 PM
I'd like to join the ranks of Intel CPU owners with a Core i7 based platform.

I'm in a holding pattern waiting for the Core i7 prices to land on the planet earth right now though.

Syl
12-12-2008, 08:17 PM
The Core i7 really isn't that impressive for gaming. Which is fine.