The
Steam Hardware Survey now offers its December, 2009 results, showing hardware trends collected from the users of Valve's online service. Some of the results follow.
Data |
Most Popular |
Percentage |
Windows Version |
Windows XP 32 bit |
44.77% |
System RAM |
2 GB |
30.94% |
Processor Vendor |
GenuineIntel |
69.06% |
Intel CPU Speeds |
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz |
26.86% |
AMD CPU Speeds |
2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz |
9.62% |
Physical CPUs |
2 cpus |
56.93% |
DirectX 10 Systems (Vista with DirectX 10 GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series |
6.78% |
DirectX 10 GPUs |
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 |
13.64% |
DirectX 9 Shader Model 2b and 3.0 GPUs |
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 |
12.83% |
DirectX 9 Shader Model 2.0 GPUs |
ATI Radeon 9600 |
16.79% |
MSAA Support |
Level 4x |
93.91% |
NVIDIA Drivers |
8.16.11.9107 (9/27/2009) |
19.19% |
ATI Drivers |
8.14.10.700 (9/23/2009) |
10.18% |
Video Card Driver Name |
nvd3dum.dll |
35.52% |
Video Card Description |
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 |
10.39% |
Multi-GPU Systems |
NVIDIA SLI (2 GPUs) |
2.40% |
VRAM |
512 MB |
40.01% |
Primary Display Resolution |
1280 x 1024 |
21.20% |
Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution |
2960 x 1050 |
12.95% |
Audio Devices |
Realtek HD Audio output |
40.70% |
Microphones |
Yes |
77.82% |
Language |
English |
56.76% |
Drive Type |
DVD |
97.98% |
Free Hard Drive Space |
10 GB to 99 GB |
36.78% |
Total Hard Drive Space |
250 GB to 499 GB |
32.02% |
Network Speed |
2,048.0 Kbps |
34.61% |