Steam Hardware Survey: Windows 7 and GeForce GTX 1060 Lead the Pack

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/03/2018 10:05 AM | source: | 19 comment(s)

As you might (or not) know, Steam collects a lot of statistical data from their users which they share openly. And that always paints a very interesting picture as to what is the most popular hardware and software used. The December and 2nd half 2017 results have been listed, and guess what the number one hardware is?

So, I understand that here at Guru3D most of us are the high-end and enthusiast PC gamers, often with more than 6-core processors while staring at their Radeon RX Vega or a GeForce GTX 1080. The truth of it all is that seen overall things in hardware are much more level and widespread.

In December the most used graphics card was a GeForce GTX 1060 with over 12% of the user base. 47% of the end-users still have 8GB of RAM, where I am sure that Guru3D users would be at 16GB. The most used display resolution still is 1920x1080 with get this ... 70% of steams users.

Processor wise 67% of the users have a quad-core proc and 55% is running Windows 7. Also, you can see that when you focus on Q4 of 2017, AMD has not been doing well. Nvidia holds 85% of the graphics card market, and for processors, 91% of the pie is for Intel. As you can see, that share has been on the decline for AMD.

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rl66
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#5506859 Posted on: 01/03/2018 05:52 PM

It's not hard to understand why Chinese is the single largest language group present, but why is it simplified Chinese? Isn't simplified basically meant for foreign students of the said language? I recall the first English novel I read back as an elementary schooler was The Invisible Man in simplified English.

it's because in china there is not one chinese language, but many.
"simplified" mean that everyone can read and type it, it's more a standardisation.

GamerNerves
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#5506934 Posted on: 01/03/2018 10:13 PM

FullHD is not suprising since many people want 144 Hz rather than QHD. Both at the same time is too expensive. GTX 1060 6 GB is a killer card: always silent, high amount of VRAM and doesn't require much power, so in many cases you don't have to worry about PSU upgrade. I'm pretty sure AMD CPU users are more common, but many Ryzen owners just haven't submitted their specs yet on Steam and many of Ryzen owners probably bought their CPU in November when they were really cheap.

I really like to read this statistics. I'm always very curious what hardware my mates and people I know have inside their PCs. It doesn't matter what there is, it is just fun to know.

waltc3
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#5506953 Posted on: 01/03/2018 11:39 PM

People always seem to forget the Steam Survey is *voluntary*--if you don't voluntarily take the survey--you are not counted. Therefore, the Steam survey is not, nor has it ever been, absolute numbers of some kind, even as to Steam members. Not even close, really. I haven't taken a Steam survey in *years*--it simply isn't important to me. Why do you think they call it "survey" in the first place? People looking for absolute numbers need to look again because the Steam Survey does not supply them. Look at it like all of those polls giving Hillary Clinton 85% odds of beating Trump--when the reality was the reverse. Always keep in mind that polls of any kind are attempts to manipulate public opinion--that'd be yours or mine, in this case. Always buy what you personally like and prefer--not what some third party tries to tell you "other people" are buying...

Ugh. Who would want to shop like that? Much more is routinely made of the "Steam Survey" than is either desirable or profitable, imo. IE, take it with a large grain of salt. --I mean, if more people say they are going to follow each other off the cliff, does that make falling to your death more attractive, somehow? "Look, he did it!" I think not. Lemmings are not intelligent by nature, it must never be forgotten. Beware of psychological spins that try to make you into "just another lemming"...!

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#5506970 Posted on: 01/04/2018 01:13 AM

I think most people (well Steam users anyway) know that the Steam survey does not represent an exact snapshot of the userbase, but it's the best we have.

No idea how the psychological spin stuff is relevant, unless you're suggesting Valve just makes it all up.

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#5506981 Posted on: 01/04/2018 02:08 AM

@EyeofAC
you do know not everyone plays the same and/or the newest games?
or you wanna tell me that minecraft @QHD needs a 1080ti?

i have an almost "pro grade" screen with 32"@1440p (400$) and can run almost everything (BF4/MW3/HAWX 2/F1 etc) at 1440p with a gtx1060/3gb (200$).
games that require more HP (crappy coded stuff like Siege) will run fine at 1080p, which then doesnt need any AA (as you get a similar effect from running non-native res).

@Khronikos
code thats exclusive for consoles, means it wont run on a pc, so point is mute.
unless you meant to say console ports, which then still isnt a fair comparison, as a pc "exclusive" game wont run as good on the consoles as well.

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