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Steam Hardware Survey

by Newton on 05.15.2008
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Steam Hardware Survey

Lots of surprising stats

Here is a crazy hardware survey done on all the users of Valve's Steam system. This is a huge sample size because they have some of the most popular titles on the internet including Counterstrike, The Orange Box, and Call of Duty 4

Network Speed

Unspecified366,43021.20 %
33.6 Kbps9,4820.55 %
56.0 Kbps44,8052.59 %
112.0 Kbps29,0541.68 %
256.0 Kbps208,59612.07 %
768.0 Kbps240,40313.91 %
1,024.0 Kbps94,4745.47 %
2,048.0 Kbps537,98731.12 %
10,000.0 Kbps197,37311.42 %

System RAM
less than 96 Mb960.01 %
96 Mb to 127 Mb1860.01 %
128 Mb to 255 Mb3,5510.21 %
256 Mb to 511 Mb92,1255.33 %
512 Mb to 999 Mb343,37619.86 %
1 Gb to 1.49 Gb523,69230.30 %
1.5 Gb to 1.99 Gb105,1706.08 %
2.0 Gb and above660,40938.20 %

Processor Vendor

10.00 %
AuthenticAMD30.00 %
AuthenticAMD10.00 %
60.00 %
AuthenticAMD10.00 %
GenuineIntel10.00 %
40.00 %
Unspecified170.00 %
AuthenticAMD717,61041.51 %
CentaurHauls1050.01 %
GenuineBMCpu10.00 %
GenuineIntel1,010,85758.48 %
GenuineTMx86100.00 %
Q10.00 %

Physical CPUs

Unspecified80.00 %
1 cpu1,021,96359.12 %
2 cpus632,13636.57 %
3 cpus1090.01 %
4 cpus74,1194.29 %
8 cpus2790.02 %
30 cpus10.00 %
127 cpus30.00 %

Intel CPU Speeds

Below 1.4 Ghz20,0661.16 %
1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz12,4210.72 %
1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz60,3253.49 %
1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz137,9767.98 %
2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz92,2235.34 %
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz271,68815.72 %
2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz177,40610.26 %
3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz184,91610.70 %
3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz49,1642.84 %
3.7 Ghz and above4,6610.27 %

AMD CPU Speeds
Below 1.4 Ghz32,7271.89 %
1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz11,7650.68 %
1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz63,1913.66 %
1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz157,5229.11 %
2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz290,02616.78 %
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz111,3876.44 %
2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz21,6941.25 %
3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz25,7651.49 %
3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz1,7600.10 %
3.7 Ghz and above1,7720.10 %

Video Card Driver Name

nv4_disp.dll834,36148.27 %
ati2dvag.dll470,83827.24 %
nvd3dum.dll238,60813.80 %
atiumdag.dll57,2393.31 %
ialmrnt5.dll46,5332.69 %
Other81,0314.69 %

Video Card Description

NVIDIA GeForce 8800161,7259.36 %
NVIDIA GeForce 760099,0505.73 %
NVIDIA GeForce 860092,1095.33 %
NVIDIA GeForce 660077,9444.51 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 520063,1093.65 %
NVIDIA GeForce 730057,7383.34 %
ATI Radeon 960053,6683.10 %
ATI Radeon 920044,4172.57 %
NVIDIA GeForce 790043,4372.51 %
NVIDIA GeForce 620041,7272.41 %
ATI Radeon X195040,8642.36 %
NVIDIA GeForce 680040,1592.32 %
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX38,0532.20 %
NVIDIA GeForce 780035,6202.06 %
ATI Radeon X80034,9092.02 %
NVIDIA GeForce 850031,9621.85 %
ATI Radeon X160031,0331.80 %
ATI Radeon Xpress 20028,4061.64 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 550023,6661.37 %
ATI Radeon 955022,8821.32 %
NVIDIA GeForce 610022,8291.32 %
ATI Radeon 980022,5181.30 %
NVIDIA GeForce 795022,3151.29 %
ATI Radeon X130021,8751.27 %
ATI Radeon X30019,6851.14 %
ATI Radeon X165018,6231.08 %
ATI Radeon X70017,2321.00 %
ATI Radeon HD 260016,3600.95 %
ATI Radeon X60016,3420.95 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M16,2350.94 %
NVIDIA GeForce 840013,9150.80 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 760013,8290.80 %
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX13,3560.77 %
Mobile Intel 945GM Express13,2760.77 %
ATI Radeon X190013,0880.76 %
NVIDIA GeForce412,3890.72 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 570012,2070.71 %
NVIDIA GeForce 750011,5310.67 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M11,2140.65 %
NVIDIA GeForce 61509,4060.54 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 73009,3040.54 %
VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP9,2140.53 %
Other329,39019.06 %

Cards which default to DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 Path on Source (1067497 of 1728611 Total Users (61.75% of Total) )

NVIDIA GeForce 8800161,72515.15 %
NVIDIA GeForce 760099,0509.28 %
NVIDIA GeForce 860092,1098.63 %
NVIDIA GeForce 660077,9447.30 %
NVIDIA GeForce 730057,7385.41 %
NVIDIA GeForce 790043,4374.07 %
NVIDIA GeForce 620041,7273.91 %
ATI Radeon X195040,8643.83 %
NVIDIA GeForce 680040,1593.76 %
NVIDIA GeForce 780035,6203.34 %
NVIDIA GeForce 850031,9622.99 %
ATI Radeon X160031,0332.91 %
NVIDIA GeForce 610022,8292.14 %
NVIDIA GeForce 795022,3152.09 %
ATI Radeon X130021,8752.05 %
ATI Radeon X165018,6231.74 %
ATI Radeon HD 260016,3601.53 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M16,2351.52 %
NVIDIA GeForce 840013,9151.30 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 760013,8291.30 %
ATI Radeon X190013,0881.23 %
NVIDIA GeForce 750011,5311.08 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M11,2141.05 %
NVIDIA GeForce 61509,4060.88 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 73009,3040.87 %
ATI Radeon HD 29007,3840.69 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 74007,1200.67 %
ATI Mobility Radeon X16006,9410.65 %
ATI Radeon HD 24006,8020.64 %
ATI Radeon HD 38706,2120.58 %
ATI Mobility Radeon X14006,0220.56 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 79005,2280.49 %
ATI Radeon X15505,2040.49 %
ATI Radeon X18005,1870.49 %
NVIDIA GeForce Go 61505,0660.47 %
ATI Radeon HD 38504,3840.41 %
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 26004,3370.41 %
Other43,7184.10 %

Cards which default to DirectX 9 Shader Model 2 Path on Source (311031 of 1728611 Total Users (17.99% of Total) )

ATI Radeon 960053,66817.25 %
ATI Radeon X80034,90911.22 %
ATI Radeon Xpress 20028,4069.13 %
ATI Radeon 955022,8827.36 %
ATI Radeon 980022,5187.24 %
ATI Radeon X30019,6856.33 %
ATI Radeon X70017,2325.54 %
ATI Radeon X60016,3425.25 %
Mobile Intel 945GM Express13,2764.27 %
VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP9,2142.96 %
ATI Radeon X5508,2122.64 %
Intel 82945G Express7,9012.54 %
Intel 82915G Express7,5322.42 %
ATI Radeon 9500/97005,9561.91 %
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9650/97005,8881.89 %
ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 2005,6311.81 %
ATI Radeon X8505,2731.70 %
ATI Radeon Xpress 12004,7491.53 %
ATI Mobility Radeon X6003,6901.19 %
Intel 852/8553,5551.14 %
VIA/S3G UniChromeII Graphics3,3491.08 %
ATI Radeon Xpress 12703,3071.06 %
VIA Chrome9 HC IGP3,2651.05 %
Other4,5911.48 %


Cards which default to DirectX 8 Path on Source (195821 of 1728611 Total Users (11.33% of Total) )

NVIDIA GeForce FX 520063,10932.23 %
ATI Radeon 920044,41722.68 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 550023,66612.09 %
NVIDIA GeForce412,3896.33 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 570012,2076.23 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 56008,5834.38 %
SiS 661FX_760_7418,1874.18 %
NVIDIA GeForce FX 59005,1842.65 %
NVIDIA GeForce33,6011.84 %
ATI Radeon 90003,5601.82 %
ATI Mobility Radeon 8500/9000/92002,0171.03 %
Other8,9014.55 %


Cards which default to DirectX 7 Path on Source (71588 of 1728611 Total Users (4.14% of Total) )

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX38,05353.16 %
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX13,35618.66 %
Intel 8458,15111.39 %
ATI Radeon 70002,4363.40 %
NVIDIA GeForce21,6042.24 %
ATI Mobility Radeon 75001,6022.24 %
ATI Radeon 75009381.31 %
Intel 8158071.13 %
Intel 8107801.09 %
NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go7201.01 %
NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go7191.00 %
Other2,4223.38 %


ATI Drivers (525178 of 1728611 Total Users (30.38% of Total) )

7.14.10.540 (10/17/2007)5,5371.05 %
7.14.10.532 (9/29/2007)9,2331.76 %
7.14.10.517 (7/28/2007)5,2551.00 %
7.14.10.503 (7/13/2007)5,8281.11 %
6.14.10.6783 (2/26/2008)14,5962.78 %
6.14.10.6764 (12/21/2007)20,3843.88 %
6.14.10.6755 (11/8/2007)20,4693.90 %
6.14.10.6734 (10/16/2007)23,6234.50 %
6.14.10.6727 (9/29/2007)59,75411.38 %
6.14.10.6719 (9/1/2007)22,6544.31 %
6.14.10.6715 (7/28/2007)15,1352.88 %
6.14.10.6706 (10/9/2007)17,0633.25 %
6.14.10.6698 (5/18/2007)20,6673.94 %
6.14.10.6683 (3/15/2007)11,2192.14 %
6.14.10.6660 (12/17/2006)10,8732.07 %
6.14.10.6652 (11/22/2006)5,8381.11 %
6.14.10.6631 (8/2/2006)9,0431.72 %
6.14.10.6618 (6/7/2006)8,9341.70 %
6.14.10.6614 (5/3/2006)27,4515.23 %
6.14.10.6606 (3/29/2006)7,8541.50 %
6.14.10.6601 (2/22/2006)9,7091.85 %
6.14.10.6599 (1/16/2006)5,5061.05 %
6.14.10.6587 (1/9/2006)12,2152.33 %
6.14.10.6571 (8/31/2005)7,2791.39 %
6.14.10.6561 (8/4/2005)13,1572.51 %
6.14.10.6553 (6/28/2005)7,2271.38 %
6.14.10.6476 (8/25/2004)8,0221.53 %
6.14.10.6462 (8/19/2004)14,4662.75 %
Other126,18724.03 %

NVIDIA Drivers (1071265 of 1728611 Total Users (61.97% of Total) )

7.15.11.6925 (12/11/2007)37,4073.49 %
7.15.11.6375 (10/4/2007)21,4662.00 %
7.15.11.6369 (9/12/2007)34,6183.23 %
7.15.11.6222 (7/6/2007)14,8681.39 %
6.14.11.6921 (12/5/2007)109,88710.26 %
6.14.11.6909 (11/12/2007)11,1541.04 %
6.14.11.6375 (10/5/2007)78,6527.34 %
6.14.11.6371 (9/17/2007)85,3477.97 %
6.14.11.6218 (6/29/2007)69,1616.46 %
6.14.11.5819 (4/12/2007)10,7451.00 %
6.14.10.9424 (4/19/2007)26,3132.46 %
6.14.10.9371 (10/22/2006)65,4956.11 %
6.14.10.9147 (8/11/2006)31,1852.91 %
6.14.10.9131 (6/26/2004)17,3691.62 %
6.14.10.8421 (3/9/2006)13,0541.22 %
6.14.10.8198 (12/10/2005)10,9011.02 %
6.14.10.5673 (8/3/2004)29,5492.76 %
Other404,09437.72 %

4:3 Aspect Primary Displays (1276886 of 1728611 Total Users (73.87% of Total) )

6"1660.01 %
7"120.00 %
8"370.00 %
9"120.00 %
10"4820.04 %
11"2620.02 %
12"1,2230.10 %
13"15,3411.20 %
14"38,0812.98 %
15"123,1959.65 %
16"329,46925.80 %
17"289,67022.69 %
18"125,3489.82 %
19"215,57616.88 %
20"47,3713.71 %
21"2,3480.18 %
Over 21"88,1766.91 %

16:9 Aspect Primary Displays (444171 of 1728611 Total Users (25.70% of Total) )

5"10.00 %
6"10.00 %
7"5670.13 %
10"70.00 %
11"20.00 %
12"3150.07 %
13"6070.14 %
14"5,0751.14 %
15"40,9019.21 %
16"13,7523.10 %
17"17,6243.97 %
18"13,6213.07 %
19"56,65412.75 %
20"34,4127.75 %
21"47,14310.61 %
22"55,51312.50 %
23"5,9111.33 %
24"66,25514.92 %
Over 24"85,81019.32 %

Bus Types (745331 NVIDIA Users)

AGP 4x59,1587.94 %
AGP 8x167,84022.52 %
PCIe 4x9,6711.30 %
PCIe 8x19,3932.60 %
PCIe 16x457,20361.34 %
Other5,1230.69 %

AGP GART Settings (230368 NVIDIA AGP Users)

32 MB5,0102.17 %
64 MB109,76447.65 %
128 MB86,55737.57 %
256 MB25,32410.99 %
512 MB2,4081.05 %
Other2050.09 %

Monitor Refresh Rate (1235552 Users)

59Hz125,24510.14 %
60Hz802,29564.93 %
70Hz18,7551.52 %
72Hz12,6311.02 %
75Hz185,59315.02 %
85Hz61,3074.96 %
Other29,7262.41 %

VRAM (1702886 Users)

32 MB27,5771.62 %
64 MB110,4456.49 %
128 MB360,67821.18 %
256 MB654,57538.44 %
320 MB42,7112.51 %
512 MB320,25918.81 %
640 MB37,1062.18 %
768 MB43,5552.56 %
Other105,9806.22 %

Desktop Bit Depth (1235240 Users)

16 bits per pixel38,4413.11 %
32 bits per pixel1,195,31396.77 %

Primary Display Resolution (1728610 Users)

800 x 60029,5421.71 %
1024 x 768553,49732.02 %
1152 x 86489,3395.17 %
1280 x 960677,28239.18 %
1440 x 900129,9127.52 %
1600 x 120028,0261.62 %
1680 x 1050157,4509.11 %
1920 x 120039,5432.29 %
Other24,0191.39 %

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (60344 of 1728611 Total Users (3.49% of Total) )

1824 x 7687151.18 %
2048 x 7685,0408.35 %
2080 x 10249511.58 %
2176 x 8646561.09 %
2304 x 10247,96413.20 %
2432 x 8646071.01 %
2464 x 9001,2862.13 %
2560 x 102413,92523.08 %
2624 x 12004730.78 %
2640 x 10246911.15 %
2704 x 10501,9843.29 %
2720 x 9002,0263.36 %
2880 x 12002,3153.84 %
2944 x 12003960.66 %
2960 x 10506,83211.32 %
3040 x 10504730.78 %
3120 x 10506521.08 %
3200 x 12003,2385.37 %
3280 x 12004980.83 %
3360 x 10502,7324.53 %
3520 x 12005170.86 %
3600 x 12006961.15 %
3840 x 12007201.19 %
Other4,9578.21 %

MSAA - Percent of cards which support each MSAA level (some cards contribute to multiple rows)
2x1,471,39285.12 %
3x1220.01 %
4x1,471,39385.12 %
5x50.00 %
6x416,08224.07 %
7x50.00 %
8x397,82123.01 %
9x10.00 %
10x10.00 %
11x10.00 %
12x10.00 %
13x10.00 %
14x10.00 %
15x10.00 %
16x20.00 %

Audio Devices (1728616 Users)

Realtek AC97 Audio309,44717.90 %
Realtek HD Audio output264,06515.28 %
SoundMAX Digital Audio103,6966.00 %
C-Media Wave Device85,0444.92 %
Speakers (Realtek High Definiti59,5923.45 %
SigmaTel Audio57,8013.34 %
SoundMAX HD Audio54,5823.16 %
Realtek HD Audio rear output45,9172.66 %
SB X-Fi Audio45,7552.65 %
NVIDIA nForce Audio43,9702.54 %
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio32,1431.86 %
SoundMAX HD Audio O23,3791.35 %
SB Audigy Audio19,3061.12 %
Haut-parleurs (Realtek High Def19,2351.11 %
Speakers (High Definition Audio18,4711.07 %
Vinyl AC'97 Audio (WAVE)18,2661.06 %
Lautsprecher (Realtek High Defi17,9311.04 %
Other510,01629.50 %

Windows Version

Windows XP1,398,77680.92 %
Windows Vista258,61214.96 %
Windows Vista 64 bit45,7872.65 %
Windows 2003 64 bit12,2190.71 %
Windows 200010,6070.61 %
Other2,6170.15 %


DirectX10 Systems (Vista with DirectX10 GPU) - 9.57% of users

NVIDIA GeForce 880069,5174.02 %
NVIDIA GeForce 860029,2571.69 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M11,7720.68 %
NVIDIA GeForce 850011,3960.66 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M10,4220.60 %
NVIDIA GeForce 84007,6970.45 %
ATI Radeon HD 26004,9740.29 %
ATI Radeon HD 24004,0580.23 %
ATI Radeon HD 29003,4080.20 %
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 26003,1180.18 %
ATI Radeon HD 38702,6810.16 %
NVIDIA GeForce 83001,8560.11 %
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 24001,7830.10 %
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M1,5760.09 %
ATI Radeon HD 38501,3440.08 %
ATI Radeon HD 23504600.03 %
Intel Bearlake B Express Chipset1390.01 %


Language

English1,014,97158.72 %
German180,11710.42 %
French160,4389.28 %
Russian106,3796.15 %
Spanish44,4882.57 %
Portuguese44,0752.55 %
Polish34,3181.99 %
Swedish29,0541.68 %
Traditional Chinese19,0801.10 %
Danish17,4361.01 %
Korean14,2280.82 %
Finnish11,8400.68 %
Japanese11,5600.67 %
Norwegian10,9580.63 %
Dutch10,4690.61 %
Italian9,5990.56 %
Simplified Chinese7,7480.45 %
Thai1,8200.11 %
Unknown220.00 %
Unknown150.00 %
Unknown20.00 %
Unknown10.00 %


Other Settings

RDTSC1,728,649100.00 %
CMOV1,728,590100.00 %
FCMOV1,728,29599.98 %
SSE1,721,51299.59 %
SSE21,544,71789.36 %
3DNOW717,67741.52 %
HyperThreading307,43317.78 %
NTFS1,659,86096.02 %


Drive Type

Undetermined18,1861.05 %
CD-Rom47,8432.77 %
DVD1,662,54996.18 %
Undetermined10.00 %
Undetermined150.00 %
Undetermined150.00 %
Undetermined10.00 %
Undetermined20.00 %
Undetermined60.00 %


Free Hard Drive Space

Less than 1Gb9,3080.54 %
1Gb to 4.99 Gb71,6824.15 %
5Gb to 9.9 Gb97,0225.61 %
10 Gb to 19.9 Gb167,8389.71 %
20 Gb to 29.9 Gb140,5478.13 %
30 Gb to 39.9 Gb122,0097.06 %
40 Gb to 49.9 Gb103,4645.99 %
50 Gb to 59.9 Gb96,9575.61 %
60 Gb to 69.9 Gb86,0014.98 %
70 Gb to 79.9 Gb72,7914.21 %
80 Gb to 89.9 Gb59,4193.44 %
90 Gb to 99.9 Gb61,3913.55 %
100 Gb to 109.9 Gb54,6583.16 %
110 Gb to 119.9 Gb55,0683.19 %
120 Gb to 129.9 Gb43,9552.54 %
130 Gb to 139.9 Gb42,5082.46 %
140 Gb to 149.9 Gb38,1082.20 %
150 Gb to 159.9 Gb34,4511.99 %
160 Gb to 169.9 Gb28,6201.66 %
170 Gb to 179.9 Gb28,2791.64 %
180 Gb to 189.9 Gb26,5811.54 %
190 Gb to 199.9 Gb25,9031.50 %
200 Gb to 209.9 Gb23,9941.39 %
210 Gb to 219.9 Gb22,4081.30 %
220 Gb to 229.9 Gb20,5081.19 %
230 Gb to 239.9 Gb20,5831.19 %
240 Gb to 249.9 Gb10,7750.62 %
250 Gb to 259.9 Gb10,8440.63 %
Above 250 Gb137,0967.93 %


Total Hard Drive Space

1Gb to 9.9 Gb1,3410.08 %
10 Gb to 19.9 Gb10,2730.59 %
20 Gb to 29.9 Gb8,0960.47 %
30 Gb to 39.9 Gb78,8254.56 %
40 Gb to 49.9 Gb4,3860.25 %
50 Gb to 59.9 Gb36,1052.09 %
60 Gb to 69.9 Gb8,0260.46 %
70 Gb to 79.9 Gb239,55713.86 %
80 Gb to 89.9 Gb7,0440.41 %
90 Gb to 99.9 Gb28,0961.63 %
100 Gb to 109.9 Gb15,2890.88 %
110 Gb to 119.9 Gb104,9106.07 %
120 Gb to 129.9 Gb3,0970.18 %
130 Gb to 139.9 Gb23,4261.36 %
140 Gb to 149.9 Gb43,9242.54 %
150 Gb to 159.9 Gb201,94611.68 %
160 Gb to 169.9 Gb2,9580.17 %
170 Gb to 179.9 Gb6,2110.36 %
180 Gb to 189.9 Gb15,0710.87 %
190 Gb to 199.9 Gb87,4885.06 %
200 Gb to 209.9 Gb5,2860.31 %
210 Gb to 219.9 Gb4,4510.26 %
220 Gb to 229.9 Gb26,8861.56 %
230 Gb to 239.9 Gb186,60910.80 %
240 Gb to 249.9 Gb3,3560.19 %
250 Gb to 259.9 Gb3,1880.18 %
Above 250 Gb563,41132.59 %
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