toadeater 0 Posted March 10, 2004 Valve did a survey of all the Steam users and what their hardware specs are. A good source of info if you want to see how you stand in terms of hardware compared to everyone else. Or I guess, at least compared to people who play Valve's games. A couple of key figures (quick summary): Average CPU: 2.0 ghz Average RAM: 256-512 (no big surprise there) Nvidia Users: 64% - ATI Users: 27% Most popular graphics card: Geforce 4 Intel: 51% - AMD: 48% Language used: English 90%, French 5% NTFS? 75% The complete results of the survey: The Official Steam Survey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 132 Posted March 10, 2004 NTFS? 75% that´s the file system, NTFS replaced FAT32. indeed a nice survey. shows that my cpu speed is 10% higher than the overall average Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadger 0 Posted March 10, 2004 Nice to know I don't need to upgrade for a while  Kinda suprised tho that Nvidia have such a lead in the graphics market, ahh well guess that says it all about CS players  typos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyDonkey 0 Posted March 10, 2004 The Geforce MX cards and Fx5200 are a suprisingly popular. Sure, they have a good price. I guess these users are under represented in public forums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted March 10, 2004 Sweet, my system kicks everyone's ass. Of course, the fact that this survey mostly encompasses the machines of people who just can't let Counter-Strike go is not especially encouraging. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I was pretty amused when Marek asked us what we had RAM in our systems and I answered 1 GB. He smiled and said he had not that much in his developement pc. That made me feel save for a while  Although I doubt that NVIDIA has that much part in gamers PC´s. I love my Radeon. Edit : Typodevil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm just average with a worse video card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ale2999 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I am a tad over avg, all good, all good. I will upgrade once btx and pci express comes out ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m21man 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm happy to say that my system is well over the average mark. I'm also playing a much better game than CS ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harnu 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm just average   with a worse video card.  Same Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Gripe 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm happy to say that my system is well over the average mark. I'm also playing a much better game than CS ... Tetris? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfish6 7 Posted March 11, 2004 My computer is almost as outdated as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopCover 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Nope. That would be mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Average CPU: 2.0 ghz That says sweet FA. I bet my AMD64 3200+ would spank a PIV 2.0 well silly Also have 1GB RAM and a Radeon :P Oh wait, sig needs updating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joltan 0 Posted March 11, 2004 More RAM & better gfx (Radeon 9600 pro) - I guess that will be fine for quite some time. No upgrades planned till the OFP2 release (and then it'll be 64bit anyways). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyDonkey 0 Posted March 11, 2004 lol seems like my category (duron 700mhz) is 1% New one coming though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow 6 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm surprised I'm among the minorities in that survey when it comes to cpu and ram (P-IV 3, 2GB ram) but among majorities in video-card (GF4TI4600). I'm not surprised that the GF4-series was/is very popular. It sold alot in its time and is still a good card today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadger 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Hey Shadow, if you want a "majority" machine your more than welcome to have my p4 2.53ghz and 512mb ram in exchange for yours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow 6 Posted March 11, 2004 Hehe thanks, but I can't be bothered with going to the post-office with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tovarish 0 Posted March 11, 2004 People are out there playing CS on 2.0 Ghz + machines, and I'm running OFP and FB on an overclocked P III 733? What a waste of computing power! Makes me want to cry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted March 11, 2004 Sorry but that is ABSOLUTELY UNREALISTIC <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Language English 503,020 90.63 % Â French 27,174 4.90 % Â German 7,647 1.38 % Â Spanish 7,169 1.29 % Â Simplified Chinese 3,592 0.65 % Â Traditional Chinese 3,351 0.60 % Â Korean 1,658 0.30 % Italian 1,429 0.26 % Unknown 1 0.00 % Chinese and eastern european nations MUST take much more of the pie. Not to talk about India and pakistan. Absolutely ridiculous! French, second most used language? LOL and spanish 4th BIG BULLSHIT THIS IS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gollum1 0 Posted March 11, 2004 People are out there playing CS on 2.0 Ghz + machines, and I'm running OFP and FB on an overclocked P III 733? What a waste of computing power! Makes me want to cry I hear that! People buying monster Alienware PCs and using them to play CS, for crying out loud! I would be doing OK except for my CPU, it's 1 ghz. It works as a bottleneck for my 768 megs RAM and Radeon 8500 videocard...I guess I'll be updating in about 6 months or less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Postduifje 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Aah, I'm far below the average there and my humble budget keeps me there for a while too . Well, I'll just save some euro's till a few weeks before the OFP2 release date, that way my money will have an optimal efficiency Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgk6 0 Posted March 11, 2004 I'm painfully average... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted March 11, 2004 People are out there playing CS on 2.0 Ghz + machines, and I'm running OFP and FB on an overclocked P III 733? What a waste of computing power! Makes me want to cry I hear that! People buying monster Alienware PCs and using them to play CS, for crying out loud! I would be doing OK except for my CPU, it's 1 ghz. It works as a bottleneck for my 768 megs RAM and Radeon 8500 videocard...I guess I'll be updating in about 6 months or less. In addition, they need expensive mice that support abnormally fast movements... a regular optical mouse makes them say "WTF, this mouse is broken" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites