Hardware capabilities of gamers : survey results

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Hardware capabilities of gamers : survey results

Post by tuan kuranes »

valve steam does ask players for their Hardware capabilities and very kindly, gives results to everyone. It's very practical using those stats, to aim a gaming platform and define minimum requirements without loosing too much players.

http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html

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Bad news : gf4 mx is still 11%, gf2 mx is still 7% !!

Good news : 94 % has SSE.and 1.5 Ghz is the minimum
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I used a gf2(mx!) a couple of months ago , and it wasn't that bad :P
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Post by dennis »

Wow, I actually think Valve could sell those numbers. Great info!
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Keep in mind those survey numbers are HEAVILY SKEWED towards the hardcore gamer profile... They are not indicative of what the majority of people have... Of course, we're making a game targeting the core gamer market, so it's fine for us...
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Holy shit, gf4mx is still second. I don't understand how the aTI 9800 series ends up above the 9600 series though.
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Don't think so completly - for the internet connections yes - these are dedicated online gamers, but many use common hardware.

Look at the average rig 256-512mb ram, 2ghz cpu and the vast majority uses cideo cards in the GF2MX - ati9600 range. These are not machines of players with fat wallets. But they are actually more than CS should need (not sure here as I don't play it, but it's fairly old by now.)
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@:wumpus:, maybe it is because many 9800 cards where delivered with a HL2-Coupon. Having the coupon is a strong reason to register at steam. :)
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Korean (Adult) 28,223 2.54 %
Korean (Teen) 7,831 0.71 %
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The survey only includes windows as an OS, i know this is the dominant system but it would be interesting if there was some data for Mac/Linux gamers as well.
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I don't think their hardware differs much from windows users
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I realise that, i was simply meaning that it would have been good to see the linux/mac included as apposed to simply "Windows Version"

Maybe not the point of their survey but it would have been usefull
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Post by DWORD »

Is there even a version of Half-Life 2 (or just Steam) for other OS'es than Windows?
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No. The game itself is Windows only. But there is a dedicated server for hl2 deathmatch and cs:source.
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Ah ok, sorry i misunderstood what it was,

thought it was a general survey
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Post by zarthrag »

IMO: if you're aiming for casual gamers, you should target a 1GHz system w/256MB and a 32MB GF2 card - especially if you're targeting multiple platforms.

"Current" games ought to shoot for ~1.5Ghz, a GF4 Ti/FX 5200/Radeon 9600, and 512MB of ram. Which is enough for some nice shader effects and such.

Hardcore doesn't matter, since they'll always have the lastest/greatest hardware. As an indie developer - I'd ignore that category anyway - as art assets are just a bit too much: Your emphasis should be on overall quality and gameplay.

As a result, steam is VERY skewed. I know few people who own the "biggest" cards available. As a developer, I don't even test with them - I use what the customers use.
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Post by :wumpus: »

GF4mx is the most common low end card still by far, even according to this survery, but yeah that's nothing more than a GF2.
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