Steam Hardware & Software Survey: August 2010

Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about what kinds of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. The information gathered is incredibly helpful to us as we make decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make and products to offer.

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PC Video card usage by mfg
DX10/11 Systems (Vista/Win7 + DX10/11 GPU)
PC Processor usage by manufacturer

PC Number of CPUs per computer
Mac Hardware ownership
Mac System RAM

Windows and Mac
August 2010 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows XP 32 bit 
31.49% 
-1.24% 

Windows XP 32 bit
31.49%
-1.24%

Windows 7 64 bit
29.62%
+1.38%

Windows Vista 32 bit
13.22%
-0.49%

Windows 7
12.82%
+0.40%

Windows Vista 64 bit
6.81%
+0.09%

MacOS 10.6.3 64 bit
4.13%
-0.17%

MacOS 10.5.8 64 bit
0.65%
-0.12%

Windows XP 64 bit
0.59%
+0.03%

Windows 2003 64 bit
0.28%
-0.03%

MacOS 10.6.4 64 bit
0.22%
+0.22%

Other
0.17%
-0.06%

System RAM
2 GB 
26.91% 
-0.32% 

Less than 512 MB
0.45%
-0.11%

512 Mb to 999 MB
3.05%
-0.32%

1 GB
9.24%
-0.64%

2 GB
26.91%
-0.32%

3 GB
26.36%
+0.19%

4 GB
22.94%
+0.75%

5 GB and higher
11.05%
+0.46%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
27.32% 
-0.03% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.40%
-0.05%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.25%
-0.03%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
2.68%
-0.10%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
7.39%
-0.24%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
10.52%
+0.10%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
27.32%
-0.03%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
11.52%
+0.11%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
8.01%
0.00%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
2.24%
+0.04%

3.7 Ghz and above
0.84%
+0.07%

Physical CPUs
2 cpus 
56.97% 
+0.15% 

1 cpu
14.10%
-0.98%

2 cpus
56.97%
+0.15%

3 cpus
1.09%
+0.06%

4 cpus
27.24%
+0.67%

5 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

6 cpus
0.43%
+0.11%

8 cpus
0.16%
-0.01%

12 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 
7.08% 
-0.13% 

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
7.08%
-0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce 8800
5.86%
-0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce 9800
5.44%
+0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600
4.20%
+0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600
3.86%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
3.40%
+0.07%

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
3.19%
+0.21%

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
3.01%
+0.19%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150
2.81%
+0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500
2.61%
0.00%

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express
1.98%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
1.55%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
1.54%
-0.11%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400
1.54%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
1.46%
-0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce 8500
1.30%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400
1.15%
+0.03%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
1.10%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce 7600
1.07%
-0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce 7300
1.04%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
1.00%
-0.03%

Mobile Intel 965 Express
0.98%
-0.13%

ATI Radeon HD 4670
0.95%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
0.94%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
0.90%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 4650
0.89%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 6100
0.82%
-0.09%

ATI Radeon HD 4350
0.82%
+0.04%

ATI Radeon HD 3200
0.78%
-0.03%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
0.75%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 3870
0.73%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 2600
0.70%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
0.69%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 6600
0.67%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
0.66%
+0.02%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
0.66%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M
0.64%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.63%
+0.07%

ATI Radeon HD 3850
0.61%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 6200
0.57%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
0.56%
0.00%

Intel G33/G31 Express
0.53%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
0.53%
-0.01%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
0.53%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
0.53%
-0.09%

Other
26.75%
+0.25%

VRAM
512 MB 
33.78% 
+0.19% 

2 MB
0.82%
-0.05%

3 MB
0.72%
-0.04%

7 MB
0.53%
-0.02%

64 MB
1.33%
-0.22%

128 MB
5.14%
-0.47%

256 MB
17.54%
-0.92%

320 MB
1.07%
-0.03%

384 MB
0.53%
+0.01%

512 MB
33.78%
+0.19%

640 MB
0.74%
-0.04%

768 MB
1.27%
+0.07%

896 MB
4.55%
+0.03%

1024 MB
26.03%
+1.42%

1536 MB
0.58%
+0.58%

Other
5.37%
-0.49%

Primary Display Resolution
1280 x 1024 
16.88% 
+0.13% 

1024 x 768
10.37%
-0.34%

1152 x 864
1.76%
-0.11%

1280 x 720
0.75%
0.00%

1280 x 768
0.80%
+0.02%

1280 x 800
7.03%
-0.33%

1280 x 960
1.38%
+0.05%

1280 x 1024
16.88%
+0.13%

1360 x 768
1.41%
+0.14%

1366 x 768
6.38%
+0.32%

1440 x 900
10.64%
-0.27%

1600 x 900
3.29%
+0.23%

1600 x 1200
0.81%
-0.04%

1680 x 1050
16.62%
-0.09%

1920 x 1080
12.28%
+0.44%

1920 x 1200
5.62%
-0.06%

Other
3.98%
-0.08%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
2960 x 1050 
8.96% 
-0.06% 

2048 x 768
1.13%
-0.08%

2304 x 1024
2.05%
-0.05%

2464 x 900
0.97%
-0.09%

2560 x 1024
6.48%
-0.60%

2640 x 1024
0.67%
-0.04%

2704 x 1050
2.22%
-0.15%

2720 x 1024
1.72%
+0.13%

2880 x 900
2.00%
+0.29%

2880 x 1200
0.62%
+0.01%

2880 x 1800
0.93%
-0.06%

2944 x 1080
1.31%
-0.07%

2960 x 1050
8.96%
-0.06%

3040 x 1050
1.07%
+0.19%

3120 x 1050
1.92%
-0.09%

3200 x 1080
7.49%
+0.13%

3200 x 1200
4.41%
+0.22%

3360 x 1050
6.43%
-0.47%

3360 x 1080
2.32%
+0.12%

3360 x 1200
0.75%
+0.05%

3360 x 2100
1.53%
+0.19%

3520 x 1200
1.33%
+0.12%

3600 x 1080
5.72%
-0.20%

3600 x 1200
2.28%
+0.08%

3840 x 1080
4.97%
+0.14%

3840 x 1200
3.81%
-0.09%

3840 x 2160
1.03%
+0.19%

3840 x 2400
1.98%
-0.04%

Other
23.90%
+0.24%

Microphones
Yes 
73.00% 
+0.10% 

Yes
73.00%
+0.10%

No
18.09%
-0.25%

Unknown
8.91%
+0.15%

Language
English 
57.75% 
-1.19% 

English
57.75%
-1.19%

Russian
11.62%
+1.74%

German
7.14%
-0.39%

French
6.28%
+0.01%

Polish
2.88%
+0.03%

Spanish
2.83%
-0.03%

Portuguese
2.39%
+0.02%

Swedish
1.32%
+0.09%

Korean
1.10%
-0.34%

Danish
0.95%
+0.09%

Italian
0.87%
-0.01%

Traditional Chinese
0.86%
-0.08%

Japanese
0.82%
-0.08%

Simplified Chinese
0.73%
-0.07%

Dutch
0.61%
+0.08%

Norwegian
0.47%
+0.04%

Czech
0.45%
+0.10%

Finnish
0.43%
-0.02%

Hungarian
0.36%
+0.01%

Romanian
0.09%
+0.02%

Thai
0.05%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space
10 GB to 99 GB 
33.62% 
-0.35% 

Less than 10 GB
4.21%
+0.01%

10 GB to 99 GB
33.62%
-0.35%

100 GB to 249 GB
29.02%
-0.18%

250 GB to 499 GB
20.41%
+0.08%

500 GB to 749 GB
6.46%
+0.26%

750 GB to 999 GB
4.55%
+0.11%

Above 1 TB
1.72%
+0.07%

Total Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
33.64% 
+0.38% 

Less than 10 GB
0.01%
-0.01%

10 GB to 99 GB
5.45%
-0.64%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.42%
-0.79%

250 GB to 499 GB
33.64%
+0.38%

500 GB to 749 GB
10.33%
+0.11%

750 GB to 999 GB
10.82%
+0.72%

Above 1 TB
15.30%
+0.22%

Network Speed
2,048.0 Kbps 
32.68% 
-0.17% 

Unspecified
22.90%
+0.46%

33.6 Kbps
0.66%
+0.02%

56.0 Kbps
2.01%
-0.09%

112.0 Kbps
0.91%
-0.08%

256.0 Kbps
8.70%
-0.28%

768.0 Kbps
11.07%
-0.54%

1,024.0 Kbps
4.98%
+0.16%

2,048.0 Kbps
32.68%
-0.17%

10,000.0 Kbps
16.09%
+0.52%

Other Settings
FCMOV 
100.00% 
0.00% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
98.75%
+0.13%

SSE3
96.16%
+0.41%

NTFS
94.02%
+0.19%

SSE4.1
35.61%
+0.72%

HyperThreading
14.92%
+0.55%

SSE4.2
12.26%
+0.90%

SSE4a
11.79%
+0.75%



 Windows (Mac data coming soon)
July 2010
APPLICATION, SERVICE OR SUITE
 
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
Steam
100.00%

Adobe Flash Player
96.79%

Adobe Acrobat
73.18%

Mozilla Firefox
63.05%

Microsoft Office
57.26%

Microsoft Silverlight
53.13%

Windows Live Messenger
52.58%

Microsoft Office PowerPoint
47.18%

Microsoft Office Word
46.21%

WinRAR
45.28%

Microsoft Office Excel
44.73%

QuickTime
43.95%

Skype
41.75%

Windows Live Mail
41.05%

Adobe AIR
40.60%

Microsoft Games for Windows
36.63%

Microsoft Office OneNote
34.77%

Windows Media Player
33.43%

PunkBuster
32.87%

Bonjour
31.97%

Microsoft Office Access
31.81%

iTunes
30.73%

µTorrent
29.41%

ATI Catalyst Control Center
29.00%

Microsoft Office InfoPath
27.03%

Windows Live Sync
25.59%

Windows Live Essentials
24.99%

Microsoft Office Groove
23.38%

Piriform CCleaner
22.70%

Windows Live Writer
22.62%

Microsoft Internet Explorer
19.82%

System Requirements Lab
19.66%

Winamp
19.45%

TeamSpeak
17.99%

7-Zip
17.90%

Ventrilo
17.38%

avast!
16.01%

Microsoft Works
15.19%

OpenOffice
14.63%

Fraps
13.70%

EA Download Manager
12.09%

Google Chrome
11.56%

Xfire
10.54%

ESET
8.81%

Safari
8.69%

GIMP
6.26%

Paint.NET
5.81%

BitTorrent
5.28%

Vuze (Azureus)
4.37%

WinZip
4.28%

foobar2000
2.66%

BitComet
2.44%

Norton AntiVirus
1.78%

Microsoft Office FrontPage
0.69%

* We are continuing to refine this data to provide the most relevant list of installed applications. New items will be added as they are identified.