Steam Windows 7 64bit now highest used OS on Steam

When did this happen?

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=pc

Last time I checked it was still XP 32bit!

 

Good. Out with 32bit I say.

 

makes for very interesting reading. i do like how steam make this data publicly available

 

Hardly suprising really, more and more people are realising the benefits of 64 bit, and 7 is much much better than Vista and, in my opinion, better than XP.

It is worth noting however that it is only just beating XP 32 bit; just 0.15%.

 

Even so, +3.41% is quite a significant gain from June

 

Was away to say when i checked at the end of june XP 32-bit was top so must be just this month.

 

GTX 460 = upgrade cycle for 3.2% of people then.

EDIT: I'm wrong! People bought ATI cards!! http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/?sort=chg Very strange - prices must have dropped, or ATI launched promotions across online stores in response to the GTX 460??

My biggest surprise is that 17% of people STILL use single core CPUs! WTF

It's not accurate though IMO - 91% of people use SLI? I find that difficult to believe it's that swayed.

 

Well, some people might run steam on their netbook and play World Of Goo and such.

 

Well, it makes sense to me. Think about it: people who buy ATI are usually aiming for the best bang for buck - hence they'll stick to single cards; Nvidia cards on the other hand scale much better in multi GPU configurations (YES, they do, get over it Red fanboys!) and tend to be dearer - so a person buying an Nvidia card probably isn't afraid of splashing out more money for a second GPU.

I'm surprised that ATI are leading in DX10 though - however the venerable 8800 series is still holding strong.

 

I have a 5870 a quad core cpu and 4Gb RAM and im still on XP 32bit *hides* im getting Win7 at the end of the month though. So now you know one of the noobs that adds to the statistics

 

Hey, I just moved to Windows 7 64-bit this past month!

So, clearly, the majority follows my lead. The statistics correlate this fact. I am the person you need to watch to spot market trends. Bow unto me, peasants.

 

I think its the 4890. Just before the GTX460 came out, everyone on here seemed to be recommending the 4890 as it was almost just as good as a 5850 (apparently).

The 48xx series will last a bit longer than the 8800 I reckon. My 8800GT is starting to struggle with certain things, although I can still play everything, just not at Max.

 

Good call, the 4890 was/is a good value card. And yeah, it'll last longer as technically it's about two generations ahead!

Now whatever gave you that idea

 

Maybe that SLi number is people with cards capable of SLi, rather than actual number with SLi?

 

Nah. if you extend it, it divide the numbers down into 2 way SLI, 2 way Crossfire, 3 way SLI and 4 way SLI.

 

I thought way more people would have a GTX260. It seemed like everyone had one last year

 

The 91% SLI statistic is that 91% of those using a Multi-GPU have 2-way SLI, 5.1% with Crossfire, and the rest with 3-way and 4-way SLI.

 

Only 0.69% of us using a GTX-280? Weird.

 

It's been heading toward 7 steadily since it came out, there was a huuuuuge XP install base to overtake don't forget.

Also damn right it's the 4890