Steam Survey: August results

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Go Here for interactive list (click on a selection ie, AMD CPU Speeds (PC)2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz8.17%-0.17% to get the breakdown of all AMD processor speed sections (2.3 Ghz to 2.66 Ghz, etc.))

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.
Now with Mac! Use the dropdown below the graphs to filter by platform or view combined stats.


Windows Only
August 2010 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEMMOST POPULARPERCENTAGECHANGE
Windows VersionWindows XP 32 bit32.22%-2.29%
System RAM (PC)3 GB27.73%+0.29%
Processor Vendor (PC)GenuineIntel69.30%-0.47%
Intel CPU Speeds (PC)2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz26.55%+0.53%
AMD CPU Speeds (PC)2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz8.17%-0.17%
Physical CPUs (PC)2 cpus54.32%-0.68%
DirectX 11 Systems (Vista/Win7 & DX 11 GPU) ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series3.32%+0.51%
DirectX 11 GPUs ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series35.14%-1.52%
DirectX 10 Systems (Vista/Win7 & DX 10 GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series6.17%+0.27%
DirectX 10 GPUs ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series10.79%+0.24%
DirectX 9 Shader Model 2b and 3.0 GPUs NVIDIA GeForce 760011.23%-0.50%
DirectX 9 Shader Model 2.0 GPUs ATI Radeon 960015.00%+3.45%
MSAA Support Level4x89.54%+3.04%
NVIDIA Drivers8.17.11.9745 (4/4/2010)14.43%+14.43%
ATI Drivers8.17.10.29 (5/27/2010)12.18%+0.69%
Video Card Driver Name (PC) nvd3dum.dll38.19%+1.97%
Video Card Description (PC) ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series7.85%+0.30%
Multi-GPU Systems (PC) NVIDIA SLI (2 GPUs)91.64%+0.58%
VRAM (PC)512 MB34.53%+0.33%
Primary Display Resolution (PC)1280 x 102417.74%+0.11%
Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (PC)2960 x 105010.32%+0.63%
Audio Devices (PC)Realtek HD Audio output40.56%+0.06%
Microphones (PC)Yes76.69%+4.55%
Language (PC)English56.81%-0.33%
Drive Type (PC)DVD93.63%+1.58%
Free Hard Drive Space (PC)10 GB to 99 GB32.49%-1.41%
Total Hard Drive Space (PC)250 GB to 499 GB33.83%+0.49%
Network Speed (PC)2,048.0 Kbps32.20%+1.80%
Other Settings (PC)FCMOV100.00%0.00%


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.