Valve’s month-to-month Steam (*11*) & Software Survey outcomes are out, that means we are able to see how Microsoft’s newest working system is doing among the many gaming viewers. An identical report from Statcounter claims Windows 11 has roughly 27% on the worldwide market, however issues are barely totally different on the gaming facet.
For these unfamiliar with Steam (*11*) & Software Survey, right here is how Valve describes it:
Steam conducts a month-to-month survey to gather information about what sorts of pc {hardware} and software program our clients are utilizing. Participation within the survey is elective, and nameless. The info gathered is extremely useful to us as we make selections about what sorts of expertise investments to make and merchandise to supply.
According to Valve, in August 2023, Windows 11 skilled a notable spike in its consumer base. The working system that may flip two subsequent month is now at 39.22%, 2.55 factors up in comparison with the earlier month. It is now dangerously near Windows 10 with its steadily declining market share, at the moment at 55.98%, a -1.89 level lower.
Windows 10 will not be the one working system dropping clients on Steam. 64-bit Windows 7 is all the way down to 1.02 (-0.19), 64-bit Windows 8.1 to 0.22 (-0.03), and 32-bit Windows 7 is at 0.08% (-0.02).
Windows 10 – 55.98% (-1.89)
Windows 11 – 39.22% (+2.55)
Windows 7 64-bit – 1.02% (-0.19)
Windows 8.1 64-bit – 0.22% (-0.03)
Windows 7 – 0.08% (-0.02)
Overall, the Windows household has an amazing Steam market share of 96.61% (+0.4). macOS has 1.57% (-0.27), and Linux 1.82% (-0.14).
And listed here are the preferred {hardware} picks amongst these utilizing Steam to play PC video games:
Steam (*11*) Survey – August 2023
Processors
Intel
AMD
Microsoft
66.52% (-0.24)
33.43% (+0.24)
0.05%
Physical Cores
6 cores
4 cores
8 cores
32.25% (-0.03)
24.88% (-1.67)
20.38% (+0.88)
Memory
16GB
32GB
8GB
50.92% (+1.12)
20.54% (+0.91)
15.76% (-1.48)
Graphics Cards Models
NVIDIA GTX 1650
NVIDIA RTX 3060
NVIDIA GTX 1060
4.96% (-0.16)
4.73% (+0.02)
4.19% (-0.26)
Graphics Cards Memory
8GB
6GB
12GB
29.85% (+0.69)
17.40% (-0.17)
12.90% (+0.64)
Display Resolution
1920 x 1080
2560 x 1440
1366 x 768
60.75% (-0.72)
14.85% (+0.76)
4.65% (-0.55)
You can discover extra info on the official survey web page.
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