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For instance, while Windows Vista can only be found on 15.52 percent ofthe respondent's systems, that's almost triple the 5.27 percent that wesaw in June. Windows XP is still the most popular choice for gamers at82.78 percent, with all other operating systems coming in at a combinedtotal of 1.83 percent. What's odd is that, while more gamers now haveaccess to DirectX 10 through their OS, only 8.31 percent of respondentshave both Windows Vista and a GPU that can handle DirectX 10. Sure,that's up from 1.21 percent in June, but it shows that many of theseVista owners may be getting Vista as the default OS in a new systeminstead of upgrading their hardware. With only half of the Vista ownerstaking advantage of DirectX 10, it certainly doesn't seem like apriority for gamers.
The percentage of gamers with ATI cards fell in the past months: nowonly 30.46 percent of gamers in Valve's survey are using ATI chipsets,down from 36.38 percent during the spring. NVIDIA cards can be found in65.71 percent of the systems counted, with the 8800 series being themost popular. In fact, the top six video cards, which account for 37.04percent of the video cards, belong to the GeForce family. That's quitethe win for NVIDIA. 69.60 percent of the cards defaulted to the DirectX9 Shader Model 3 Path on Source.
CPUs are more evenly matched than video cards. Intel chips are in56.37 percent of the systems, with AMD in the rest (what, noTransmeta?). That almost mirrors the results from June, except for avery minor increase by Intel. The surprise is how many people are nowrunning dual-core systems: 39.83 percent, up from 21.71 percent inJune.
Integrated sound is still popular, with the Realtek AC97 audio keeping17.04 percent of respondents in sound. The good news for multiplayerfans is that 79.27 percent of respondents had headsets, a reflection ofhow many more games support online VoIP as standard. RAM is also noproblem for respondents, as 44.38 percent of respondents have 2GB ormore, and an additional 38.22 percent have 1GB or more.
The vast majority of gamers are still only running one monitor, with4.99 percent responding that they have a dual-head or better setup.1280 x 960 is by far the preferred resolution for the primary monitorat 41.33 percent, with 1024 x 768 coming in at a strong second with27.14 percent.
There haven't been many drastic changes since we've last looked atthese numbers. Vista use is creeping up, although DirectX 10 use isstill low. With only 15.5 percent of the users on Vista and just overhalf of those with a DirectX 10-capable card, developers are going tobe reluctant to invest their energies towards making DirectX 10-enabledgames that take advantage of the platform. Without games that reallysell the Vista-only platform, gamers won't be jumping onboard.
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