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    Steam hardware survey went up for the first time since the OS X client launched: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

    Some interesting stats (some cut/pasted from another forum):

    - OS X comprises 8.46% of Steam machines
    - The GeForce 9400M is sitting at 4.05%, up from 0% last period. That's a shitload of 9400Ms
    - Systems using NTFS went down 8.39%, which makes sense given the 8.46% OS X figure
    - The 2560x1440 resolution isn't listed, so no real indication of how many 27" iMacs are running Steam
    - Of the resolutions polled, machines with 1280x800 of the 13" Macbook went up 2.83%, far and away the largest percentage increase in the group. 1440x900 resolution of the 15" MBP went up 1.21%, the second largest increase only to "other", which probably includes the unlisted 2560x1600 and 2560x1440 resolutions. All other resolutions were flat to negative.
    Jun 04, 2010 9:42am PDT
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      They don't have 5120x1200 which is my new desktop resoloution either :( : abrasionThis person is cool!
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        They have 5120x2880! (wtf) : Serpico74This person is cool!
        • what card is going to be able to pump out that res without issue? : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
      • I wonder on a normal sized monitor if you could tell the difference past a certain point. And if there i... : kingdeporkThis person is cool!
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        eyefinity rocks! my bank account hates me for buying 3 monitors. lmao : x[sliver]This person is cool!
        • Dude gimmie some info on it, I only have an ATI 4890 right now so I'm in the considering phase of getting... : abrasionThis person is cool!
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          What did you get? Seems like three 22" displays is the way to go : Serpico74This person is cool!
          • 3 hp zr24w's : x[sliver]This person is cool!
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      that is freakin awesome. way to go valve and steam! keep those steam sales going for PC and OSX! : DownforceThis person is cool!
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        also holy shit why are people on such old shitty ATI drivers? omfg! averaging 2009 based drivers? WTF. th... : DownforceThis person is cool!
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          You know I used to enjoy updating drivers in windows but I never even thought of looking for video driver... : not work safeThis person is cool!
          • I kinda figure on a Mac you just update when Apple says to update. : SchnappleThis person is cool!
    • need to see how many accounts are tied to pc and mac and how the gaming time is distributed on those. : HoaxThis person is cool!
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      Gotta love how Apple puts a nettop GPU into a desktop computer. : Jimbo RoThis person is cool!
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        I think it is safe to conclude based on the numbers that a huge chunk of Macs running Steam are 13" noteb... : Serpico74This person is cool!
        • Just to add I have an older 17 MBP and it has the 9400m I believe as its default gpu then another nvidia ... : massdev
      • which one is that? : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
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        Nvidia has been using integrated GPUs such as that for laptops and low end desktops long before there wer... : ttyRazorThis person is cool!
        • reading comprehension -1 :( : ttyRazorThis person is cool!
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      Serpico, do you know how (from reading, etc) they tally laptops that have two GPUs? (the integrated and m... : FaykThis person is cool!
      • great minds ;p : massdev
      • Good question, no idea! I'm assuming that it counts the discreet GPUs as there was a sizable jump in GPUs... : Serpico74This person is cool!
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      Also interesting re: old 15" Macbooks: - The number of 8600M GT GPUs used in the 2008 MBP jumped from ... : Serpico74This person is cool!
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        The 8600M GT GPUs were used two years, 2007 and 2008. There are a lot of them out there. : magistersmax
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          Well, I guess it was more like a year and a half. Two generations of both 15" and 17" models. : magistersmax
          • In any case, it explains why there was such a large jump in that number. And they're still on G92 deri : Serpico74This person is cool!
      • Wasn't that the year everyone got their free macbook pro? Makes some sense. : fleabugThis person is cool!
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      I wonder how much of that OSx is just people trying it out who already have a decent sized collection on ... : BeadyThis person is cool!
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        I'd guess a pretty good chunk. Lots of people out there with Windows desktops and Mac notebooks. : Serpico74This person is cool!
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          Or Mac laptops that had been bootcamping. : derelict515This person is cool!
          • I'm in this camp. : magistersmax
      • At least in most cases, I assume they can derive that since people aren't likely to make a new, separate ... : FaykThis person is cool!
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      Anyone know what the hell happened to this weeks Mac updates on Steam? Didn't see anything new. : TrippsThis person is cool!
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        Nothing this week. Someone posted (don't know the source) on somethingawful a quote from a valve emplo... : FaykThis person is cool!
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          I wonder why WWDC changes anything. Maybe 10.6.4 will be released sometime next week with updated OpenGL ... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
          • All the Valve developers working on the OS X versions will probably be at WWDC and unable to get any work... : Serpico74This person is cool!
    • I launched it on my laptop to chat with some friends and they wanted me to do a survey, but I declined be... : ieGodThis person is cool!
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      Wow! 41% use a DX11 card, but only 2% use Vista/Win7 to actually get that DX support. So many morons ... : ShadowRamThis person is cool!
      • that is certainly lame. they can throw down cash for hardware upgrades across the board, but not that Win : DownforceThis person is cool!
      • i think i have a DX11 card but i have no idea if i have it set up or if any of my games are using it : electrolyThis person is cool!
      • 41%? Did everyone trade in their old cards for the 5000 series when I wasn't looking? : AlexW1203
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        the high percentage of people with > 3gb of ram coupled with the huge number of 32-bit OSes is also sad :... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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          mikecyb, there's no data here suggesting that there's any overlap between the minority of users using >3G... : electrolyThis person is cool!
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            yeah I was going to say that but I got distracted and then I figured nobody would read my post THANKS FOR... : mikecybThis person is cool!
            • i always read your posts mikecyb. :( : electrolyThis person is cool!
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        i think you misinterpreted that. 41% of DX11 users are using a 5800. that's what the graph is saying th... : electrolyThis person is cool!
        • Right. I'm fairly certain there haven't even been enough DX11 cards sold to represent 41% of the total m... : twifosp
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      In the May 2010 tab, the increase/decrease percentages... are comparing to what time period? May 2009? : Scoots06
      • They are compared to the prior hardware poll, so it is month by month. The year-over-year changes are muc... : Serpico74This person is cool!