Windows 11 isn’t breaking speed records when it comes to development. The latest reports show that most users still prefer good old Windows 10, and only 23 percent have already upgraded to Windows 11. However, things are a little different on the gaming side of the market.
Windows 11’s gaming-related improvements and optimizations are solid incentives for gamers to move from Windows 10 to 11. Valve’s monthly hardware and software survey shows that the gaming audience is more willing to upgrade: about 34% of all Steam users now run Microsoft’s latest versions. operating system.
Note: Survey participation is optional, and data is never 100% accurate.
According to the May 2023 Steam Hardware and Software Survey results, 96.14% of all users access the platform from a Windows PC (-0.24 points compared to the previous month). 60.51% run Windows 10 (-0.7 points), and 33.99% are powered by Windows 11.
Older versions of Windows still exist, but their market shares are poor: 64-bit Windows 7 has 1.17% (-0.11 points), 64-bit Windows 8.1 has 0.29% (-0.02 points), and 32-bit Windows 7 Is. 0.08% Those still playing games on PCs with Windows 7 and 8 should start thinking about upgrading as Valve plans to end Steam on unsupported Windows versions on January 1, 2024. Is.
- Windows 10 – 60.51% (-0.24 points)
- Windows 11 – 33.99% (+0.6 points)
- Windows 7 64-bit – 1.17% (-0.11 points)
- Windows 8.1 64-bit – 0.29% (-0.02 points)
- Windows 7 – 0.08%
Now to the hardware side of the report:
| Steam Hardware Survey – May 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 67.52% (+0.38) | 32.46% (-0.38) | 0.03% | |
| Body cover | 6 cover | 4 cover | 8 Cor |
| 33.78% (+0.29) | 27.12% (-0.58) | 19.59% (-0.01) | |
| memory | 16 GB | 8 GB | 32 GB |
|
51.93% (-0.26%) |
18.91% (-0.44%) | 16.87% (+0.77) | |
| Models of graphics cards | NVIDIA GTX 1650 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | NVIDIA RTX 3060 |
| 5.85% (-0.13) | 4.79% (-0.05) | 4.73% (+0.22) | |
| Graphics cards memory | 8 GB | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| 28.33% (+0.43) | 19.18% (-0.05) |
13.48% (-0.65) |
|
| Display resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 64.33% (-0.19) | 12.88% (+0.39) |
5.22% (-0.06) |
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You can find more information here. On the Steam Hardware and Software Survey page.
