The Average PC Gamer's Rig, As Of December 2009 (What's the deal??)

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Found this in Kotaku.

Earlier this week, Valve released the latest set of data from their regular hardware survey, revealing just what kind of hardware the average PC gamer is packing these days.

Here are the major findings: you prefer Intel systems to AMD, you prefer NVIDIA graphics cards to ATI, and the majority of you now have at least a dual-core system.

While it's always fun/heart-breaking comparing your own rig to that of the masses, I found one thing amusing; 97.98% of polled users had a DVD drive, something I do not. I'd always felt comfortable with this, games and other media being so easily available digitally these days, but now, I feel a little...alone

Source: Steam Hardware Survey: December 2009 [Valve]

So how much for this average gamer's rig costs??

Its good that 45% of systems are DX10, its moved up alot recently.

It's also good to know that theres more Windows 7 64bit than 32bit, its about time 64bit became the norm so the 4gb ram limitation is no longer an issue. I just wish companies like Dell would ONLY sell 64bit versions making sure it does become the norm. Maybe then we will have more native 64bit games.

I guess not everyone is playing Crysis at max settings... :(

Apparently, the dedicated sound card market is dead.

Apparently, the dedicated sound card market is dead.

br0kenrabbit

It died with Vista since it no longer supports hardware acceleration on the sound card.

I guess not everyone is playing Crysis at max settings... :(

GTSaiyanjin2

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

Apparently, the dedicated sound card market is dead.

GTSaiyanjin2

It died with Vista since it no longer supports hardware acceleration on the sound card.

Thats not true at all.

It no longer supports Directsound which is what many games used for hardware accelerated sound, however if you use OpenAL then you can still use the hardware acceleration and most games these days do use OpenAL. It's really only an issue for older games.

It died before Vista because motherboards have come with good inbuilt 7.1 for a very long time now, this is what led to it dying, even then companies are still making them, so people must be still buying them.

[QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

Apparently, the dedicated sound card market is dead.

Snagal123

It died with Vista since it no longer supports hardware acceleration on the sound card.

Thats not true at all.

It no longer supports Directsound which is what many games used for hardware accelerated sound, however if you use OpenAL then you can still use the hardware acceleration and most games these days do use OpenAL. It's really only an issue for older games.

It died before Vista because motherboards have come with good inbuilt 7.1 for a very long time now, this is what led to it dying, even then companies are still making them, so people must be still buying them.

i dont using steam i hate valve

i dont using steam i hate valve

SLIisaownsystem

It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!thetruespin

[QUOTE="SLIisaownsystem"]

i dont using steam i hate valve

Brownesque

It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!thetruespin

Well its still funny how these average PCs still output much better graphics than any of the consoles. Not forgetting the fact Crysis can be run at all very high setings @ 1280x1000 @30fps on an average dual core CPU, 2gb RAM and an old lowly 8800GT which is coming up to 3 years old.

[QUOTE="thetruespin"]It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!bobbetybob

[QUOTE="thetruespin"]It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!V4SKUNK

Well its still funny how these average PCs still output much better graphics than any of the consoles. Not forgetting the fact Crysis can be run at all very high setings @ 1280x1000 @30fps on an average dual core CPU, 2gb RAM and an old lowly 8800GT which is coming up to 3 years old.

[QUOTE="thetruespin"]It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!V4SKUNK

Well its still funny how these average PCs still output much better graphics than any of the consoles. Not forgetting the fact Crysis can be run at all very high setings @ 1280x1000 @30fps on an average dual core CPU, 2gb RAM and an old lowly 8800GT which is coming up to 3 years old.

[QUOTE="V4SKUNK"]

[QUOTE="thetruespin"]It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!Drathyl

Well its still funny how these average PCs still output much better graphics than any of the consoles. Not forgetting the fact Crysis can be run at all very high setings @ 1280x1000 @30fps on an average dual core CPU, 2gb RAM and an old lowly 8800GT which is coming up to 3 years old.

Man, I hope AMD and ATI numbers raise...I wub them so much!

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

Apparently, the dedicated sound card market is dead.

GTSaiyanjin2

It died with Vista since it no longer supports hardware acceleration on the sound card.

Yes, it's pretty sad and one of the reasons why I'm sticking to XP as long as I can. I guess no-one appreciates good sound quality anymore.

The quality of the sound is more directly related to 1) the quality of the speakers 2) the acoustics from the room 3) the player ears 4) the processing chip. Since current in-board chips are very good the quality of surround sound is no longer a proble,m

I'm using a X-Fi Fatal1ty in my XP desktop and a integrated chip in my W7 HTPC, and IMO the speakers are more important. And IMO my Logiech Z-5500 desktop beats my LG-TH953 TV home cinema.

Bu Bu Bu most pc gamers can't play their games on high :lol: . I hope this also clears up the actual cost of a gaming PC as well.

wooo hoo Im better then everyone else. I feel so special.

it makes sense why blizzard delays starcraft 2 cuz they want to make sure that majority computer can run it when they release this game.

[QUOTE="Drathyl"][QUOTE="V4SKUNK"]

Well its still funny how these average PCs still output much better graphics than any of the consoles. Not forgetting the fact Crysis can be run at all very high setings @ 1280x1000 @30fps on an average dual core CPU, 2gb RAM and an old lowly 8800GT which is coming up to 3 years old.

FAIL

The benchmarks you posted is from 2007 and it shows the 8800GT was getting 28fps @1280x768 @ very high settings.

This also does not change the FACT Nvidia has released many GPU drivers since 2007 which have vastly increased the performace of Nvidia GPUs in Crysis.

[QUOTE="SLIisaownsystem"]

i dont using steam i hate valve

Brownesque

no

i played wc3, sc, mirrors edge, cod4, assassins, crysis and all capcom games on pc. Valve games are poor and the graphics are horrible.

[QUOTE="V4SKUNK"]

[QUOTE="Drathyl"] Not according to benchmarks: http://www.pclabs.com.tr/2007/10/29/crysis-benchmark-with-8800gt/lowe0

FAIL

The benchmarks you posted is from 2007 and it shows the 8800GT was getting 28fps @1280x768 @ very high settings.

This also does not change the FACT Nvidia has released many GPU drivers since 2007 which have vastly increased the performace of Nvidia GPUs in Crysis.

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="V4SKUNK"]

FAIL

The benchmarks you posted is from 2007 and it shows the 8800GT was getting 28fps @1280x768 @ very high settings.

This also does not change the FACT Nvidia has released many GPU drivers since 2007 which have vastly increased the performace of Nvidia GPUs in Crysis.

anshul89

I think the better question is this.

DX10? Resolution you played at? AA on or off.

^^ those right there are what kills performance in crysis.

When people say running on "Very High" it can sometimes be misleading, simply because performance is hugely impacted by resolution and AA settings as well. If you want to run games like Crysis or Farcry2 on very high with full AA at 1680x1050, then you need a pretty expensive rig.

Mine with a 2.5 Ghz Quadcore, Crossfired 4850s, 8 gigs of ram averages about 29 FPS running Farcry2 on the settings mentioned above, sometimes dipping to as low as 14. If I lower the resolution to 720p instead, I average about 50 FPS with the same settings. So the resolution you choose to run at can have a large impact on performance.

I think the better question is this.

DX10? Resolution you played at? AA on or off.

Espada12

Seriously ppl should stop saying that an 8800 can run crysis maxed.... i have that card and i can barely run it smooth medium setting

Oh and i have the average pc gamer system.... inter C2D 2.6Ghz 2GB ram and 8800 gt

[QUOTE="lowe0"] What a joke. I used to have a pair of 8800 GTs, and even combined, the best they could do was ~30 fps on High. Very High? Forget it. Even my current setup struggles to do Very High at a stable framerate.Mograine

8800 gt

We_never_die

Looks like multicore CPUs are pretty damn popular.skrat_01

What about us users with DX11 cards!? lol 2 million have been sold since they launched.

Seriously ppl should stop saying that an 8800 can run crysis maxed.... i have that card and i can barely run it smooth medium setting

Oh and i have the average pc gamer system.... inter C2D 2.6Ghz 2GB ram and 8800 gt

We_never_die

It's interesting that most gamers apparently don't have very high spec computers.... but i thought you guys all ran Crysis on MAX???!thetruespin

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="V4SKUNK"]

FAIL

The benchmarks you posted is from 2007 and it shows the 8800GT was getting 28fps @1280x768 @ very high settings.

This also does not change the FACT Nvidia has released many GPU drivers since 2007 which have vastly increased the performace of Nvidia GPUs in Crysis.

anshul89

AMD has really been offering some great bang for the buck lately, so I hope their share of the pie rises steadily, competition is good and they deserve it. As for the cost of the average PC(or is that median?)..maybe around 500 bucks.ManicAce

[QUOTE="ManicAce"]AMD has really been offering some great bang for the buck lately, so I hope their share of the pie rises steadily, competition is good and they deserve it. As for the cost of the average PC(or is that median?)..maybe around 500 bucks.Midnightshade29

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

It died with Vista since it no longer supports hardware acceleration on the sound card.

GTSaiyanjin2

[QUOTE="SLIisaownsystem"]

i dont using steam i hate valve

Brownesque