Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
It is more likely that gamers, especially the kind that actually create an account on steam and buy games, know a little bit more about their hardware and capabilities than the average computer buyer who'll buy whatever latest rig Dell and HP are pushing into the market. Why? Because the gamer who wants to play the latest and greatest game is going to learn quickly either through experience or from a gaming forum what sort of hardware is required to play which kind of game. No?
No! How creating an account on Steam and buy games is a skill
It's like install Itunes and buy songs for Ipod, everyone can do that!
Steam Hardware Survey is far from represent gamers hardware. 10% of Steam play solely CS since more than 5 years!



http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14156
Techreport hardware survey from december show a far better picture of review readers hardware.

Main display resolution

* 1024 x 768 (364 votes)
7%
* 1280 x 800 (93 votes)
2%
* 1280 x 960 (91 votes)
2%
* 1280 x 1024 (1305 votes)
25%
* 1400 x 1050 (37 votes)
1%
* 1440 x 900 (341 votes)
7%
* 1600 x 1200 (431 votes)
8%
* 1680 x 1050 (1401 votes)
27%
* 1920 x 1080 (103 votes)
2%
* 1920 x 1200 (799 votes)
15%
* 1920 x 1440 (44 votes)
1%
* 2560 x 1600 (122 votes)
2%
* Other (113 votes)
2%