Re: Latest Steam Survey results out



On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:58:43 -0800, "Wile E. Coyote"
<coyote@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Schrodinger wrote:
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

Nearly half have DirectX10, over 60% Nvidia and nearly 70% Intel.

Confusingly, XP32Bit has 47% of OS!


The fact ATI only has 21% and Nvidia 63.19% is further proof that the
masses are dumbasses. ;)

I might give an Nvidia card a go when I next upgrade. I used to use
Nvidia only right up until I bought two PC's with an X600 Pro in one
and an All In Wonder 9600 in the other. I immediately noticed a
difference in the sharpness and richness of black text on white
background and was very impressed.

Since then I have gone through 9800's, X800's, X1800's, X1900's and
now have an HD4850 IGB. There is nothing wrong with them and I still
have two working and heavily used DVBTV Freeview All-In-Wonder cards
on my LAN.

But I am curious about Nvidia cards and it's some years since I've
bought one as an upgrade. When it's time to move up to DX11 I'll
probably buy Nvidia for at least one of my PC's to see if there really
is a difference, or whether it's down to starry eyed fanboys on both
sides of the coin.
--
Rob
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