Not each Home windows consumer desires or can replace their system to Home windows 11 (rather a lot stay on Home windows 10 regardless of its imminent finish of assist), however the gaming viewers is extra receptive to the brand new OS. Valve reviews that in December 2024, Home windows 11 reached a brand new all-time excessive on Steam.

In keeping with the newest Steam {Hardware} and Software program Survey outcomes, 54.96% of all Home windows customers are on Home windows 11. Final month, the share elevated by 1.98 factors. Home windows 10 respectively dropped to 42.39 (-0.92 factors). 64-bit Home windows 7 has 0.15% (-0.06 factors), and with it not capable of run the newest model of Steam, it’s anticipated to drop out quickly.

Though Home windows 11 is now the dominant model on Steam, it has some tough surfaces gaming-wise, particularly in its newest launch, model 24H2. Microsoft not too long ago paused the rollout of model 24H2 to these utilizing the Auto HDR characteristic, plus some video games cease working when working on the newest Home windows 11 replace.

There isn’t a data on what number of customers have already moved to model 24H2 (Microsoft not too long ago elevated the scope of its rollout), so it’s exhausting to inform what number of are affected by these bugs.

Total, 96.10% of all contributors within the December 2024 survey (participation is non-compulsory) use Home windows to entry Steam. Linux is second with 2.29%, and macOS has 1.61%.

On the {hardware} facet, the most well-liked picks embody 16GB of RAM (45.07%), a six-core processor (31.67%), the Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card (5.88%, now discontinued), 8GB of VRAM (34.91%), and a 1080p monitor (56.12%). Nvidia dominates the GPU phase with an awesome 75.67% market share (AMD has 16.24%), whereas Intel trumps AMD with 63.32% over 36.68%.

You possibly can be taught extra about Valve’s newest Steam {Hardware} and Software program Survey reviews on the official web site.