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>The Steam Hardware Survey samples the system when Steam is launched, not while a game is playing Who's installing steam on their non-gaming computer?
by gruez 2y ago
>The Steam Hardware Survey samples the system when Steam is launched, not while a game is playing
Who's installing steam on their non-gaming computer?
- dragonwriter 2y agoI still have Steam installed on the laptop that was long ago replaced as my gaming computer but which is occasionally used for other purposes, because I have no particular reason to remove it.
- wtallis 2y agoNot all gamers have a computer entirely dedicated to that purpose. Even among those that do, it's not uncommon to also play games or run Steam on another machine.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoI have it installed on a non-gaming laptop. There are lots of lightweight games that I might play when traveling.
- mvdtnz 2y agoHow is that relevant? The question was whether the resolution figure in the survey is hardware resolution or software settings, and it's the former.
- wtallis 2y agoIt's actually probably reporting the software-configured resolution, not the hardware capability. The important distinction is whether it's a system-wide resolution setting or a game-specific setting that may not apply to browser contexts (except for the ones used by Steam itself).
- DeathRay2K 2y agoWhat makes you think that it’s more likely reporting a software-configured resolution? It is after all a hardware survey, and focused on what user hardware supports.
- wtallis 2y agoIt's vastly simpler, and more useful, for Steam to detect the current resolution. Trying to detect the maximum supported resolution is non-trivial, especially when there are devices that will accept a 4k signal despite having fewer pixels.
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