Steam Hardware and Software Survey (May 2017)

And importantly a lot of pirated Windows 7, likely heavily skewing the OS numbers compared to the West.

Yes, the legally licensed version of Windows isn't popular there as the Chinese government requires a special censored version of Windows 10 that they can control if Microsoft wants to sell an OS there.

I believe they are also much more zealous about prosecuting people that attempt to run a non-Government approved copy of Windows 10 (pirated or imported) than they are people that attempt to run a non-Government approved copy of Windows 7 (pirated or imported).

Regards,
SB
 
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Steam Hardware Survey was showing the wrong numbers (as admitted by Valve themselves), and the latest update cut down a staggering 16% marketshare from (edit: entry and mid-level) Maxwell and Pascal cards alone. According to Valve, this was due to PCs from netcafés being counted multiple times.

https://techreport.com/news/33604/steam-hardware-survey-shows-big-changes-after-valve-fixes-counting

Who knows if even the current numbers are to be trusted.
 
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To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Steam Hardware Survey was showing the wrong numbers (as admitted by Valve themselves), and the latest update cut down a staggering 16% marketshare from Maxwell and Pascal cards alone. According to Valve, this was due to PCs from netcafés being counted multiple times.

https://techreport.com/news/33604/steam-hardware-survey-shows-big-changes-after-valve-fixes-counting

Who knows if even the current numbers are to be trusted.

Pretty lousy math and/or reporting on the author's side. Maxwell and Pascal didn't lose 16%, only some 7-8%. 16% is what you get by adding up the 6 cards that lost share, but a significant portion of that loss went to other Maxwell and Pascal cards, especially high-end and enthusiast Pascal cards.

Basically, midrange Maxwell and Pascal lost share and everything else gained share, but the biggest beneficiaries are high-end Pascal cards, by far.
 
Good that they corrected that as it would inflate China's influence on the survey to a greater degree than it already does.

Regards,
SB
 
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