It is true that Windows 11 has caused quite a lot of controversy with this operating system Microsoft repeated many mistakes which we saw at the launch of Windows 10. The slowness with which it is adopted globally and the dominance that Windows 10 continues to show only confirms that a large part of users are not attracted to this operating system and that for one reason or another they do not want to upgrade just yet.

However, if we look at the PC gaming sector, we find a completely different reality, as Windows 11 continues to gain ground and has reached a point where we can say without any doubt that it has become a success among game lovers. compatible. Do you think I’m exaggerating? Not at all, according to the latest data from the Steam Software and Hardware Survey 33.99% of users are using Windows 11which is up 0.60% from the previous month, while Windows 10 is down 0.70% to remain at 60.51%.

The difference between the two operating systems is still quite large, but that Windows 11 has reached almost 34% share on Steam in just one year and eight months is certainly quite an achievementand we must be fair and recognize it as such. The rest of the share of operating systems for the month of May on the well-known Valve platform was shared by macOS, which counts 2.39% among all its versions, Linux, which gets 1.47%, Windows 7, which has a 1.17% share, and Windows 8.1, which closed with 0.29%.

Windows 11 is growing, but how is it on the hardware level?

The truth is that there are few changes. 6-core processors continue to lead with a share of 33.78%which is a figure that represents an increase of 0.29% and the most common operating frequencies are between 2.3 GHz and 2.69 GHz. Quad-core processors are the second most used with 27.12% and 8-core processors are in third place with 19.59%.

When it comes to graphics cards, NVIDIA maintains a very clear dominance as the 11 most used graphics cards on Steam are GeForce. The most popular is the GeForce GTX 1650, which has a share of 5.85%, it is followed by the GeForce GTX 1060, whose share is 4.79%, and the top three is rounded off by the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a share of 4.73%. Within the new generation, the most popular are GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and GeForce RTX 4090.

Most players use Steam they have 8 GB of graphics memoryand only 0.73% have 16GB of graphics memory. There are no changes in RAM either, because most players has 16GB (51.93%) not even in the most used resolution, which is still there 1080p (64.33%). This means that almost two-thirds of Steam users play in FullHD, which explains the huge popularity of GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1060 and GeForce RTX 3060.