Comments on: Hardware of the casual gamer http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/ A glimpse inside Unity Technologies... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:04:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Emilly http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-28270 Emilly Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:02:35 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-28270 Thanks for good info! Thanks for good info!

]]> By: Andrew Pelt http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-24102 Andrew Pelt Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:35:38 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-24102 We would like to thank you again for the stunning ideas you gave Janet when preparing her post-graduate research and also, most importantly, with regard to providing every one of the ideas in one blog post. In case we had known of your web-site a year ago, we will have been rescued from the pointless measures we were choosing. Thanks to you. We would like to thank you again for the stunning ideas you gave Janet when preparing her post-graduate research and also, most importantly, with regard to providing every one of the ideas in one blog post. In case we had known of your web-site a year ago, we will have been rescued from the pointless measures we were choosing. Thanks to you.

]]> By: server http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-9745 server Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:14:53 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-9745 Great info! Do you have the data for Windows7 users? Great info!

Do you have the data for Windows7 users?

]]> By: vps http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-7712 vps Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:14:23 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-7712 Intel 945 is really good card. I still can play too many games with it. These are really super statistics. Intel 945 is really good card. I still can play too many games with it. These are really super statistics.

]]> By: Aras Pranckevičius http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-492 Aras Pranckevičius Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:07 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-492 The stats are live: <a href="http://unity3d.com/webplayer/hwstats/" rel="nofollow">http://unity3d.com/webplayer/hwstats/</a> @Macaca, @Sulka, @Carlos, @Mike, @Jack: answers to your questions can all be found there. Enjoy! The stats are live: http://unity3d.com/webplayer/hwstats/

@Macaca, @Sulka, @Carlos, @Mike, @Jack: answers to your questions can all be found there. Enjoy!

]]> By: Jack K Wulff http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-490 Jack K Wulff Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:15:32 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-490 Great info! Do you have the data for XP users that has not upgraded to SP2? Great info!

Do you have the data for XP users that has not upgraded to SP2?

]]> By: Simon http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-423 Simon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:12:50 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-423 Yes display resolutions will be very useful, this is all very good to know. Yes display resolutions will be very useful, this is all very good to know.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-401 Mike Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:50:13 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-401 display resolutions? Nice! display resolutions?

Nice!

]]> By: Aras Pranckevičius http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-379 Aras Pranckevičius Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:03:25 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-379 @Carlos: hold on, this post was just a glimpse into the total data. @Carlos: hold on, this post was just a glimpse into the total data.

]]> By: Carlos Nazareno http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-378 Carlos Nazareno Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:02:29 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-378 How about CPU speeds & RAM? Any data on that? Them's probably the most important statistics of the lot... Thanks! How about CPU speeds & RAM? Any data on that? Them’s probably the most important statistics of the lot… Thanks!

]]> By: Aras Pranckevičius http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-367 Aras Pranckevičius Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:48:39 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-367 @anonamun: it's well over a million samples since we began gathering the stats earlier this year. @anonamun: it’s well over a million samples since we began gathering the stats earlier this year.

]]> By: anonamun http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-366 anonamun Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:01:15 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-366 Can you please tell the sample size for this? How many users were sampled for the survey please (This is one of the nice things about the Valve survey too - ie. They tell you the sample size). Can you please tell the sample size for this? How many users were sampled for the survey please (This is one of the nice things about the Valve survey too – ie. They tell you the sample size).

]]> By: Tom Higgins http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-363 Tom Higgins Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:53:25 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-363 @Sulka: first off, hey man! :) Second, our primary interest is to gather information about graphics capabilities and so we'll stick with that for now (we'll look at what other information is appropriate to gather in the future). @Sulka: first off, hey man! :) Second, our primary interest is to gather information about graphics capabilities and so we’ll stick with that for now (we’ll look at what other information is appropriate to gather in the future).

]]> By: Sulka Haro http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-361 Sulka Haro Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:44:58 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-361 Please please please include the total installed RAM and free RAM counts here too. That'd be _very_ interesting. And hey, why not the size and free space available on the hard drives too. Please please please include the total installed RAM and free RAM counts here too. That’d be _very_ interesting. And hey, why not the size and free space available on the hard drives too.

]]> By: Daniel G. Blázquez http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-358 Daniel G. Blázquez Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:01:56 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-358 Great info! Txs Great info! Txs

]]> By: Aras Pranckevičius http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-356 Aras Pranckevičius Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:51:29 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-356 Macaca: sure, the images here are just a fraction of the data we have. Bear with us, we're preparing all of it. Macaca: sure, the images here are just a fraction of the data we have. Bear with us, we’re preparing all of it.

]]> By: Macaca http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-355 Macaca Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:42:27 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-355 It's missing some important bits: CPU type & speed, and the available RAM. In Flash my bottleneck is raw CPU power (rastering vectors, transforming images, blending alpha channels, physics & AI calculations. It’s missing some important bits: CPU type & speed, and the available RAM. In Flash my bottleneck is raw CPU power (rastering vectors, transforming images, blending alpha channels, physics & AI calculations.

]]> By: ryan http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-353 ryan Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:49:46 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-353 Nice information dudes. Thanks for sharing, continually sharing quarterly like flash penetration rates would be great as well :). Having this information is extremely valuable to making good games on your platform. Nice information dudes. Thanks for sharing, continually sharing quarterly like flash penetration rates would be great as well :) . Having this information is extremely valuable to making good games on your platform.

]]> By: Joseph Quigley http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-350 Joseph Quigley Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:20:01 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-350 Wow, that's a big help when it comes to optimizing. Thanks for the stats! Wow, that’s a big help when it comes to optimizing. Thanks for the stats!

]]> By: Aras Pranckevičius http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-349 Aras Pranckevičius Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:36:32 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-349 Jashan: yeah, I tried using Google Charts API. Found a couple of bugs in it already :) Jashan: yeah, I tried using Google Charts API. Found a couple of bugs in it already :)

]]> By: Lucas Meijer http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-348 Lucas Meijer Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:06:55 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-348 Great information. reports look quite nice and graphical to me :) Great information. reports look quite nice and graphical to me :)

]]> By: Jashan http://blogs.unity3d.com/2008/08/01/hardware-of-the-casual-gamer/#comment-347 Jashan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=78#comment-347 Hi Aras, wow, thanks for sharing that info!!! I think the layout is definitely "good enough" for the purpose. Just recently, I came across Google Charts API. If you have the data in a database that could somehow be accessed from your Web server, you might consider using this to put up some "online reports". The Charts API is kind of trivial to use - but of course, I don't know about the backend efforts that would be needed ;-) That said: OMG, graphics cards models is truly shocking... hm... looks like "optimization time" is ripe ;-) Sunny regards, Jashan Hi Aras,

wow, thanks for sharing that info!!! I think the layout is definitely “good enough” for the purpose. Just recently, I came across Google Charts API. If you have the data in a database that could somehow be accessed from your Web server, you might consider using this to put up some “online reports”. The Charts API is kind of trivial to use – but of course, I don’t know about the backend efforts that would be needed ;-)

That said: OMG, graphics cards models is truly shocking… hm… looks like “optimization time” is ripe ;-)

Sunny regards,
Jashan

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