Every few months, Steam runs a hardware survey with their users. If a Steam user participates, the survey collects data about what kinds of computer hardware and system software being used, and the results get sent to Steam. The survey is incredibly helpful for Steam as game developers in that it ensures that they`re making good decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make, and also gives people a way to compare their own current hardware setup to that of the community as a whole. The survey began November 13, 2007 -- and I was just given the survey tonight -- but with nearly 1.5 million unique samples taken in a four-month period, that`s a pretty good snapshot of the PC Steam-using community. Hit the jump if you`d like to see the running results.