hardware survey

Valve's Steam beta now surfaces whether your PC has Secure Boot and TPM enabled, making it trivial for gamers to see if their system will pass the new breed of anti‑cheat checks that many publishers are rolling out. The status shows up under Help → System Information in the Steam client (look...

Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a narrowly targeted but important platform change that affects a vanishing fraction of Steam users and formalises the final phase of Valve’s shift to a 64‑bit‑only Steam client. Background The news that Steam will drop...

Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a decision that closes the last mainstream holdout for 32‑bit Windows on Valve’s gaming platform and forces the small number of remaining Windows 10 32‑bit users to plan a near‑term migration if they want continued...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last holdout for 32‑bit Windows and forcing the tiny remaining cohort of users on Windows 10 32‑bit to migrate...

Valve will stop supporting Steam on 32‑bit Windows systems on January 1, 2026 — a move that affects a vanishingly small slice of the PC gaming population but signals a permanent industry shift away from 32‑bit desktop platforms and toward exclusive 64‑bit support. Background The end of Steam's...

Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...

Valve’s Steam client will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a decision that closes the final mainstream chapter for 32‑bit Windows on the platform and forces a small—but real—cohort of users to migrate, back up data, or accept an unsupported client. Background /...

Valve will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows for the Steam client on January 1, 2026, a move the company says affects only a vanishing fraction of users but which nevertheless closes a long-running chapter in the 32‑bit to 64‑bit transition for PC gaming. Background / Overview Steam’s...

Valve is preparing to stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows — specifically Windows 10 (32‑bit) — on January 1, 2026, a move that will end official Steam client updates and platform support for the tiny fraction of Steam users still running a 32‑bit Windows host. Background Windows 10...

Valve’s Steam platform is slated to stop supporting 32‑bit Windows systems on January 1, 2026, a move reported by multiple outlets and grounded in Steam’s hardware telemetry and past deprecation practice. Background / Overview Steam’s gradual retirement of legacy operating systems is not new...

Seems like Windows 8 is slowly gaining ground. Probably due to games becoming more advanced and devs not coding for xp anymore. The above article can be found here: Steam says Windows 8 has overtaken Windows XP - Neowin The actual STEAM survey page can be found here: Steam Hardware & Software...