Steam may use frame rate data from millions of users to predict how a game will run on your PC

Steam may estimate game performance using frame rate data from millions of users; the feature is still in beta and may take some time to arrive.

What is coming

Valve already collects data on PCs through its monthly hardware survey and, now, it appears to be targeting the frame rates of millions of users to predict how a game will run on your machine.

How the estimation works

The novelty seems to be linked to a SteamOS feature in beta, which already collects performance information. A clue found in the latest Steam update points out that the store will be able to display a performance prediction based on the user's hardware. It is not yet visible on game pages. In principle, the estimate may require you to enter your CPU, GPU, and RAM memory to get a guess, or simply show the projected performance with the equipment you already use.

Context and impacts

This estimate may be especially useful for the Steam Machine and the Valve ecosystem, which counts on thousands of nearly identical configurations, helping to increase the accuracy of the calculations.

• It is not the first PC game store to display this type of prediction: the Xbox app and the Windows Store have been providing performance estimates for years.
• The function depends on hardware data collected by Valve over time.
• At the moment, data collection and estimation are still in beta, which means it may take time until it is widely available.

When implemented, the tool should facilitate purchase or upgrade decisions based on the expected performance of each title on your hardware.

Readers can follow official information as it emerges, but for now, what is known is that this feature is in development and may take some time to reach all users.

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