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Just a quick Unity community survey

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by lucidcoder, Sep 11, 2012.

  1. lucidcoder

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    Hey guys, just a quick little survey I wanted to conduct to see what kind of hardware setup fellow Unity users happen to be using.

    Since the Unity forums' poll options are somewhat limited, please post below your answer to the below survey points:

    • Primary development operating system(s):
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.):
    • Primary development machine's GPU:
    • Primary development machine's RAM:
    • Preferred version of Unity:

    Here's an example, containing my answers:

    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 x64, Mac OS X 10.7.4
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone
    • Primary development machine's GPU: AMD Radeon 5670M
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 4GB DDR3
    • Preferred version of Unity: Unity 3.5
     
    lucidcoder, Sep 11, 2012
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  2. UnknownProfile

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X 10.7.4
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone, Web, iOS
    Primary development machine's GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4670
    Primary development machine's RAM: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5
     
    UnknownProfile, Sep 11, 2012
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  3. Khyrid

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 3.1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Sega CD
    Primary development machine's GPU: ATI Rage 128 Magnum (32 MB VRAM)
    Primary development machine's RAM: 128 MB DDR
    Preferred version of Unity: Unity 0.00000000000000000001
     
    Last edited: Sep 11, 2012
    Khyrid, Sep 11, 2012
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  4. lucidcoder

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    Well played, sir.
     
    lucidcoder, Sep 11, 2012
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  5. Morning

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Win7 64Bit
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone, Web
    • Primary development machine's GPU:Nvidia GTX 560Ti
    • Primary development machine's RAM:8GB
    • Preferred version of Unity:Latest?
     
    Morning, Sep 11, 2012
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  6. Jaimi

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    • Primary development operating system(s): OSX 10.8.1, Windows 7 x64
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone
    • Primary development machine's GPU: ATI 6750M, 1GB
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 16 GB
    • Preferred version of Unity: 4.0b7
     
    Jaimi, Sep 11, 2012
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  7. pvloon

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    Primary development operating system(s):Windows7 64 bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): iOs, Android
    Primary development machine's GPU: Ati Radeon HD5770
    Primary development machine's RAM: 4GB
    Preferred version of Unity:Latest (including betá)[/B]
     
    pvloon, Sep 11, 2012
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  8. ColossalDuck

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    Primary development operating system(s):Windows 8
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.):Android
    Primary development machine's GPU:Radeon HD 6850
    Primary development machine's RAM:8GB DDR3 2400MHz
    Preferred version of Unity: Latest and greatest
     
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    ColossalDuck, Sep 11, 2012
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  9. Kinos141

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    Primary development operating system(s): Win 7
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone
    Primary development machine's GPU: G 105m
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5.5f3
     
    Kinos141, Sep 11, 2012
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  10. SevenBits

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X 10.8.1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone, Web, iOS
    Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB
    Primary development machine's RAM: 4 GB DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5
     
    SevenBits, Sep 11, 2012
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  11. burnpsy

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64-bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone
    Primary development machine's GPU: Intel Core i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60 GHz
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8 GB
    Preferred version of Unity: Whatever the current version is at any given time.
     
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    burnpsy, Sep 11, 2012
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  12. CharlieSamways

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X Version 10.7.4 (time to check for an update)
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): iOS and whatever my client would like.
    Primary development machine's GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
    Primary development machine's RAM: 16gb DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: Unity v3.x
     
    CharlieSamways, Sep 11, 2012
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  13. DanielQuick

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS 10.8.1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone, iOS
    Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
    Primary development machine's RAM: 16 GB
    Preferred version of Unity: Latest, in this case 3.5.5
     
    DanielQuick, Sep 11, 2012
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  14. ColossalDuck

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    Why did you not ask for CPU by the way?

    *cough* i7 3770k *cough*
     
    ColossalDuck, Sep 12, 2012
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  15. TylerPerry

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Android, Web(next game is also IOS :D)
    • Primary development machine's GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon something.
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 4 GB DDR2
    • Preferred version of Unity: The latest one.
     
    TylerPerry, Sep 12, 2012
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  16. larvantholos

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): PC
    • Primary development machine's GPU: AMD 7970
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 32gb
    • Preferred version of Unity: 4.0
     
    larvantholos, Sep 12, 2012
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  17. neryun

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64 / OS X
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): None at this moment
    Primary development machine's GPU: Nvidia Geforce 580
    Primary development machine's RAM: 12 GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5.5
     
    neryun, Sep 12, 2012
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  18. imaginaryhuman

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    Here's mine
    • Primary development operating system(s): Mac OSX Lion, occasionally Windows Vista
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone
    • Primary development machine's GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970M - 1gb ram - 27" 2560x1440, ~20 billion texels/sec fillrate
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
    • Preferred version of Unity: 3.5ish
     
    imaginaryhuman, Sep 12, 2012
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  19. MellowNinja

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    Primary development operating system(s): MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone.
    Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
    Primary development machine's RAM: 16 GB DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5

    *cough* i5 2500k *cough* i7 i think is over kill and not needed
     
    MellowNinja, Sep 12, 2012
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  20. kingcharizard

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64-Bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): None
    Primary development machine's GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8600
    Primary development machine's RAM: 2GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5

    my machine is kinda old.. I'm not sure if thats the right GPU i believe it is have't check in awhile
     
    kingcharizard, Sep 12, 2012
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  21. lmbarns

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 x64
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Android, iOS when I get a mac
    • Primary development machine's GPU: NVidia 8800 GTS 512mb
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 4GB
    • Preferred version of Unity: Unity 3.4.2f

    Mine...
     
    lmbarns, Sep 12, 2012
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  22. ColossalDuck

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    I agree, but I can't let my friends beat my computer now can I?
     
    ColossalDuck, Sep 12, 2012
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  23. khanstruct

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64-bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Webplayer, iOS
    Primary development machine's GPU: Radeon HD 6670
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8 GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5

    This beast is almost 4 years old :(
     
    khanstruct, Sep 12, 2012
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  24. ShadyAlien

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X 10.7
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Desktop, webplayer
    Primary development machine's GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
    Primary development machine's RAM: 7 GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5
     
    ShadyAlien, Sep 12, 2012
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  25. Democre

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X 10.8.1
    • Primary distribution platform(s): iOS, Web, Standalone
    • Primary development machine's CPU: i5 3.1 GHz
    • Primary development machine's GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 20GB DDR3
    • Preferred version of Unity: latest release
     
    Last edited: Sep 13, 2012
    Democre, Sep 13, 2012
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  26. Moraleidahgo

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64 bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone / Web
    Primary development machine's GPU: ATI Radeon HD4200
    Primary development machine's RAM: 2GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5, waiting to get 4.0
     
    Moraleidahgo, Sep 13, 2012
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  27. pivotraze

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone and Web
    Primary development machine's GPU: Intel HD 3000
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8 GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5

    *cough* i3 2350M *cough* i5 and i7, I think, are overkill... ah who am I kidding... I want an i5 at least... :p
     
    pivotraze, Sep 13, 2012
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  28. Vincent Pride

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    Ok, just a quick letter from the future:

    Primary development operating system(s):
    Zynga Gambling PayOS 2030 release

    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.):
    Personality matrices (PIMs) for Sony PleasureStation sex bots (4th and 5th generations)

    Primary development machine's RAM:
    512 Terabytes, available via QCC subscription plan (Quantum Cloud Computing)

    Primary development machine's GPU:
    QCC Asimov AI R&D Lab (Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Lab), premium subscription

    Preferred version of Unity:
    Unity 2030 Digital Renaissance Edition + Bianca RTX AI Assistant 256 QBit (non self-aware)


     
    Last edited: Sep 13, 2012
    Vincent Pride, Sep 13, 2012
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  29. jedy

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 x64
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Web and Mobile
    • Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 6GB DDR3
    • Preferred version of Unity: Unity 3.5
     
    jedy, Sep 13, 2012
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  30. lucidcoder

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    Because it's assumed that in order to run Unity standalone games you have to have a Pentium 4 CPU (which is ooold yet still capable of running more modern games like Portal 2, etc.). Therefore, I did not find it to be relevant. :p

    For reference, here's the Unity system requirements. No mention of processors is given there, and once again, if your computer is running Windows XP and is capable of at least Shader Model 2, there's an almost non-existant chance your CPU falls outside of this assumption.

    On topic, thanks for the information guys, I'll collect it all and make it into some helpful graphs after I get at least 50 replies to this thread.
     
    lucidcoder, Sep 13, 2012
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  31. Gigiwoo

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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac (Unity/Audio) and Windows (Graphics/Art)
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): iOS
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5

    Gigi
     
    Gigiwoo, Sep 13, 2012
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  32. Gigiwoo

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    Loved it!
    Gigi

    * Portions of this response may have been generated by E-Charm Hyper-Assistant v1.9 (this notice required by IEEE AH Fair-Use Doctrine v2019).
     
    Gigiwoo, Sep 13, 2012
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    Primary development operating system(s): Mac OS X 10.8.1
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone OSX, iOS
    Primary development machine's GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
    Primary development machine's RAM: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5.5f3 so far
     
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  34. Vincent Pride

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    Haha, I see what you did there :)
    2019 was the year when Microsoft unveiled their famous touch-walls for schools and everything, augmented reality services for public places and personalized holographic directions in airports, just as they promised in their Visions of Future video back in the good old 2010s!
     
    Vincent Pride, Sep 13, 2012
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  35. feloxy

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 x64
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Web/Standalone
    Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 4GB GDDR5
    Primary development machine's RAM: 16GB DDR3
    Preferred version of Unity: Unity 3.5
     
    feloxy, Sep 13, 2012
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  36. lucidcoder

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    Sorry, just bumping this so we can get the desired number of replies. Variety is needed for proper data gathering :)
     
    lucidcoder, Sep 17, 2012
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  37. Broken-Toy

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    • Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 x64
    • Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Webplayer
    • Primary development machine's GPU: Laptop Integrated Intel Graphics*
    • Primary development machine's RAM: 4GB DDR3
    • Preferred version of Unity: Unity 3.5x

    *I have an onboard NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M and thanks to its Optimus feature I disabled it for developement and benchmark in the editor. This is very agressive but makes sure I take those limitations into account to get a much smoother and better-looking experience on standard laptops.
     
    Broken-Toy, Sep 17, 2012
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  38. Sir-Tiddlesworth

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows 7 64-bit
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Standalone, Android.
    Primary development machine's GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 555M with 3GB graphics.
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5
     
    Sir-Tiddlesworth, Sep 18, 2012
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  39. raybarrera

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    Primary development operating system(s): Windows (8)
    Primary types of games you distribute (standalone, iOS, etc.): Stand-alone, iOS/Android
    Primary development machine's GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM
    Primary development machine's RAM: 8GB
    Preferred version of Unity: 3.5 (Pro)
     
    raybarrera, Sep 18, 2012
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  40. Dmetal1

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    is windows 8 good or bad not upgrading my rig just curious I love My windows7 64bit ultimate just wanted info on windows 8
     
    Dmetal1, Sep 19, 2012
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  41. ColossalDuck

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    I am finally getting used to the metro interface, so its fine in that regard. I will keep using it simply because its faster.
     
    ColossalDuck, Sep 19, 2012
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