Feature request: Add AVX2 and AVX-512 to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey

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I would like AVX2 to be added to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey. Right now only AVX is listed, but AVX2 SIMD instructions are becoming more and more relevant and it would be great to have statistics about client support.

AVX-512 could also be added in advance.

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No game requires AVX2 nor AVX512. The only game that required AVX for a while that I remember was AC:ODC.

Still leagues away from AVX2 and AVX512. Besides that you would only need to look at recent HEDT or TR4 sockets to know how many AVX12 capable system's are out there.

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Intel supports AVX2 since Haswell (Core 4000 series) and AMD since Zen (Ryzen 1000 series). That's quite a lot of processors already.

Some very cutting edge rendering techniques profit from AVX2 support, like Welcome to Light Fields. Since Valve already provides statistics for SSE and AVX adding AVX2 and AVX512 is probably not a huge effort.

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I see it got added last month, even with the specific AVX512 extensions! Thanks a lot!

I only think the AVX2 percentage can't be right. Last month it was 1.05%, this month it's 4.94%. It should be closer to 80%, since AVX2 is support on als CPUs since Intel Haswell and AMD Zen. Also, the only processors where AVX is supported but AVX2 is not are Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, and AVX is at 89.5%.