Two months ago, Valve released a beta version of Steam that had an option to send anonymised frame rate data, with the general idea being that the information would help improve compatibility and performance on devices using SteamOS. However, one sharp-eyed Steam user has noticed some additions to the latest beta, and these suggest that Valve may well be looking at telling you roughly how fast a game will run on any gaming rig.
The user posted their findings at Resetera (via TechSpot), and the details all point to Valve rolling out its 'Framerate Estimator' at some point in the near future. Looking closer, it would appear to work like this: You enter a PC hardware configuration comprising a CPU, GPU, and the amount of system DRAM, or if you're using the Steam client directly, it will just grab that PC's details.
