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Thoughts on Steam Machine?

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Darthbaggins:
I am 100% behind Valve on this, they have made the push needed for people to realize Windoze isn't the only viable OS - now just need more studios coming on-board which it looks like they are.

tp4tissue:
GPU is at the performance lvl of 1660 Ti.

That's more than enough for old games, but it's not going to run any new AAA.

Chip design is RDNA3, so maybe FSR4.1 might help - a bit, but you'd be looking at 720p into 1080p out maybe 1440p, if you pull 720p into 4K, not sure this chip has enough flops to do that efficiently.

noisyturtle:

--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 15 May 2026, 18:13:57 ---GPU is at the performance lvl of 1660 Ti.

That's more than enough for old games, but it's not going to run any new AAA.

Chip design is RDNA3, so maybe FSR4.1 might help - a bit, but you'd be looking at 720p into 1080p out maybe 1440p, if you pull 720p into 4K, not sure this chip has enough flops to do that efficiently.

--- End quote ---

I do think it needs more vRAM and the 32gb version is a must, idk how it is gonna run 60fps 4k as they claim on that GPU

noisyturtle:
$1049 for the 512Gb, WITHOUT a controller:
https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-machine-price

PandaKB:
It's basically what Valve perfected with the Steam Deck—giving you console convenience with PC freedom is a total win-win.

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