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Steam announces three new products: Steam Machine, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller

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Jokester said:
8GB vram seems like a mistake. I would think you would want more for their 4k 60fps claims.
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JD said:
*with FSR it said...I'm guessing 1080p render resolution, upscaled to 4K.
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Caldezar said:
This is very likely the case and is the same way the other major consoles work as well. There's also likely going to be a native streaming option built in to it for high quality, low latency streaming from your gaming PC.
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Ehhh, I think 8GB VRAM is probably fine, this think isn't billed a a PS5 Pro killer, unless they really miss their price point. Keep it close enough to console pricing, likely a touch higher, with it being billed as a fully useable PC with Steam and Steam BP integration as the driving factor over a Windows PC.

I am wondering what the thermals will be like. Large fan at the back and it's likely optimized well, but there's not a lot of space for intake at the bottom so we'll see. Taller feet and drafting upwards like the Xbox X would have probably made more sense IMO. I doubt I'd get one since I have PC and multiple Shield TV pros to stream, but it's good to see a 'sort of' challenger to Sony with Xbox looking like it's entering it's twilight.

Shadowarez said:
Wonder if it'll have WiFi 7 by time it releases I can finally use it on my network.
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I believe it's already confirmed as 6e.
 
FreeKnight said:
I think 8GB VRAM is probably fine, this think isn't billed a a PS5 Pro killer,
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Do the consoles even have dedicated VRAM? I thought it was a shared pool of 16GB. My main concern would be the lack of compute units though, I don't think more VRAM would help anyhow when it's only got 28 CUs.

Valve might be able to work some software magic, like consoles do today. On the handhelds, people have seen that some games do run better on Linux compared to Windows even with the Proton layer.

However, I also see this as being Valve showing OEM's what to do, and then somebody like say Lenovo will come along with a more potent version (again, drawing comparisons to Steam Deck and Legion Go). Fundamentally this is just another mini-PC using laptop components without a display.
 
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JD said:
Do the consoles even have dedicated VRAM? I thought it was a shared pool of 16GB. My main concern would be the lack of compute units though, I don't think more VRAM would help anyhow when it's only got 28 CUs.

Valve might be able to work some software magic, like consoles do today. On the handhelds, people have seen that some games do run better on Linux compared to Windows even with the Proton layer.

However, I also see this as being Valve showing OEM's what to do, and then somebody like say Lenovo will come along with a more potent version (again, drawing comparisons to Steam Deck and Legion Go). Fundamentally this is just another mini-PC using laptop components without a display.
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Shared on the modern consoles as far as I know. Not sure if the Xbox Orignal or PS3 had dedicated ram too since they were kind of weird machines.

I definitely wouldn't expect this to be a powerhouse. Better than a low-mid gaming laptop, and convinient, but kind of a 'customer's first gaming PC' in some ways.
 
Sadly out of price range, but it does make me reconsider streaming a game from one PC to another via Steam, wired of course. Anyone tried recently? I haven't in ages... Wonder if those old steam link mini boxes still work...
 

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