Valve's new Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controllers complement the Steam Deck nicely, and pave the way towards Valve's Steam platform becoming a via...
Exactly. The Machine isn’t made for people with super high end rigs. It’s made for console gamers or people with an older rig. I don’t own a PC, but I thoroughly enjoy my Deck. Looking forward to pricing on the Machine and Frame.
I used to be a hardcore PC gamer, twenty years ago, but as the years went by I found that the costs just got silly. Graphics cards have cost silly money for several console generations now. However if there’s a common platform that’s good enough, I’d be interested.
I love my Steam Deck but a bit more power would be great for a few things (notably Fallout London).
I’d argue it’s also for people who want sleep and resume on a PC for that console experience. I have a 3070ti system, which is older and mid now but still smokes the steam machine, and I’ll be “downgrading” to this because I consider quick resume an upgraded experience. Most games I play don’t even need that power.
3070 Ti is still a surprisingly capable card. If you compare 3060 Ti, 4060 Ti and the 5060 ti to it, they are all really close with the 3070 Ti actually being the fastest. Gone are the days where an xx60 of a new generation was vastly faster than a 70 or even 80 of the previous one.
The major difference is VRAM, 8GB is to little little for 4k gaming, but it’s still perfectly fine at 1080 or 1440p, especially with some FSR/DLSS thrown in.
Yeah, I don’t really get why people complain about the 8gb VRAM. The GPU isn’t fast enough to push native 4k anyway and at lower resolutions 8gb is sufficient for gaming. I have a similar GPU in my PC and never had any issues with the 8gb in 1080p, and I suspect at 1440p it is also still fine.
Using 1440p, I’ve not had any major issues with 8GB. It has been a bottleneck that has forced me to turn some resolution/texture settings down though. Indiana Jones is an example that stands out for running poorly, but I’m not buying a new system for that game to run better.
Exactly. The Machine isn’t made for people with super high end rigs. It’s made for console gamers or people with an older rig. I don’t own a PC, but I thoroughly enjoy my Deck. Looking forward to pricing on the Machine and Frame.
I used to be a hardcore PC gamer, twenty years ago, but as the years went by I found that the costs just got silly. Graphics cards have cost silly money for several console generations now. However if there’s a common platform that’s good enough, I’d be interested.
I love my Steam Deck but a bit more power would be great for a few things (notably Fallout London).
I’d argue it’s also for people who want sleep and resume on a PC for that console experience. I have a 3070ti system, which is older and mid now but still smokes the steam machine, and I’ll be “downgrading” to this because I consider quick resume an upgraded experience. Most games I play don’t even need that power.
3070 Ti is still a surprisingly capable card. If you compare 3060 Ti, 4060 Ti and the 5060 ti to it, they are all really close with the 3070 Ti actually being the fastest. Gone are the days where an xx60 of a new generation was vastly faster than a 70 or even 80 of the previous one.
The major difference is VRAM, 8GB is to little little for 4k gaming, but it’s still perfectly fine at 1080 or 1440p, especially with some FSR/DLSS thrown in.
Yeah, I don’t really get why people complain about the 8gb VRAM. The GPU isn’t fast enough to push native 4k anyway and at lower resolutions 8gb is sufficient for gaming. I have a similar GPU in my PC and never had any issues with the 8gb in 1080p, and I suspect at 1440p it is also still fine.
Using 1440p, I’ve not had any major issues with 8GB. It has been a bottleneck that has forced me to turn some resolution/texture settings down though. Indiana Jones is an example that stands out for running poorly, but I’m not buying a new system for that game to run better.
I can see unplugging the Raspberry Pi in the bedroom and replacing it with the Steam Machine.