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Valve Now Claims Steam Machine Is Capable of 'Up To' 4K (www.ign.com)
submitted 5 days ago by iamthetot@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Now that FSR 4.1 is available on the Steam Machine, Valve seems to have used it to update the store page to, well, temper expectations. Valve now claims that the CPU and GPU combo can do "up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1," which is a much safer claim.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The GPU is disappointing. And I think if they want to help with sales, they should sell one that doesn't have NVMe and users can slot their own in.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Mmmm the problem is ease of access for hardware noobs who want to play out of the box.

Here's a fun fact, though I didn't really think it would make a difference at first, cyberpunk 2077 got a substantial performance increase when I moved it off my old spindle HDD to my nvme SSD.

They wanted to deliver a PC console experience. Plug and play. Not all these conditions for performance based on how you tweak it.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

You can always build your own desktop and load steam is on it if you want a bigger card.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Selling a barebones kit without RAM and SSD would be a great idea, for those who already have something they can use.

Without those massive money sinks right now, what would that price look like? Since the price was clearly increased in a similar way as the Steam Deck due to that.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 4 days ago

Why should someone with the skill to open up a Steam Machine buy one instead of building the whole thing themselves? Don't think the form factor and HDMI CEC are worth it for most people.