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[mrMUR_96]

Does this at least support FSR4.1?

If you hook it up to a 4K-TV you need at least decent upsampling or (new)games will look like shit.

Apparently it's being investigated but it doesn't support it yet

 

[mrMUR_96]

This all looks and sounds about right.

It's wild to me how many people expected Valve to go upside down on this. They still have to make money, especially in the current shit market. It genuinely could've been more expensive. Regardless of how it would pan out, people were prepared to shit on it. Because that's how things go, especially here, lmao.

Why would people not shit on it, this is a terrible value proposition. Just because it's valve doesn't mean it's not shit.

 

[Ribi]

Yes. Buy a PS5 Pro. And you'll have extra money in the end.

And shittier games... And no COMPUTER functionality that people seem to just forget.


This is NOT a gaming console. It's a PC use it as a PC something a gaming console can't do. Just casually forget about all that stuff because games huh

 

[Von Hugh]

Sucks as a console. Sucks as a PC. $1200, please.

 

[demigod]

Wait till its sold out and on ebay for 2K!

ZERO chance this thing sells out. No PC folks are getting this turd.

 

[Bernardougf]

ZERO chance this thing sells out. No PC folks are getting this turd.

It can easily sellout if it is only a paper launch with heavily constrained inventory... which will probably be

 

[TrebleShot]

ZERO chance this thing sells out. No PC folks are getting this turd.

Oh my sweet summer child.
It will absolutely sell out.
It's a high value product and the prices are only going to go up.

Even though its.over priced , it's weak as shit and will be outdated day minus 1000 it will sell out instantly, be very rare and on eBay for double the price day emails come through.

 

[Hyper_hyper]

And shittier games... And no COMPUTER functionality that people seem to just forget.

Seems you like to forget that for much less money you get much more extra performance and storage. But hey, who i'm kidding, you want COMPUTER functionality, rather than playing just games

 

[neocycle]

 

[Judge Magister]

A polished turd. It makes a 1000$ PS6 sound like a value dream.

 

[Ashamam]

This is NOT a gaming console. It's a PC use it as a PC something a gaming console can't do. Just casually forget about all that stuff because games huh

I mean I buy that for PC builds, but how many people are going to be hooking this up to a TV and then browsing and emailing etc or using it otherwise for productivity. This is sold squarely as a lounge room gaming device, and thats how it should be judged.

Thinking otherwise is just cope. I can't understand why people are so defensive about this, especially when there will likely sooner rather than later be some really good hardware using SteamOS for a much better balanced experience.

The only thing worth applauding is the case engineering, and that was wasted on sub par hardware.

 

[mrBarrelNut]

My biggest problem with the Steam Machine is that it's a backwards looking device, not forward looking one.

Yes, it plays all current PC games decently, and plays old PC games well. But it will have huge problems running any upcoming AAA games with only 8 GB of VRAM.

And this was a deliberate decision, not borne out of necessity when component prices exploded. They selected outdated components and designed the PCB to have only 4 VRAM chips, and the design must be older than the current crisis. They designed an obsolete by launch product.

Still, if you just want to play CS and all the other older games in your living room, I guess it's fine. But it's still pricey.

 

[keefged4]

If it had an Nvidia GPU capable of DLSS then it might have been a different story, but its vastly underpowered for the price they are asking for it.

It'll be interesting to see if the normies lap it up though. I doubt it due to the price alone.

 

[cyberheater]

Can this do VR?

 

[PeteBull]

Aaaah. And in a year or two, this might be considered a bargain compared to future prices

In a year or two this mashine will be even more outdated compared to midrange pc or nextgen consoles, no1 except collectors gonna want it

 

[Aressa]

IGN gave it an 8

Too much water?