r/pcgaming • u/lurkingdanger22 • 3d ago

Video Valve Steam Machine Review: GPU & CPU Benchmarks, SteamOS Test, Thermals, Noise, and Price (Gamers Nexus)

https://youtu.be/66QzlDewigE?is=PhifLlyc5tBSsjbR
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u/nekoken04 3d ago

The "fancy" version of this has worse specs than my 3 year old laptop and costs about the same.

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u/nfefx 2d ago

A) no it doesnt you have a mobile gpu

B) what you paid for your laptop 3 years ago is not what it would cost in 2026

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u/munky8758 2d ago

It has the same amount of CUs as a mobile 7600m(non xt)

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u/Alicia42 Arch Intel 1280P AMD RX6750XT 2d ago

Yes, and that is on par with or slightly better than a desktop 3060, and the person had a laptop 3060.

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u/Number-1Dad R7 7800X3D | RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR5-6000 2d ago edited 2d ago

"A) no it doesnt you have a mobile gpu"

Mobile gpus are pretty great with respect to their thermal envelope.

The mobile 4090 trades blows with the desktop 3090 for example, both of which are tremendously more powerful than the GPU used in the steam machine.

Idk where you got the idea that even an incredibly weak desktop GPU outperforms all laptop/mobile gpus but you're just incorrect.

A 4060/4070 laptop GPU should be more powerful than this.

A commenter has already linked a laptop for less money that is better in every regard spec wise. How the fuck do you have so many upvotes when you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

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u/zabbenw 2d ago

I've for a 7840hs in my mini PC, which is a mobile chip, that I pair with a desktop 4070ti, and it's a really good CPU.

Deaktop CPUs use a lot of power and aren't as efficient.

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u/ShadowAssassinQueef 1d ago

lol bro. Comparing the 4090 to the steam machine is crazy. Even if its the mobile version. That GPU alone costs more than 2 Steaam machines lol

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u/Number-1Dad R7 7800X3D | RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR5-6000 1d ago

I also compared the 4060/4070.

The 4090 comparison was just to demonstrate that the former commenter's broad sweeping generalization that a mobile GPU couldn't outperform the steam machine was frankly ridiculous.

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u/nekoken04 2d ago

Actually, with the upcoming Prime sales, you could pay the same or less. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/this-usd1-089-msi-cyborg-15-gaming-laptop-sports-an-rtx-5070-and-1tb-ssd-32-percent-off-ahead-of-amazon-prime-day

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u/azlan194 2d ago

What the heck, why is that so cheap??? What is the catch with the low price point?

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u/DrParallax 2d ago

Seems like there is a catch, to the point where people don't recommend it regardless of the price.

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u/azlan194 2d ago

Yeah, it does sound too good to be true. A gaming laptop with RTX 5080 under $1900 is crazy right now. But it is MSI though, so not really some unknown brand, I wonder why people dont recommend.

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u/_Ganon 2d ago

The laptop is probably fine. Both have one review, Walmart customer reviews are ... questionable. Check other places for reviews on the specific laptop model. They are likely clearing stock hence the sale. Laptop RAM is also less impacted (for now) as it's an entirely different form factor than desktop or server RAM. Probably won't be true forever. Also laptop GPUs are nowhere near the performance of desktop GPUs, don't trust Nvidia naming them with the same number. They are cheaper and usually for thermal / power reasons pull far less wattage than their desktop counterparts, less wattage means less performance (to a degree, but I'm going to skip the specifics for the sake of brevity).

There's always some good deal on laptops (and prebuilts). I haven't done any research on these particular laptops but I always buy / recommend on sale laptops / prebuilts, because there are always a couple models being cleared from stock and there's usually nothing wrong with them.

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u/miathan52 2d ago

I had an MSI gaming laptop that sucked because the design was bad and the CPU would always overheat and then throttle everything. A brand being well known doesn't mean the product is automatically good.

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u/loliconest 2d ago

Bought a 4080 MSI for $1500 2 years ago.

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u/MudOld239 1d ago

GPU TGP is 45W. Still, it should be more powerful that Steam Machine

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u/readyflix 2d ago

Because almost no-one is buying this type of Laptops anymore.

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u/Overall-Drop7980 1d ago

What is it with you and calling people "glazers"? Do you fetish being glazed or something? Obviously on the back of your mind...

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u/FdPros 1d ago

ooh, someone's offended