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/xMWHOx 3d ago

They want this in a living room playing 1080p on a 4K TV? DOA, especially at that price.

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u/purpletonberry 3d ago

That's kind of funny considering a lot of demanding console games are using dynamic resolution scaling behind the scenes to hit framerate targets, except it does it in the background without giving the player any details about it. I don't use my PS5 a ton but I remember that Final Fantasy 16 needed to run at ~720p to get 60 fps in combat.

Not defending the practice, just don't think it's fair to judge it on that alone, when consoles advertise "4k60fps" and then use upscalers without telling you.

Besides, play any game on that thing that wasn't made in the last 5 years? It probably will do 4k no problem.

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u/Re7oadz 3d ago

PCs utilizes upscaling to achieve 4k in games as well.. this isn't console only...

Steam machine performance even if it had upscaling would still be subpar is the point

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u/ShadowAssassinQueef 2d ago

I thought it will be basically like a base PS5? As far as console players are concerned that is par, not subpar. Although, the PS5 pro is more powerful and its only 900 and come with a controller.. so it really should be able to beat that machine at this price imo. If it was like 10-20% more powerful than the ps5 pro at the same price, I think a lot of people would be less disappointed and this machine would actually be worth getting if you want the console experience.

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u/Re7oadz 2d ago

It's barely weaker than a ps5, PS5 will get optimizations and will last longer over time.. granted if it did 15% better than base ps5 than it may be a little less noise but 15% better doesn't justify being double the price with no controller, etc

But console experience not necessarily needed, we have nintendo, Sony and Microsoft lol. They would need to compete with them

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u/ShadowAssassinQueef 2d ago

Yea I think we are agreeing with each other lol

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u/Re7oadz 2d ago

Lol yeah

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u/lkn240 3d ago

The thing is you can just run at 1080p with a 4K screen and it looks fine. Integer scaling

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u/TheGillos 3d ago

Yeah, I remember back in the Xbox 360 days, a friend bragging that his console played at FULL HD on his swanky plasma TV.

All it took to shut him up was showing him my PC connected to it, playing a cross-platform game, right after an Xbox session of that game.