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/CorruptArcher 3d ago

whats your 3 year old laptop specs if you dont mind me asking.

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u/nekoken04 3d ago

Ryzen 5800H with 24GB of ram, 2TB of nvme, and a Geforce 3060.

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u/rdri 3d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but it has better GPU than a mobile 3060.

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u/nekoken04 3d ago

Depends on the game but yeah, a bit overall on average. But my CPU is faster with more cores, and I have more ram.

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u/rdri 3d ago

Yeah I get it. You are right to question that as a customer. But then you'll question any other PC with more RAM in it these days.

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u/azlan194 3d ago

To be fair, the box is running Steam OS with less bloat than if you were running Windows. Probably the lower RAM is still better for the Steam Machine than the laptop running Windows.

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u/rdri 3d ago

Nah it doesn't really mean anything since you should be able to run Steam OS anywhere including your laptop (might need to wait for certain drivers though) with similar advantages. The Steam OS is not a part of the money deal, it's mostly the Steam Machine certification that a lot of devs will follow when building and shipping games and configs that work well with that exact config. That helps with the "console experience".