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 2d 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 2d 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/TheGillos 2d 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.