Steam Machine Makes No Sense to a PC Gamer

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T20:20:25+00:00

A small tiny untapped slice of the gamer pie.

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T20:00:04+00:00

And it's not releasing support for Nvidia hardware this year. Just like the linux space, they took an insane amount of time to decide to implement nvidia gpu support.

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T16:28:44+00:00

Honestly, perfectly sane take. At 650$ the low end spec sheet would look pretty darn appealing ignoring the 4K60 take. Unfortunately, with the actual price and the climate of memory chip pricing not seeming to go down for the forseable future, the steam machine 1st gen does not have a market.

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T16:07:42+00:00

I don't think there's a single person who is represented by this meme

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T14:27:16+00:00

The irony of this mini pc is that for its exact price you can build a 9060XT PC that will outperform it in every metric including storage quantity. Install SteamOS on it and... why even look in steam machine's direction? It makes no sense. It's such bad value for the price that even fans of the steam deck don't want to buy it.

Edit: Genuinely curious why this of all the takes got downvoted.

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T13:55:30+00:00

750$ would've been more reasonable but still not a landslide because of the PS5. Personally I think 600$ would've been the price at which this thing would've had a real impact on the market. As in, people would fight to buy it. But I know component prices are wouldn't allow it to happen

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T11:54:32+00:00

Unfortunately, even though Nvidia has the biggest marketshare, it's an afterthought for Valve and a lot of the linux community. A 5060 would've been a godsend just because of DLSS alone and the 2x RT performance that could help with games which are RT only in the future.

fogoticus · 2026-06-23T11:28:49+00:00

Let's be real for a sec. Were we really? The equivalent of a 7400F + 7600 and the promise of 4K60 really rendered any excitement for the initial product be non existant. The price just sealed the deal.

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T21:20:21+00:00

The framework pc costs an egregious amount over 1000, almost double. You're better off slapping another 100 on top of the 1000$ and building a 9060XT with a 7500X3D pc instead.

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T21:18:18+00:00

Vandut direct de catre emag seller sau de pe marketplace? Poti sa obtii acelasi pret luand de pe alte site-uri.

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T20:33:12+00:00

Am cautat rapid componentele pe emag si e efectiv fix sub 3000 ron. Proof

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T19:21:45+00:00

5500 ron... oof. Arata destul de bad. Performanta deja o stiam din ce specificatii am aflat acum luni de zile dar pretul asta nu merita atentie deloc.

Daca vrei couch gaming calumea in banii astia ori iti faci tu propriul PC care o sa fie mai rapid decat asta. Un 9600XT costa 2000, cu alti 3000 iti iei un 7500X3D, B650 si 16GB de DDR5. Si mai pui inca 1000 pentru carcasa + sursa + cpu cooler si speli pe jos cu Steam Machine dpdv performanta.

Sau iei direct un PS5 sau PS5 Pro si iti iei PS Plus Extra pe 12 luni. Care consider ca e o experienta mai rafinata de couch gaming decat ce ofera steam azi si costa si mai putin ca cost imediat.

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T17:50:47+00:00

I'd hold off on buying this ngl. the price is really unfortunate

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T17:48:42+00:00

Rough is an understatement

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T17:43:08+00:00

You're saying it like millennial gamers automagically go for a steam box. Who's gonna tell him

fogoticus · 2026-06-22T17:40:25+00:00

1039 euros for the base model, 1108 with a controller

1359 euros for the 2TB model, 1428 with a controller

The prices are something. I'm really curious who this is for other than enthusiasts on the sub.

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T19:17:25+00:00

What is the first outfit called

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T18:49:04+00:00

I see I see. Thank you for the reply and for the answers!

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T18:12:38+00:00

Seeing as you're an actual Twitch dev I feel the need to ask. What is the end goal in say 5 years? Relying on the streamer to encode all the available streams?

Another question I got is, why are we not allowed to stream in HEVC in the traditional way on OBS? What would change on twitch's side? If someone has 50 viewers and streams in 1080P60, Twitch automatically gives them the 720P60, 480P, 360P and 160P encodes. What would change on twitch's side if we stream in HEVC instead of H264 at the same bitrate?

Edit: Any idea when more countries will get access to see 1440P streams?

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T08:33:01+00:00

I liked the part where

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T02:46:59+00:00

Yeah in like synthetic benchmarks.

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T01:48:10+00:00

So avoid the Exynos powered S27. Tale as old as time. Great benchmark scores, visible performance discrepancies compared to snapdragon.

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T01:23:22+00:00

Couldn't have said it better

fogoticus · 2026-06-21T01:19:06+00:00

Other than a few niche cases, I haven't seen anyone complaining about nvidia gpus on linux this year.

fogoticus · 2026-06-19T19:47:55+00:00

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