Steam Machine has returned! Plus other new Steam goodies.

[DT]

Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe

The Deck was just the start.

www.theverge.com

Valve reveals new Steam Machine, its next attempt at a PC-console hybrid

Valve's next attempt at a gaming PC for your living room arrives next year.

www.polygon.com

Valve Announces Next-Gen Steam Machine, Says It's 'Over 6x More Powerful Than Steam Deck,' but There's No Price Yet - IGN

Valve has announced a return to its Steam Machine PC / console hybrid hardware alongside a new version of the Steam Controller.

www.ign.com

 

[Cmaier]

No steam deck news?

 

[DT]

No, conspicuously quiet about the "Deck 2".

 

[Cmaier]

No, conspicuously quiet about the "Deck 2".

I would think that’s all anybody really cares about?

 

[Cmaier]

Apparently they are waiting for an order-of-magnitude improvement in the SoC. Which they probably could have already if they switched to Arm.

Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2

Even a 50 percent performance-per-watt improvement wouldn’t be enough, engineer says.

arstechnica.com

 

[Nycturne]

Apparently they are waiting for an order-of-magnitude improvement in the SoC. Which they probably could have already if they switched to Arm.

Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2

Even a 50 percent performance-per-watt improvement wouldn’t be enough, engineer says.

arstechnica.com

I was literally typing something along these lines up. Right now AMD has the Z2 Go and Z2 Extreme. The Go would be a nice little speed bump in the same price range, while the Extreme would bump up the price quite a bit. The Extreme would be noticeably faster, even at 15W TDP, but I don't think Valve is interested in trying to sell 800-1000$ units at the moment.

EDIT: And yeah, I didn't read the article before hitting post, lots of overlap there. Also thinking about the hardware they put in the Steam Machine, it's not super modern, but it's affordable and would be a nice little console near the TV. I've already built a living room PC on Bazzite that runs rings around it (and should for the price I paid), but actually pretty happy to see it.

 

[DT]

Yeah, same WOTS I heard, i.e., they upped their specification targets, especially with this new box being substantially more powerful.,

 

[diamond.g]

Apparently they are waiting for an order-of-magnitude improvement in the SoC. Which they probably could have already if they switched to Arm.

Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2

Even a 50 percent performance-per-watt improvement wouldn’t be enough, engineer says.

arstechnica.com

ARM has a GPU that would provide a 100% performance improvement at the same 15W power draw? Note I say ARM not Apple, because we all know Apple isn't selling their chips to 3rd party.

 

[Renzatic]

ARM has a GPU that would provide a 100% performance improvement at the same 15W power draw? Note I say ARM not Apple, because we all know Apple isn't selling their chips to 3rd party.

Not sure about ARM, but AMD does have the Strix line of processors, which are an x86 copy of Apple's M chip architecture. They come dangerously close to offering that much of a performance improvement over previous iGPU models, though I think it's a little too expensive and power hungry to be slapped into a Steam Deck at the moment.

 

[diamond.g]

Not sure about ARM, but AMD does have the Strix line of processors, which are an x86 copy of Apple's M chip architecture. They come dangerously close to offering that much of a performance improvement over previous iGPU models, though I think it's a little too expensive and power hungry to be slapped into a Steam Deck at the moment.

yeah Strix Halo has like a 45-120W tdp. it is kind of wild they did use it for the steam machine (prolly too pricey).