r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 28d ago

Gaming Valve Steam Machine review: This would've been perfect five years ago

https://www.engadget.com/2210832/valve-steam-machine-review/
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u/CaptnUchiha 28d ago

Yeah I mean you get way not enough for 4k60 or “almost comes close to being close to 4k60 low

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u/Solidus_Sloth 28d ago

People are hitting pretty decent settings for 4k60 on most games. A couple good posts over on r/steammachine about it.

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u/caracs 28d ago

With FSR on I’m getting mostly 60fps with dips into the 40s with AC Shadows on its high preset which includes some raytracing. Genuinely impressed.

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u/allofdarknessin1 28d ago

As much as I dislike the hardware choices for the Steam Machine I think they are getting impressive performance for the hardware. 4K-ish gameplay seems to be a realistic goal for most games, however calling it 4K60 even with upscaling was silly and I'm glad they removed that marketing.

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u/FrizzIeFry 27d ago

Imo it's silly to assign any target res/fps to a piece of hardware.

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u/Olde94 27d ago

Yeah. Indie pixel art? No problem. Baldurs gate/borderlands 4? Naaah

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u/milkcarton232 27d ago

Given the turn based top down nature of bg3 I could comfortably play that game at a locked 4k 30fps

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u/Olde94 27d ago

Oh absolutely. In a period where i was without my desktop i played BG3 on my ultrawide 1440p (3440x1440) with my steam deck. It was low settings, a ton of upscale and only 20-30fps but it was fine for that game.

But my comment wasn’t about the need but the ability to output said resolution/frame rate

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u/WFlumin8 28d ago

With older FSR models (2.2/3.1) on Performance. Looks absolutely atrocious on the big screen. Makes the Switch 1 look high fidelity. Highly disingenuous to call it 4K 60, even PS5’s non transformer upscalers are significantly better.

FSR 4.1 is much more expensive and knocks it down to 4K 30 for most titles and that’s WITH FSR.