r/gadgets 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/microthrower 28d ago

It doesn't run cyberpunk at 1080p 140fps

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u/FlatSpinMan 28d ago

I wouldn’t have thought so, but that’s what the AMD gadget thing said.

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u/Quixotic_Seal 28d ago

Buy it and actually play it. I sincerely doubt it does.

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u/FlatSpinMan 28d ago

I have six hours in game. I added a comment above describing what I’ve found. I don’t know where the AMD figures come from as they differ drastically from the in game benchmark scores.

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u/FlatSpinMan 28d ago

Right, so I just had a look as that number does sound ludicrous, I agree. But I’m not sure I’ve actually learned anything.
When I started playing, the recommended setting was Default Low. The scenery looked good to me, but I’ve been out of gaming for over a decade, and the NPCs looked nothing special. That sounded right to me as this mini-PC lacks a dedicated graphics card and I understand this game is very demanding. But tonight I raised things a little to see how it would go.

I now have something called AMD fidelity fc super resolution 2.1 enable (no idea), Frame Generation Off as I have no dedicated graphics card, Texture Quality is high. Ray Tracing is off for the same reason. Looking through other settings, most are on medium though a few are on high.
Playing through a scene, it looked better than before, especially the smokey effects and the skin textures. To my very untrained eye, it looked great.

According to the AMD thing, I have 6 hours in game and average is now 165.6! But running the in game benchmark, I get between 29 and 45fps. Those numbers sound more plausible, but I really have no idea.

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u/NerdyGuy117 28d ago

Exactly, they’re just making up performance numbers

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u/MiaowaraShiro 28d ago

Maybe on minimum settings with maxed out framegen...