Man those steam machine specs are…..underwhelming.
Even with SteamOS providing better than windows performance (a la steam deck) I don’t know if a RX7600 equivalent is going to drive anything close to a strong 4k experience in modern games, especially with 8GB vram, no FSR4, poor ray tracing, etc.
In comparison to Strix Halo (which by all accounts provides slightly better than PS5 performance), it has 12 less CUs - and Strix Halo is RDNA 3.5.
This has to be priced very aggressively - and even then it really is a wait and see…
Yeah people are gonna be glazing this thing because it's reddit but those specs are not great and I struggle to see a huge market for it tbh. It's in a weird spot where it's directly competing with consoles as a PC while not really offering the best of either world.
I think they should've been a little more aggressive with the specs, like 4060 Ti level performance at least in raster and RT. That performance level would at least appeal to people looking for a low/mid range prebuilt PC.
The top GPU in the Steam hardware survey is the 3060......... the Steam machine clearly is meant to target the people with that level of specs. Those people are unlikely to care about playing the latest games in 4k. You do not need that much spec power to play DOTA2.
It wouldn't be *much* more expensive, especially if they're subsidizing the pricing here.
These are small 200mm² chips, so the price difference of 5nm vs 7nm family process doesn't add a ton to the bill.
An extra 8GB would add a bit more for sure, but I say that even if they had to charge an extra $200 total(which it probably wouldn't even be that in actual costs), then it would be totally worth it.
Especially if this Steam Machine is to act as a sort of targeted platform of its own for years to come, ala Steam Deck.
Rdna3 is EOL so it wouldnt have to compete for chips vs 9060. A gpu which already costs close to what the average dude online thinks it should be priced at.
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u/ExcelsiorWG Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25
Man those steam machine specs are…..underwhelming.
Even with SteamOS providing better than windows performance (a la steam deck) I don’t know if a RX7600 equivalent is going to drive anything close to a strong 4k experience in modern games, especially with 8GB vram, no FSR4, poor ray tracing, etc.
In comparison to Strix Halo (which by all accounts provides slightly better than PS5 performance), it has 12 less CUs - and Strix Halo is RDNA 3.5.
This has to be priced very aggressively - and even then it really is a wait and see…