Comment on Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoThe hardware is also the ambitious part - if they managed to figure out cooling of that hardware in that form factor, it’s one of the most impressive feats of recent years!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I don’t think that’s all that impressive though. The GPU looks to be a little weaker than the Xbox Series X, one gen newer and just over half the CUs, and the CPU is a gen newer with fewer cores. I’d wager The comparison I’ve seen is the Steam Machine is about the same size as the Series X, but a bit shorter. The Steam Machine doesn’t have a disc drive, so that makes sense.
It looks like the Steam Machine’s cooling is just a big heatsink and a 120mm fan. That’s really not that crazy. It’s basically a mini PC with a custom SOC and a bigger heatsink and fan.