Costing…how much?
I can alao compare a city car with a super car.
Obviously has no merit but hey: Who cares ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine
Submitted 7 hours ago by commander@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
It also looks at least twice as large
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
And honestly since the steam deck I kinda trust valve with hardware build quality.
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Volume wise maybe but it’s low enough to fit in a standard TV unit. The boxy design of the Steam Machine doesn’t look very compact to me.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 hours ago
- AMD Ryzen 5 - 6 CPU cores, 65 W TDP
- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
- 16 GB DDR4-3600 RAM single-channel
- 512 GB M.2 SSD with spare M.2 2280 slot
- 600 W PSU
- 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless
$1,139
I haven’t kept up with hardware prices but this seems fair to me.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
You can do way more performance than that for not much more money, if you’re willing to try something unorthodox in another way:
AOOSTAR Gem 12 Max Mini PC
$580 ($550 for Amazon simps)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGB5L9P7/?psc=0
CPU: Ryzen 7 8745HS ( 8C / 16T / base 3.8 Ghz / max 5.10 Ghz)
(approximately multi thread performance equivalent to a Ryzen 5 9600 AM5 socket)
RAM: 24 GB DDR5
SSD: 1TB
Power: Max draw 70w (on its own)
XFX RX 9070 (16 GB GDDR6)
$640
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXLBTL4B/?psc=1
Power: ~220w
EG01 OCulink eGPU Dock
$100
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1STZM7H/?psc=1
ASRock PRO-650 G PSU
$50
Power: 650w (way more than what you need)
Gold Rated
Total pretax cost: ~$1370, ~+17%
50% more RAM, also its DDR5
100% more SSD capacity
GPU 3DBenchmark = +~60%
SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Do feel like 512GB isn’t a lot these days. Especially with bigger libraries.
Zoot@reddthat.com 6 hours ago
Probably not a solution for everyone but the steam deck really got me on SD Cards. An external reader would still suck, but I love how cheap you can find 512gb - 1tb sd cards. Very easy to travel with as well.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
My minimum for a games drive is 1TB.
I don’t have a Gbit in download speeds. So I don’r want to download games every 5 days just so I can play something else.morriscox@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
There’s another slot for storage and you might be able to replace the primary drive, like I did with my Legion Go. You should be able to do 4 TB, even more if there’s a SD card slot.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Is there an option to order it without the 8BitDo controller?
tal@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
I mean, you will almost certainly be able to build machines that outperform the Steam Machine in bang-for-buck if Valve isn’t subsidizing it, which they said that they won’t. If not at release, then a few years in.
But that’s not gonna be what the Steam Machine is for — you could always build a DIY gaming PC, unlike with consoles. It’s an open platform. What Valve is gonna do is be aiming for is going to be ease of use, the “you plug it into your TV, plug it into power, turn on gamepad, play games that target Steam Machine 2” thing. That’s where consoles have been able to pick up users that haven’t done the PC.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
Also the real goal with it, like with the Deck, is to set a standard for what hardware games should run well on for the next several years, and to give PC manufacturer a target for what to match or improve on.
binarytobis@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Also, I am pretty sure the steam machine is smaller than I was able to achieve in my efforts to make a tiny gaming PC for the living room. That kind of thing can only be done at great effort.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I mostly wanna know how much power the steam machine will need. I’ve got to invert it from 12v DC.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Steam Machine hasnt been released yet lol
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 7 hours ago
This is interesting; specs look pretty solid for the price. Notably this uses DDR4 ram vs. the DDR5 in the Steam Machine which, given the current… situation… probably contributes a lot to the price point seeming reasonable.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Also 600W is likely several times more power draw than the Steam Machine is aiming for, however much that might matter to someone.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 hours ago
600W PSU does not mean it actually uses 600W
Anivia@feddit.org 6 hours ago
600W with that form factor? This thing is gonna be louder than a PS4
Stupendous@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Good photo. Was wondering how much space it would take. While the 9060xt is significantly better than the 7600m and FSR4, that Steam Machine is beautifully compact. No rush. Still hard to decide this or that
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
If it can outperform the steam machine, nice The question is, is it gonna be a console-like experience? Just plug and play?
Having the most powerful hardware won’t matter at all if we can’t figure out a way to make people who aren’t tech savy be able to just sit down and play on it, without needing to know what Proton is.
The appear (AFAIK) of the Steam Machine, is this, you plug it in, grab the controller and go play, even if it doesn’t have the most top-of-the-line hardware, being hassle free is a huge win over any other. Specially given how now, the Xbox, the PlayStation and the Switch 2 are direct competition. And they’re simple for a end-user who isn’t tech savy (well… Subjective, I find the Xbox UI to be a convoluted mess)
lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 minute ago
If you install SteamOS on it, wouldn’t it be as plug-and-play as the current Steam Deck?
arcine@jlai.lu 5 hours ago
It is impossible to have better performance than the Steam Machine, because the Steam Machine doesn’t even exist yet !
TheSambassador@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yeah, I mean… This is just “company releases Linux gaming pc” and just noting that it has a better graphics card than the Steam Machine.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 hours ago
Ackshually there have been a few Steam Machines sold back when they were introduced. They should be horribly outdated by now.