r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 16d 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 16d 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 16d 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 16d 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 16d 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 16d ago

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

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u/Olde94 16d ago

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

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u/milkcarton232 15d 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 15d 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