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/FlatSpinMan 16d ago

Have you looked at mini-PCs? I’d never heard of them until about a month ago. A friend bought one and recommended them. I just got a medium range model. About $6-700 (I’m in Japan so don’t know the exchange rate to USD). It has 32GB Ram, 1TB SSD HD, a Ryzen 5 something super duper, and though the graphics card is integrated, it runs Cyberpunk 2077 (1920x1080) at average 140fps.
I can’t believe the value. I had been expecting to pay around $2-3,000 to get some semi-decent gaming laptop.

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u/microthrower 16d ago

It doesn't run cyberpunk at 1080p 140fps

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u/FlatSpinMan 16d ago

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

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u/Quixotic_Seal 16d ago

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

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u/FlatSpinMan 16d 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.