First time around with the Steam Machines, like everyone else on planet earth, I had no interest in what I perceived as a pointless device. After getting my Steam Deck and abandoning gaming on a PC for any title that works well on the Deck, I’ve come to greatly value a console-like experience with my Steam Library. Being able to completely avoid the bullshit of Windows has become one of the most appealing aspects of my Deck, although prior to owning one, portability was the only major appeal.
At this point, I’d buy a new Steam Machine right away to be able to achieve that same console-like Steam experience but with more powerful hardware. Paired with the Deck for portability, that setup sounds like a dream come true.
Of course. A Steam Machine that can play AAA games with ray/path tracing and stream 800p highest quality footage to my Deck over Wifi 6 with support for suspend/resume is all I can think of.
I’m actually wondering what is taking Valve so long to make it. It’s a no brainer concept and will prolong the life of the Deck for a good 5 years. I play the Deck 99% of the time at home.
I think they’ll release one with the Deckard to power VR.
I’ve honestly just converted my PC into a “steam machine” and have it so big picture mode launches right away so I just chill on the couch. After working long hours at my job (am nurse) the last thing I wanna do is sit at a desk and feel like I’m still charting. Couch gaming is just so much comfier and relaxing to me. I have a cheap Bluetooth KBM if I ever wanna play some games that require it.
Yeah but it’s still not a Steam Machine because the most important function suspend/resume still won’t be supported when you stream to the Deck. For me, that’s the only thing I need a Steam Machine to do: stream high end games to my Deck with suspend/resume working.
Are they doing anything special with suspend / resume besides just using whatever’s built into Linux? It might just work on a Linux PC with an AMD GPU.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the AMD GPU. It’s just software. If Valve controls both ends (client and host) it would work seemlessly with the Deck.
I am hoping they release an official OS for PC’s.
No, I already have a pc for everyday use + desktop gaming. The SD only catched my interest because it’s a handheld.
I did just that with a minisforum UM790 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and holoiso so it works just like a steamdeck. The TDP on that tops out at around 65 watts so definitely more powerful than steamdeck and enough to run games and emulation at 1080p.