Steam Machines are slower gaming systems than Windows PCs

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The whole point of a Steam Machine is to get PC-like gaming in your living room, but do you actually get PC-like performance? Not so much, if you ask Ars Technica. It recently ran benchmarks comparing the performance of SteamOS and Windows 10 on the same hardware, and it's pretty clear that you're taking a speed hit in the name of couch-based convenience. The two operating systems are very close in synthetic tests, but SteamOS lags well behind Windows when it comes to real gameplay: depending on the game and your detail settings, you could be losing dozens of frames per second. All of the titles tested were still very playable on the modest test rig (a dual-core 3GHz Pentium with an old GeForce GTX 660), but this could pose a problem with more demanding titles in the future.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/14/steam-machines-slower-than-windows-pcs/

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TaylorPosted:

Cristianoo
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Nationalism Don't PC gamers make fun of console gamers, why would they buy a console if they have better PCs?

Steam should just stick to PC.


Because steam machines are just small form factor PCs. These aren't being marketed towards current PC gamers as most just build their own. These are marketed towards console gamers to try an introduce them to PC gaming. Valve is not making them they are just running the SteamOS on them.


You see that little Alien Guy? That's who makes them AKA Alienware AKA Overpriced POS


Oh shit, I didn't even see the Alienware logo.

HushPosted:

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Nationalism Don't PC gamers make fun of console gamers, why would they buy a console if they have better PCs?

Steam should just stick to PC.


Because steam machines are just small form factor PCs. These aren't being marketed towards current PC gamers as most just build their own. These are marketed towards console gamers to try an introduce them to PC gaming. Valve is not making them they are just running the SteamOS on them.


You see that little Alien Guy? That's who makes them AKA Alienware AKA Overpriced POS

GT-RPosted:

Nationalism Don't PC gamers make fun of console gamers, why would they buy a console if they have better PCs?

Steam should just stick to PC.


Because steam machines are just small form factor PCs. These aren't being marketed towards current PC gamers as most just build their own. These are marketed towards console gamers to try an introduce them to PC gaming. Valve is not making them they are just running the SteamOS on them.

TaylorPosted:

Don't PC gamers make fun of console gamers, why would they buy a console if they have better PCs?

Steam should just stick to PC.

VeraPosted:

some people on here have crazy PC builds too, so I know for sure a lot of people won't bother buying this

DBKPosted:

Well thats kind of a let down in my opinion!

DanielPosted:

Dinkleberg This is a waste of money. It was never worth it tbh.


That's true, it was never worth it.

DinklebergPosted:

This is a waste of money. It was never worth it tbh.

K3VINPosted:

I mean its not the most costly thing ever and its very basic for users who want to play pc pretty much but don't know where to start or have the money. This ain't gonna be no $1,000 gaming pc or something.

GT-RPosted:

Honestly, you can connect a PC to a tv just as easily as one of these or a console. I personally don't see a reason for them to exist because its fairly easy to build a PC and get more for your money.


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