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855 points Philpax | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jsheard ◴[12 Nov 25 17:57 UTC] No.45903360[source]▶
Frame is obviously the main headline here, but they've also launching a new SteamOS mini-PC and a new controller.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller

No prices listed for any of them yet, as far as I can tell.

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phantasmish ◴[12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC] No.45903890[source]▶
Oh hell yes. There was a leak of specs (via a benchmarking database) of an upcoming machine from Valve and I had my fingers crossed that it was a mini PC and not some VR thingy, saw this thread, and was sad for a moment before I spotted this post.

6x as powerful as the Steam deck (that I use plugged in anyway 98% of the time—I’d have bought a Steam Deck 2, but I’m glad I get the option to put money toward more performance instead of battery and screen that I don’t use) is great. Not a lot of games I want to play won’t run well at least at 1080p with specs like that.

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torginus ◴[12 Nov 25 19:05 UTC] No.45904539{3}[source]▶
Snapdragon doesn't really have a good history of supporting proper desktop games. Windows for ARM had kinda bad compatibility. It seems the aim is to have most games just be playable like with the Deck. Fingers crossed but I have some reservations.
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phantasmish ◴[12 Nov 25 19:12 UTC] No.45904698{4}[source]▶
Their new mini PC isn’t ARM (the Frame is, though), it’s AMD hardware like the Steam Deck. Appears to be x86, should play basically anything in my library at 1080p or higher as long as it works under SteamOS.
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torginus ◴[12 Nov 25 19:37 UTC] No.45905176{5}[source]▶
I know but the Frame supports regular x86 games as well in standalone mode.
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klohto ◴[12 Nov 25 19:41 UTC] No.45905243{6}[source]▶
you run FEX, not direct ARM games
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1. torginus ◴[12 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.45905611{7}[source]▶
That doesn't magically fix the Qualcomm GPU or the drivers.
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2. klohto ◴[12 Nov 25 20:28 UTC] No.45906094[source]▶
I don’t think you will be on latest nightly. LTS are good and stable, if FEX is targeting those specs I don’t see a stability issue.
3. scheeseman486 ◴[12 Nov 25 20:31 UTC] No.45906135[source]▶
The GPU is fine and the drivers Valve are using, if their past hardware is any indication, will be open source. Doesn't magically fix them, but it does allow for Valve to fix them.