Valve’s working on official Nvidia support in SteamOS.
With a release date close, the Steam Machine’s price could be higher than firs thought
The company also gave its reasoning for not subsidizing the machine.
It may even work with Nvidia hardware, eventually
Valve has finally released information on the Steam Machine pricing and release timing. Here's how to get on the waitlist and why Linux users should rejoice.
Alternatively, you can install SteamOS 3.8 on your own AMD-powered hardware
Valve launches Steam Machine at $1,049–$1,349 (vs. <$750 expected), citing 6-month component inflation and custom engineering. Valve rejects console subsidies, pricing at cost—a statement that margin-zero hardware and open ecosystems trump market-share short-termism.
Valve’s reservation process is complicated, but fair.
You'll be able to preorder Valve's PC/console hybrid soon enough.
And, how 8GB of VRAM ended up in the Steam Machine.
Under the hood, the Steam Machine packs a semi-custom AMD platform: a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 CPU clocked up to 4.86GHz, an RDNA 3 GPU with 28...
Adding Nvidia and dual-boot support will certainly make SteamOS a much more appealing solution for gamers who don’t want multiple hardware or only have a single device for both…
SteamOS has spent most of its life as a closed ecosystem, optimized almost exclusively for Valve's own devices. That's beginning to change. The company recently updated its...