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Rumors of an Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death-like defect for Valve's Steam Machine have been spreading for the past week, but follow-up comments from both Valve and the original poster have assuaged these worries.
The original photo posted to Reddit by u/me_hill
Specifically, user u/me_hill on...
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Whatever you think about the Steam Machine, the fact is it's launching into a brutal market for anyone trying to sell a gaming product. So brutal, in fact, that Valve has been unable to source the 8GB SODIMMs that it originally planned to...
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Valve has uploaded a set of four drivers for the Steam Machine (GPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and SD card reader) to its official support site, for users that may want to install Windows on their systems. But there are many pros and cons to consider.
For select games that are unsupported by...
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Amid the chaos of a new product launch, Valve has remained hard at work on SteamOS. Not only has SteamOS received a long-promised update to support standard PCs, but tailored SteamOS support for the Steam Deck and other handhelds has...
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The first report of a "Red Line of Death" error appearing on a Steam Machine has hit the web. Fortunately, there's just one report to speak of so far, so it's probably not an Xbox 360-scale disaster. It's still a bad look for the Steam...
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Shortly after the Steam Machine was revealed, word of an E-Ink front panel was confirmed by Valve as an internal project not intended for consumer release. Even so, Valve followed up with 3D printable front panels files, with designs...
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We have all heard that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission, but as Dbrand is finding out, permission still matters. Having not secured it from Valve before forging ahead with its Portal-themed Companion Cube...
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Those who have been looking out for Steam hardware-related activity have been closely monitoring SteamDB. It paid off late last night as X user @SadlyItsBradley discovered that Valve's Portal 2 (2011) is the first game to be listed as...
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Along with the Steam Machine, Valve has also publicly released SteamOS 3.x, which debuted with Steam Deck. With version 3.8, SteamOS can be installed on any modern desktop, laptop, or handheld PC so long as its using an AMD GPU. NVIDIA GPU...
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Valve has begun sending out email notifications to randomly selected users who have been placed into a reservation queue for its upcoming Steam Machine release, and some recipients are turning their spots in line into thousands of dollars...
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The Steam Machine has been somewhat turbulent, due to its sub-PS5 performance without FSR 4.1 and relatively high $1049 starting price point. Despite those things, the Steam Machine does still have some undeniable appeal, especially...
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We love handhelds around here, and no one more than me. We just dropped our full review of the new MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, and the performance numbers are absolutely wild. In our testing, its Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor completely dunks on...
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It has been the question looming over the Gabecube since the specs were announced last year: how much? Well, now we know how much, and the answer is ... perhaps 'too much.' But that depends on your values, and what you're looking for...
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Not only was the Steam Machine just launched on the Steam storefront, but a quiet Proton Experimental update has enabled AMD FSR 4.1 on AMD RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 GPUs.
Similar to previous community tweaks done with a leaked version of AMD...
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If there’s a game that can give Grand Theft Auto VI a run for its money in the hype department it’s Half-Life 3, which has a mythic hold on the gaming community as fans have been waiting over 20 years since the release of Half-Life 2. The...
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Valve's Steam Deck opened up the existing PC gaming handheld market to the mainstream and, in so doing, arguably created a whole new class of PC gaming devices. The Steam Machine probably isn't going to have the same impact on the market...
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Valve's new Steam Controller is selling so fast that the company is having trouble keeping up with demand. As such, shipments for new orders have been pushed out to 2027, and the same is true of some existing reservations, the company...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is a fine graphics card, even if not quite as fast as NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It's certainly more affordable, and so the card's absence on Valve's Steam hardware survey up to this point has been a...
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Researchers at security firm Kaspersky are warning Steam gamers to be on guard, as threat actors have started to distribute malware on Valve's platform via infected live wallpapers. This campaign displays just how creative hackers are...
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The Steam Machine's much-anticipated launch date has yet to be confirmed, but details keep piling up that point toward an imminent release. As of today, that includes a pair of new "Valve Fremont" benchmark results appearing in the...
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As a software vendor, it's dangerous to be beholden to a single hardware vendor. That's why this latest move from Valve is pretty savvy; the company seems to have added some support for Intel's Arc GPUs to its customized Arch Linux...
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Physical gift cards for Valve's popular Steam platform are about to go the way of the dodo bird, and you can thank scammers for their years of abuse. In an update to a Steam support document, Valve confirmed it will not be restocking...
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