did they officially announce it or are these rumors/leaks?
pezus said:
See the video above. This is probably not the official "Steambox" though (if there even is one official Steambox) |
ok im really lost with whats going on lol. could you explain to me the situation of the "steam box" what it is and supposed to do?
Hobbyconsolas.com :
-''contará con una tecnología basada en la arquitectura de los modelos X7A de Xi3, es decir, microprocesador de cuatro núcleos a 3.2 GHz, tarjeta de memoria integrada (probablemente similar a la ATI HD 7660G) y de 4 a 8 GB DDR3, con infinidad de puertos USB 2.0 y 3.0, eSATAp, HDMI para dos monitores a la vez... en fin, todos los que podríamos encontrar en una placa base de un PC de sobremesa normal y corriente.''-
You understand the basics don't you? well, 4 cores 3.2Ghz, ATI HD 7660G (probably), 4 to 8 GB RAM, USB 2.0 and 3.0, eSATAp, HDMI, 2 monitors at the same time, around $700/$900 - Fully customizable with interchangeable parts like any PC. Or that's what they (respectable spanish website) claim... let's see. :)
Busted said: Hobbyconsolas.com : |
sounds kinda expensive for those specs, doesnt it?
So this is for displaying Steam gameplay on the big screen? Or does it have another purpose. I guess its cool, since Steam has Dota 2 now, should make for some interesting tournaments.
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward = best game ever made.
bananaking21 said:
sounds kinda expensive for those specs, doesnt it? |
That's why the ''let's see.'' but from what i've heard Xi3 tends to be over expensive, still let's see...
Personally, I suspect the "Steam Box" is a certification/set of standards and there will be multiple systems produce by a variety of manufacturers with different capabilities and prices; and games would have to be able to run at adequate levels on that hardware to be sold through steam.
Hypothetically speaking, I think it would be a lot like "Android for game consoles" ... At the low end you could have an inexpensive system that could play games at low quality settings at 720p@30fps, and at the high end you could have a premium system that could play the same games at ultra-high quality settings in 3D at 1080p@60fps.
The market (at the moment) is small, but over-time it could be huge for a product like this. In the not too distant future, you could produce a sub $100 system to sell in the developing world that has $5 games; and these games would have once needed a $600 system sold in the developed world to run at the highest quality setting, and sold for $60.
From what I have read, it only uses integrated graphics, but costs over $1000.... Seems completely pointless to me, I just want wireless streaming of my desktop PC to my TV
Since it's running Linux It will be a lot more optimized than if it was running windows, I will be interested to see it's performance on higher end games but as it is the current linux library shouldn't be an issue.
"just throwing this out there: the xi3 runs at 20 watts of power consumption. the wii u is 50. durango and orbis are ~170-200"
just throwing this out there: the xi3 runs at 20 watts of power consumption. the wii u is 50. durango and orbis are ~170-200.
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