Valve Details Steambox Prototype Specs Compared To PS4 XB1

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dahuman said:

nightsurge said:
Not to mention, the GTX 660 only has 2GB GDDR5, not 3GB. I highly doubt ANY Steam Machines will debut for less than $600 unless they have weaker overall performance compared to Xbox One/PS4.

In order to be comparable, you probably need a good $800 PC due to the console's optimizations.

Not if it's Linux based, it won't be nearly as bad as Windows on the API layers.

While Linux will help, it still won't come close to the optimizations and performance per hardware component that come with consoles. Even with Linux, the Steam Machines still have hundreds, if not thousands of configurations likely to be available (only slightly better than normal PC gaming which has obviously way more than thousands of potential configurations). Consoles have only 1 set of hardware. Multiplat games up to 3 sets of hardware.