Valve New Hardware Launching Early 2026 - Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Steam Controller

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G2ThaUNiT said:

Bizwas said:

I like that steam machine, something like that will be my entry to pc gaming when this console gen ends. Looking at the description however I wonder why it says HDMI 2.0 (not 2.1) and why it has no ethernet port?

It does have an eternet port. Gigabit.

PC gaming is primarily used with DisplayPort, so I'm guessing that's why it has HDMI 2.0. Not as important.

The thing is, the Steam Machine is supposed to be connected to a TV, so HDMI would make much more sense here.

Then again it's not powerful enough to make much use of higher refresh screens - and many TVs don't even have higher refresh rates, so it doesn't really need a faster HDMI connector for 99% of the clientele.

Zippy6 said:

rapsuperstar31 said:

What are we thinking for price? Digital Foundry has a video on it with hands on impressions, one of the guys there is hoping it's $399, thinking $499 won't be competitive at those specs.

$399 would be crazy. It's gpu isn't as powerful as the ps5, but it's still comparable and that's a now $549 machine. Plus it's a PC. I don't see how a $399 price, even for the 512gb model, is close to feasible.

$499 would still be a very good price also.

The GPU in the PS5 is an RX 6700, the one in the Steam Machine is a 7600M running at full boost most of the time. While the latter will probably be weaker, it will only be very slightly so, as in roughly 5-10% slower. The desktop RX 7600 was actually a couple frames faster than the 6700 in most games, with the slightly cut-down GPU, it will probably be the reverse.

All in all, the difference should be measurable, but not really visible outside of some edge cases.

As for the price, as you mentioned, $399 is way too low. I'm expecting $549 for the 512GB model and $649 for the 2GB version

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 12 November 2025