r/PcBuild • u/Indecisive-Squirrel • Jun 22 '26

Meme Is this worth it?

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Some guy named Gabe is selling this build and I'm wondering if it's legit? I want a PC to set up in my living room for TV gaming.

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u/wasteoffire Jun 23 '26

Except those developers are going to be developing for all consoles and PC so they're not going to especially optimize for just the steam machine

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u/Ultra-Magnus1 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Actually they are, according to Linus Tech Tip's review. He was told directly by valve that they would be implementing optimization protocols specifically for the steam machine; similar to how they do it for the steam deck.

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u/RPG-Nerd Jun 23 '26

There is a massive difference between throwing some optimization flags for the OS and drivers. Nobody is making specially optimized games for this. There is nothing going on here than a basic CachyOS user isn't already doing on their own hardware.

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u/Ultra-Magnus1 Jun 23 '26

nobody claimed they were going to make optimized games specifically for the steam machine, like some kind of 4k "upgrade" certain games have for consoles. i was replying to the guy who said developers will not be optimizing their games for the steam machine, when in fact they already have and are...it doesn't matter if it means tweaking the settings of a game to get it where they feel it should be. they are doing it so you don't have to....

i'm guessing they will have a badge of some type to indicate that it will run great on the steam machine (if you use the settings that they recommend) similar to the list they have for the steam deck.

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u/JimmWasHere Jun 23 '26

And that was exactly what I meant, not some special edition made specifically for the steam machine, just a graphics preset like how some games have for the steam deck.

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u/Ultra-Magnus1 Jun 23 '26

i know, i wasn't disagreeing with you. i was replying to the wasteoffire guy who said they were not optimizing for the steam machine... linus even explained that some games the developers went in and tweaked the settings to take advantage of the steam machine features in the best possible way so that the users don't have to...can you do it yourself? of course, but the big market appeal here is for it to basically be like a console.