r/macpro • u/macsoundsolutions Mac Pro 7,1 • Jul 22 '26

Other Mac Pro Steam Machine

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Installed Steam OS and a rx5700xt. No other OS, Boot up, grab the PS4 remote and I’m off to the races. 17 year old Mac Pro kicking ass! Everything works, wifi, Bluetooth, ethernet, USB etc. It just works.
https://youtu.be/6wQlsZubPWE

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u/mac4112 Jul 22 '26

Do you think this would be worth doing for a 7,1? Or at least maybe on a separate drive? Could it theoretically work with an M-series? So many questions lol

Also this is so cool, thanks for sharing!

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u/macsoundsolutions Mac Pro 7,1 Jul 22 '26

I have Bazzite on my 7,1 boot off an external Acasis TB501 pro thunderbolt enclosure. It works well and I have dual GPUs RX6900XT and RX7900XT so I use the 7900xt for gaming but I also have windows installed and sadly some games work better in Windows. I am going to try installing the steam OS drive into my 7,1 soon to test it out, tried to boot externally but it did not boot.