• gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    Well, here I was thinking that Steam Machine had priced itself out of the market, but it sounds like it’s gonna end up having parity with PS6 anyhow

    • SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      Next-gen consoles are rumored to be around a 5080 in terms of performance. With 32GB of unified ram, $1000 would be a good deal for that level of performance. If Microsoft added the ability to run windows on it, that would be a pretty compelling package.

      Hopefully things will get better, but with ram prices where they are the steam machine would probably need to be $900 if it launched today without being subsidized by valve and is around the performance of a base PS5.

      I hate to say it but consoles may be the better deal next-gen.

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        5 hours ago

        You speak with an awful lot of authority for someone who is just making stuff up.

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          11 hours ago

          These are the rumored specs according to moore’s law is dead. Of course things could change or he could have gotten misinformation.

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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            10 hours ago

            MLID has <50% accuracy IIRC, so everything to be taken with a spoonful of salt. Not saying it’s definitely wrong, of course. He’s gotten things right sometimes too.