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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53817

A new performance test of Valveâ??s Steam Machine has shown disappointing results in modern AAA games.

At 1440p on Medium/High settings with ray tracing, **Cyberpunk 2077** ran at just 28 FPS. **Black Myth: Wukong** (Very High) managed only 20 FPS, and **Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora** (Ultra) hit 21 FPS.

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psolord · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2026 8:09 am Post subject:

What a fucking joke! Very Happy

lorcro2000 · Elite Member Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 477

The Steam machine is meant to live in a living room. Meaning, it can't be too hot and thus loud, so it has a low TDP processor and the GPU is also limited to around 100-something watts. There's nothing surprising here. Valve never claimed it would be a power monster, they claimed it was enough to play games. You can play the games listed at usable frame rates if you *don't* try to run them on max.

Trying to run them on max is 100% operator error.

The price of the unit did go much higher than anyone, especially Valve, wanted, but have you *seen* the fucking insanity that is the PC market now that the AI psychos have gone full nutjob on the market?

Sabot · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2026 9:33 am Post subject:

It’s meant for dimwits. Those that haven’t a PC-building-clue and cant tie shoelaces.
Which is a LOT. Plus of course anything that Steam produces has cult following and status in their bedroom worlds.

My rig is 2 1/2 year old now RTX 4060TI etc. I play Avatar at 1440 @100fps on ultra. Which say enough about this junk where you are just paying for *parts and labour* not performance.

It also cost me, as I built it, £800.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the SSDs are Recycled.

‘We’re committed, sell it’. Said fat Gabe