Valve Walks Back Steam Machine Performance Claims, Now Says the Mini PC Is Capable of ‘Up To’ 4K Gaming Instead of ‘60 FPS at 4K'
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Now that FSR 4.1 is available on the Steam Machine, Valve seems to have used it to update the store page to, well, temper expectations. Valve now claims that the CPU and GPU combo can do “up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1,” which is a much safer claim.

  • DdCno1@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Microsoft has been quite transparent about the fact that the Series S can only do 4K with upscaling:

    The primary difference between the two consoles is that the XBOX Series X displays games in native 4K, is available with a UHD Blu-ray Disc player, and you can choose between 1TB SSD or 2TB SSD. XBOX Series S is designed for disc-free gaming at 1440p (with the ability to upscale to 4K) and you can choose between 512GB SSD or 1TB SSD.

    Source: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s#specs

    One might argue that even the Series X upscaled to 4K more often than not, but still. It can actually render a number of games at native 4K, just like its predecessor. Interestingly, the Series S GPU is weaker than the one used by the One X, albeit more modern, which impacts backwards compatibility, limiting it to One S resolutions and performance with Xbox One, 360 and OG titles.

    • Icedrous@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      Microsoft also claims that the Series S can play games “up to 120fps”. We all know that’s the furthest from the truth.

      My takeaway is to take what Valve say with a grain of salt and watch YouTube videos on performance before dropping money on it.