Valve’s Console Claims To Run Most Steam Games At 4K 60FPS

Valve nonetheless hasn’t revealed the complete breakdown of what’s inside its new Steam Machine console or how a lot it’s going to value. These particulars have been delayed together with the gadget’s “early” 2026 launch resulting from an AI-fueled PC half scarcity. However the firm did provide a recent clue about how the mini-computer will carry out, and it nearly sounds too good to be true.

“In our testing nearly all of Steam titles play nice at 4K 60FPS with FSR on Steam Machine,” the corporate wrote in a brand new replace on February 4. “That mentioned, there are some titles that at present require extra upscaling than others, and it might be preferable to play at a decrease framerate with VRR to take care of a 1080p inside decision. Within the meantime, we’re engaged on HDMI VRR, investigating improved upscaling, and optimizing ray tracing efficiency within the driver, so we’re approaching this from a number of angles.”

Steam customers are…skeptical. “I don’t see how that’s potential on many, if not most present AAA video games,” wrote one commenter. “The {hardware} simply isn’t there. Isn’t this imagined to be a 3050 or decrease class gadget?” One other wrote, “I don’t suppose the {hardware} is able to delivering this promise. I’ve a 12 GB 3060. Which, presumably, is a considerably extra highly effective GPU than the one being provided. But it surely’s a nonetheless a lower-end GPU and I’m not enjoying any AAA video games at 4K.”

It’s onerous to know what precisely meaning since 1000’s of latest video games come to Steam yearly and most of them are small indie video games that aren’t very demanding to run. The Steam Machine would possibly run Hole Knight: Silksong and Slay the Spire 2 at 4K 60FPS no downside, however what about Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert, each AAA blockbusters coming to Valve’s storefront over the following couple of months? To not point out the entire video games that launched final 12 months with PC efficiency points like Monster Hunter Wilds and Borderlands 4.

If the Steam Machine can pull off 4K 60FPS for even a few of these massive video games with out an excessive amount of body technology or upscaling, it could have quite a bit to supply not simply console gamers however folks coming from lower-end or very dated PC gaming rigs. But it surely additionally most likely gained’t come low cost. Then once more, on this new world the place gaming will get dearer yearly, who’s to say what even nonetheless counts as “low cost.”