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It does still highlight an issue with SteamOS showing non-SteamOS games on the store. Valve are being far too slow to act on this issue. It should show only SteamOS compatible games everywhere by default, Windows games should be the checkbox, not the other way around. I've mentioned this many times before, but it's a real shame it's still an issue.
It's as dumb as showing Xbox games on a PS4, it just shouldn't happen.
I do love the look of the Alienware Steam Machine, but their new editions are a bit on the pricey side.
They still have their original $450 box, but the new edition above that is a whopping $750 which is going to be a pretty hard to convince people to fork out for it. It does have a much better processor, more RAM and a better GPU though.
Still, it's really pleasing to see them advertise it more.
Anyone here own one, are you happy with it? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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TheRiddick Jul 9, 2016
You talking about those graphics cards on a pcie stick things laptops use? Yeah that would be a good solution for steam machines...
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Quoting: TheRiddickYou talking about those graphics cards on a pcie stick things laptops use? Yeah that would be a good solution for steam machines...
Yeah. It's a $200 external graphics card enclosure + USB hub. The new Alpha R2 has the proprietary amplifier port for it while the Steam Machine R2 doesn't.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/alienware-graphics-amplifier?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
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TheRiddick Jul 9, 2016
I was talking about the PCIe cards, you know, gpu on a pcb mini board. Not sure if that is whats happening here but not long ago they were talking about how they got a standard 980gtx running in a laptop fine. NOT USB ADAPTER.
What your suggesting will add $200 to the price tag, kinda pointless.
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What your suggesting will add $200 to the price tag, kinda pointless.
Last edited by TheRiddick on 9 July 2016 at 11:40 pm UTC
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Quoting: Vash63Quoting: mr-eggthey got dying light the following running that smooth ? What's inside it a quad sli titan x setup ?
Dying Light runs pretty well for me on an Nvidia GTX 760 in my SteamOS HTPC. Had to turn some settings down but that video probably isn't maxed out either.
Needless to say it also runs great on my Arch Linux desktop with a GTX 980 ti.
DL the following runs slower for some reason than the base game. I also have a 760 also.
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Quoting: TheRiddickI was talking about the PCIe cards, you know, gpu on a pcb mini board. Not sure if that is whats happening here but not long ago they were talking about how they got a standard 980gtx running in a laptop fine. NOT USB ADAPTER.
What your suggesting will add $200 to the price tag, kinda pointless.
This is an external graphics card unit that accepts a PCIe x16 graphics card and has it's own PSU unit. The cable and connector is proprietary but handles the PCIe and USB traffic.
Yes, it's $200 plus the cost of a graphics card which means it isn't a great deal but my point is that the Alpha has it as an option and isn't required to be bought, whereas with the Alienware Steam Machine, you're stuck with the GTX 960 period, with no upgrade option. Basically, Alienware screwed Steam Machine users by not officially bringing external graphics card support when it's supported by the kernel. That's not to say a GTX 960 is a bad GPU but it doesn't go as far on Linux with some demanding AAA games running at lower framerate than on Windows. This just means the Windows Alpha R2 and Syber Steam Machines w/ 6th gen CPUs are better options.
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Quoting: meraco750$ for a sub-par gaming PC.
what's sub-par here is your trolling.
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Quoting: XaeroVincentIMO, it makes more sense to buy an Alpha R2 then put SteamOS or another distribution on it instead of buying the Steam Machine at this point.
Definately not, because the hardware is the same. You can connect the graphics amplifier to the Steam Machine, you just need to support yourself. Because of lack of Windows license to spend money on, the Steam Controller and the game bundle, the Steam Machine is way preferable over installing SteamOS on the Alpha R2.
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Quoting: dmantioneThe more important thing here is buying the Steam Machine tells Alienware it's a sale for SM/SteamOS and not Windows.Quoting: XaeroVincentIMO, it makes more sense to buy an Alpha R2 then put SteamOS or another distribution on it instead of buying the Steam Machine at this point.
Definately not, because the hardware is the same. You can connect the graphics amplifier to the Steam Machine, you just need to support yourself. Because of lack of Windows license to spend money on, the Steam Controller and the game bundle, the Steam Machine is way preferable over installing SteamOS on the Alpha R2.
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TheRiddick Jul 10, 2016
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-nvidias-next-laptop-graphics-chip-is-gtx-980
See this adapter? see the image? that is what they should have used, less components and compat. Also allows for upgrading.
See this adapter? see the image? that is what they should have used, less components and compat. Also allows for upgrading.
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Segata Sanshiro Jul 10, 2016
Quoting: meraco750$ for a sub-par gaming PC.
I can't believe I'm agreeing with Meraco for once.
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