Steam (Valve)

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Steam Controller Update
by: Axiom

We’re currently busy hand-building ten of the very latest iterations of the Steam Controller prototype to bring with us to GDC.



These prototypes incorporate much of the testing feedback we have received so far and the changes that were announced at Steam Dev Days [www.steamdevdays.com].

Even though our limited internal play testing has been going really well, we're excited to get some feedback from our customers on these latest changes.

For those of you able to attend GDC next week, please drop by our booth, as there will be some demo stations set up with the latest prototypes for play testing and feedback gathering. For those of you not able to attend GDC, for now we wanted to at least share a photo of the latest design changes:



We will be posting more updates very soon about the continuing testing, development, and refinement of the controller. Your questions and suggestions are what will ultimately shape the Steam Controller, so keep them coming!

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Zotac Steam Machine



The new wave of Steam Machines

The new box from Zotac, dubbed SN970, is a compact PC akin to Alienware’s Alpha, except a little bigger. The following are its specs:

“6th” gen Intel CPU: Zotac writes this on its spec sheet, but we reckon it’ll be an Intel “Skylake” CPU, manufactured at 14nm
NVIDIA GeFoce GTX 970M MXM with 3GB GDDR5
8GB DDR3
64GB M.2 SSD
1TB 2.5″ HDD
2 x Gig-E Ethernet
4 x HDMI 2.0 ports, supporting 4K @ 60Hz
1 x HDMI In
4 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.0

According to Zotac, the SN970 will ship with Steam OS and a Steam controller from the get-go, although users are free to install Windows if they so choose. Zotac also mentioned that Valve “wanted” the new round of Steam Machines to all have HDMI input, because Steam Machine will offer the ability to control and manage your television feed as well as offer the ability to record shows.

Zotac tells us that they will offer different Steam Machines that step down from the SN970, letting users integrate their own hardware options, but the SN970 will ship fully equipped for $999, although Zotac says the price may be lower.



The chassis is unlike anything Zotac currently has on the market, and the motherboard is custom too, supporting two 2.5″ SATA drives, and an M.2 slot that’s fully customizable by removing the bottom cover. This tells us that the cost of the SN970 is largely due to the custom hardware design.



Steam Machines have gone through several major bumps since their announcement back in 2013. With delays, pre-mature launches, as well as the continual dedication by Valve to make a perfect controller, they’re turning out to be better than when initially launched. However, NVIDIA just announced its living room Shield console, which streams games from NVIDIA’s Grid cloud delivery service. NVIDIA’s CEO, Jen-Hsun, announced today, that “NVIDIA would do what Netflix did for movies, and Spotify did for music.” Valve itself announced the Steam Link, which streams from any PC running Steam on the same network.

It remains to be seen how the Steam Machine platform will pan out, but for now, it looks like Steam Machines have direct, and serious competition, from both NVIDIA and Valve themselves.

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so, mao na ni puli sa PC gaming? mura na nuon g himo ug console... oh well... business is good...

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so, mao na ni puli sa PC gaming? mura na nuon g himo ug console... oh well... business is good...

yup mao na ilang aim bai.. para all in one na daw tanan mapa PC or naa ka sa imong living room diretso na..

[FakeSky]

mmmm, zotac's design with the huge steam logo. 10/10 would try when it gets here.

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mmmm, zotac's design with the huge steam logo. 10/10 would try when it gets here.

i am one of those people who's gonna try it. hahaha

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Alienware Steam Machine

Price: $479+

Specs:
-Intel Core i3/i5/i7
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX GPU 2GB
-4 -8GB DDR3L 1600MHz
-500GB - 2TB SATA 6Gb/s

[UniBrow23]

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STEAM sale napod.. unsa inyo napalit?