Comment on I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great

• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Try it on your desktop in the middle of a game and let me know how that goes.

  Oh, you mean application sleep/resume. Yeah, that’s not standard. It’s not hardware-based though. It just needs to offload the data in cache and RAM into storage, then put it back when it’s needed. That’s handled by software, and I would wager on it being available on SteamOS at large, and probably all of Linux, once it’s published.

  It’s not, it requires a special processor.

  I have not heard about it having a “special processor”. It’s a AMD Zen 4 CPU. It doesn’t seem to have anything special there. Do you mean an additional processor? I haven’t heard any discussion of that. They’ve said they want to add it to the Deck too, so I’m pretty sure you’re incorrect.

  Uhhh it has EVERYTHING to do with the hardware?

  Their hardware isn’t special. It’s stuff you can buy off the shelf. Sure, choosing efficient hardware is important, but it isn’t exclusive to the Steam Machine/Valve. That’s what I was discussing. Anything extra they’re getting out of it is software and/or firmware.

  Not in this compact size.

  First, yes, you can, if you make it yourself. Sure, it’s hard, but not impossible.

  Second, the size has nothing to do with the efficiency! Sure, it’s nice, but it doesn’t reduce power draw. It’s got the same amount of heat generation as any other computer with the same hardware. Yes, it has a fairly large radiator/heat-sink, but you can get the same size (or larger) yourself if you want.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have not heard about it having a “special processor”. It’s a AMD Zen 4 CPU.

    Look closelier. It’s “semi-custom”.

    It’s stuff you can buy off the shelf.

    Which shelf is that?

    First, yes, you can, if you make it yourself.

    No.

    the size has nothing to do with the efficiency!

    It has everything to do with heat and noise.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Look closelier. It’s “semi-custom”.

      They clarified, the silicon is off-the-shelf and the firmware is modified. It doesn’t have some “special processor” or anything.

      It has everything to do with heat and noise.

      What? It being small only means the heat has less room to be removed, so it needs a higher power fan (or thermal throttling). It does have something to do with heat and noise, in that smaller is worse for them. If it’s quite or cool, that’s despite the size, not because of it.

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It being small only means the heat has less room to be removed

        Being custom allows it to be both small and quiet. Find me another PC in this size, with this much power, that’s as quiet. You can’t.

        because it’s made by Valve I guess, and they need to be worshiped?

        I’ve already stated why several times. Now you’re just being disingenuous.

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