Quibblekrust
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- Comment on [Controller] Missed my reservation purchase by a couple days, steeamhelp reopened it for me 2 days ago:
I never check my email. I just learned I missed the Steam Machine purchase email 10 days ago. I didn’t even think I was in the queue! I got the original “you’re not in the queue” email. I must have been close to the top of the waitlist.
In any case, I don’t really want it anymore. It’s basically not upgradable, and even adding RAM is hard. It’s a cool looking machine that takes up little space, and it’s neat that companies can make new faceplates and stuff for it, but as a computer, I’m just not sure it’s the best value.
Instead, I’m looking at mini PCs that feature an Oculink port. It lets you connect to an external GPU with a cable. Something like the GMKtec K12 has an integrated Radeon 780M, which is good for lots of gaming, but you can add a GPU for high end gaming. And then the GPU is upgradable. I have an old RTX 3060 12 GB sitting around (which I’ll keep for CUDA tasks like photogrammetry) but I’m looking at maybe a Radeon 9060 XT or 9070 XT for gaming. I don’t have to decide now, and I can upgrade later. Turns out the 3060 is almost identical in performance to what’s in the Steam Machine but has the advantage of 12 GB of VRAM.
Maybe I’m not the average potential Steam Machine buyer. I happen to already own a GPU and an ATX power supply, so I only need to buy these things:
$689 GMKtec K12 (32GB RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD) $110 Minisforum eGPU dock $25 Oculink cable
$824 total
But that’s because I already paid $250 for a used 3060 12GB years ago, and ~$80 for a power supply.
So the real total for buying this system from scratch right now is about $1,150 but you get an upgradable GPU and 32 GB of RAM. Sadly, you don’t get a Steam Controller.
The big downside of Oculink is the machine has to be powered off before you plug it in. It’s not hot swappable. It’s literally just external PCIe. However, some eGPU docks support USB-C or Thunderbolt 4/5, which are hot swappable, and there’s even new tech on the horizon called MCIO which is like Oculink but 8x PCIe lanes instead of 4x. Not that 4x is much of a bottleneck for gaming. Gaming just doesn’t require that much bandwidth.
Anyway, I just figured I’d share my thoughts because I’m sure other people are in the same boat: wanting a Steam Machine but can’t get one, or they want something a little more upgradable.
- Comment on 3D Printable Steam Machine Companion Cube Case by Jaron 1 week ago:
Same, but I’m also looking at mini PCs that feature an Oculink port for an external GPU. I’m currently leaning toward the GMKTec K12 which has a Radeon 780M internally (pretty common in mini PCs). That’s good enough for a lot of games (much better than than Deck), and I have an old RTX 3060 plus a power supply sitting around.
The PC is $689 and a Minisforum eGPU dock is $120. So for ~$800 I could have a tiny living room PC that can have some beef when I need it. It just wont be as pretty with the GPU attached. And I can even upgrade the GPU later. Something from AMD, ideally. Seems like a good deal to me.
- Comment on 3D Printable Steam Machine Companion Cube Case by Jaron 1 week ago:
Parts List:
- 1x Steam machine
- Etc.
Well, fuck.
- Comment on The Steam Frame's "Great on Frame" Page Is Now Live 2 weeks ago:
Tunic was fantastic. It’s not a unique perspective I want. I want a cute action adventure game 3D VR. 😄
- Comment on The Steam Frame's "Great on Frame" Page Is Now Live 2 weeks ago:
What I want more than anything is a billion dollars, but second to that is a top-down VR Zelda game. I fucking love A Link Between Worlds, and I can imagine a VR game like that where you look down at the world from above, and actually look behind objects. The idea of looking down on a tiny world and controlling a character like Link is so appealing.
The game could hide secrets behind things in this way, or use it in puzzles. Maybe you would be able to spin the world around and look at it from different sides.
Are there any existing games like that?
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 4 weeks ago:
What’s your point? The video shows a 19% increase in making fucking zip files. It almost nothing in any of the games.
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 4 weeks ago:
Different person here. I did watch, and it sounded like a bit of FUD. “It could be unstable. You could get a random crash some month into the future and you don’t know if you need to blame it on the RAM or something else.” that’s basically all he said.
- Comment on Steam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Console 4 weeks ago:
It was better than clicking “Next” every second for 45 minutes trying to check out, and then failing to get one. Nothing can truly stop scalpers except the original seller doing the scalping themselves with a reverse auction.
What I mean
I’m not suggesting this is a good system. Hence I’m hiding it in a spoiler. Imagine if Valve launched the sale, and priced the machine at like $2100 (base model), and that started ticking down. Well, the rich idiots who just have to have one buy it for that price, and more normal people buy it after it drops a lot. No scalper can profit if all the rich idiots already got theirs directly from Valve. Instead, Valve profits, which you could argue is better.
- Comment on It didn't have to be this way | Nerdnest - Youtube (Invidious link) 5 weeks ago:
You don’t speak for all of us. I appreciated the summary.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 5 weeks ago:
You can always replace the storage yourself. A 2TB NVMe doesnt even cost $300 (most are around $250), and if you swapped it yourself, you’d have a 512 GB one to stick into an enclosure and use as a portable hard drive.
And you don’t even have to do that immediately. 512 GB is plenty to start. Especially since not everyone plays enormous AAA games with hundreds of mods. You can upgrade at any time.
- Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 1 month ago:
It doesn’t matter who they’re “targeting”. If they sell it at a loss because it’s more powerful than it costs, people who don’t care at all about Steam will purchase it as a computer to run emulators or normal software. They are not going to do this.
- Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 1 month ago:
You’re forgetting that it’s just a computer, and can it can be reformatted, and you can install any OS on it to do anything with it. It’s not locked to the Steam Store in any way. It’s not like a console where they can sell it at a loss and make money on games later because console companies make it impossible for you to use it as a normal computer. Steam does not.
- Comment on Any desktop-mode tips for a new Steam Deck owner? 1 month ago:
Oh, so it’s like a portable monitor with a keyboard attached to it? I had no idea these were a thing.
- Comment on Any desktop-mode tips for a new Steam Deck owner? 1 month ago:
Can you explain this lapdock setup you’re talking about?
- Comment on Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike 2 months ago:
Ah, so it is. I read the URL and assumed it was the title as it often is.
- Comment on Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike 2 months ago:
What a weird title! Yours, I mean. It’s sold out within 24 hours of being made available again after weeks and weeks of not being available. The price hike is just ancillary information.
- Comment on [Steam controller] Anyone hear back after the May 8th reservation blitz? 2 months ago:
Someone in these comments literally ordered one from a reservation today. So there.
- Comment on How to get notified about Steam Hardware news the instant it's announced... 2 months ago:
I just installed Read You from F-Droid.
I think self-hosting an aggregator lets you keep a cross-platform record of what you’ve read and what not. You mostly just need an app.
- Comment on How to get notified about Steam Hardware news the instant it's announced... 2 months ago:
That link goes to a to a forum, which doesn’t have subscriptions. I figured out the answer, though.
- I went to the Steam Frame page.
- Near the bottom was “Follow Steam Hardware for updates, news, and launch information”.
- That page has a “Links” menu with an RSS link.
Note: if you go to the page in step 2 yourself, the RSS link will likely be in your local language. My link above is in English.
- Comment on How to get notified about Steam Hardware news the instant it's announced... 2 months ago:
Well, that’s a good idea. I haven’t thought about RSS in ages. Like I forgot that was even a thing. I could write a back-end that polls the RSS feed for its last updated date, and if I find something, then notify subscibers. Subscribers like an app someone makes.
I don’t know much about writing Android apps, but I feel like if I were to write the stupidest one, post it on GitHub, and advertise the project to people, someone will be so offended at its stupidity that they’ll fix it for me.
I can handle a back-end stuff just fine.
- Comment on How to get notified about Steam Hardware news the instant it's announced... 2 months ago:
We agree! That’s what I meant when I said, “Any real news from Valve.”
I guess “real news from Valve” wasn’t clear enough and could be mistaken for also including NewRandomYouTubeGamerX64_L33tSauce’s pricing opinions. I guess I just don’t condider that news. I thought the title was clear. TIL!
- Submitted 2 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 16 comments
- Comment on 50 T of "game consoles" imported by Valve in the past week 2 months ago:
Ha! I was actually worried about the $120 I put in for the Controller (just in case they were going to charge for shipping.) These days I only buy the occassional indie game. I can’t imagine putting in $1,000 for a Steam Machine and risk not getting one. (Or whatever it’s going to cost.)
- Comment on [Controller] Think these people will be disappointed 2 months ago:
Wait, there were 2025 previous versions of the Steam Controller?
- Comment on [Controller] Think these people will be disappointed 2 months ago:
I do hope someone makes a good case for the new Steam Controller. I like my Spigen brand Steam Deck case more than the Valve one, so maybe they’ll make a similar one for the controller that has a nice zippered pocket for the puck and a USB cable.
- Comment on Steam Controller is Out of Stock 2 months ago:
I got one. Had to click “Continue” about 100 times to checkout. Took over 30 minutes.
- Comment on Looking for a battery bar for the [deck] 3 months ago:
Wow, that’s scary
- Comment on Looking for a battery bar for the [deck] 3 months ago:
Auto Suspend
So what happens? The screen just goes black in the middle of a game? I guess that would be a clue to plug it in if you’re expecting it.
Right now, having it shut down when you didn’t realize the battery was low is really annoying.
But here’s something I’ve done many times. I pick up my Deck, I turn it on without thinking, and it turns out it’s at 0% or very close to it, and as the screen comes on, the voltage drop from waking up has lowered the voltage below the low-voltage shut off, so it just shuts down immediately.
I did this like three times before I learned to always plug in the Deck before turning it on if i’m not certain I have good battery.
So what would happen with this plugin installed? Would it wake up and then immediately go to sleep again? Or is there a threshold where it doesn’t check if it should sleep within a certain period of being woken up? In that case, it would just shut down, like normal. But I’m wondering if there’s a chance the plug-in catches that and makes it go back to sleep. Because that would be excellent as long as I knew what was happening.
- Comment on I just tried RPCS3 for the first time since the big update. LBP is now playable on Deck 3 months ago:
Makes sense. Like MAME, like the other reply mentioned.
- Comment on I just tried RPCS3 for the first time since the big update. LBP is now playable on Deck 3 months ago:
Some of us don’t even know what RCPS3 is, so LBP could have been anything.
