Weirdly, the Steam Machine Only Has One Stick of DDR5 RAM - Here's Why
As Valve announced back in November, the Steam Machine launches with 16GB of DDR5 memory and a choice of a 512GB or 2TB SSD. These two components have become many times more…
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…The Big Steam Controller Interview Oliver talks to Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Mucha. Wed 29th Apr 2026 PC Valve Steam Controller Interviews Tuesday 28th Apr 2026 Review Valve's…
Review: Steam Machine: Beautiful Hardware, Console Performance - At A Price
…Delayed owing to the impact of the current component crisis, the Valve box comes at a cost that may dismay many. Steam Machine pricing starts at $1049 or £879 for the basic…
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…The Big Steam Controller Interview Oliver talks to Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Mucha. Wed 29th Apr 2026 PC Valve Steam Controller Interviews Tuesday 28th Apr 2026 Review Valve's…
Steam Machine's Mainboard Is a Masterpiece of Miniaturisation - Motherboard Teardown Photos
…In fact, it's noticeably smaller than a standard ITX size used in DIY small form factor PCs, as you can see in these teardown shots provided by Valve for Digital Foundry…
Yup, the Steam Controller Wilhelm Screams If You Drop It
The engineers at Valve love a good easter egg, but I was still surprised to read that the Steam Controller will do a full-on Wilhelm scream if you drop it while…
"We've Heard About Stick Drift and We've Experienced It Ourselves": The Big Steam Controller Interview
Ahead of the release of the Steam Controller first revealed in late 2025 , we spoke to Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais and hardware engineer Jeff Mucha. Our conversation covers the long hardware…
Build Your Own Steam Machine with Four Configurations, from Budget to Premium
…Creators Valve have been keen to stress to us that they want people to see the pre-built Steam Machine as just one option though, and they're working with other partners…
Nvidia Announces Automatic Shader Compilation - But What Does It Actually Do?
…That is probably of limited utility right now - how often will you want to play the same game on the same GPU but on different machines? - but Valve's approach with the…
Latest Steam Hardware Survey Shows AMD Radeon at New 19% High, 9060 XT and 9070 XT Chart for First Time
Valve's Steam Hardware Survey always makes for interesting reading, and the May 2026 edition has just been published. There's plenty to dig out of the data, but what caught my…