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Makes sense building their own (persumingly linux?) OS, now lets see if they get the graphics drivers right
Now they have my interest. Having a (cheap) box in the living room but still being able to access my PC library... I nearly got a nVidia SHIELD for thatYou can play all your Windows and Mac games on your SteamOS machine, too. Just turn on your existing computer and run Steam as you always have - then your SteamOS machine can stream those games over your home network straight to your TV!![]()
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Got to say, very interested in this. Wont be getting rid of windows any time soon (somehow I doubt they're building SteamOS with office in mind) But very likely to set up a dual boot ^^ That streaming to the living room is an interesting idea as well, I've already got an htpc in there, hopefully it'll be able to act as the receiver.
If they can get nvidia and AMD to make drivers for their flavor, then the threat to windows as a gaming platform would get a little more real.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ste...e-3,24388.html
If that statement is by an actual Valve employee,then sorry I am out. How mature then,especially when AMD makes up around 40% of the discrete card market,and with their IGPs has greater marketshare than Nvidia.Originally Posted by supposed Steam employee
What is the point,when a Windows license will give you years of usage for around 70 quid(you can still run DX11 games on Vista which is 7 years old for example),and simply has better hardware support. That does not even include the fact Windows 7 and 8 at launch cost less than 35 quid.
Open OS my backside. Its more a Hobson's choice,IMHO which makes it really no different than a closed system like a PS4 or XBox One.
Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 25-09-2013 at 12:49 PM.
That doesn't sound genuine. Valve would have no reason to rain on AMD's announcement (though Nvidia could ask for the timing to change to offset the fact they don't have any hardware to announce), and beside Nvidia have always had very good Linux drivers so what is there to release over the next few months?
That last part is the key, and AMD have under served the Linux market for years.
If AMD have decent drivers on hand, then now would be a superb time to prove it. I really hope they step up.
Really can't see it being genuine.
Nvidia driver "support" has always been there and all the Valve test kits have been Nvidia GPUs from various INF leaks and so on. Are we really meant to be believe that the smallest of steps towards open-source drivers is meant to euthanise an AMD GPU announcement already hyped on various dev page (re: DICE) with shots of the card as well as a large portion of the gaming market?
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for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Added to other thread.
I approve of this.
There is so many "unknown" things here, that I will hold out until all details are known and SteamOS actually do release.
I'm going to make a crazy prediction and say, if Valve pull this off this OS could be the windows replacement for gaming in future. Being open source and free Microsoft won't stand a chance if it's good (as many people are just waiting to be able to ditch windows), especially when they keep releasing failures like Vista and Windows 8. Linux only continues to get better and it's performance and stability has been better than Windows for ages.
A lot of games have already been ported to Linux recently on steam, so a lot of the hard work is already done. Yes there are issues with AMD hardware on Linux and and other driver problems, but in a mainstream OS these would be fixed.
Last edited by Mister; 19-10-2013 at 11:57 AM.
Does anyone know whether this will be able to download other Linux applications, for example word processing software?
If not, I suppose it could be ran on a partition.
I think i'm probably gonna wait for reviews before I would even consider buying it, be interesting to see where Valve go with it.
I'll be going straight for this, already run my gaming via PC to TV via HDMI + xbox 360 controller and Steam full screen mode.
Would never buy a console again.
Valve has joined the Linux Foundation as well recently. They are dead serious about all things Linux!
Honestly, I kinda wish they'd make a pure streaming device, a bit like an in-home "OnLive", as the Steam Boxes excited me to start with, but after seeing the equipment inside them, they're not going to be cheap.
I'd have been quite happy to just use my PC's power to render the games and stream it across. As it happens, it seems I'll just be sticking with the HDMI+controller+big screen mode option for the time being.
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