Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine is a highly anticipated, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/no-budget-gaming-here-valves-steam-machine-will-rival-true-pc-prices-as-it-confirms-it-wont-subsidize-the-price-which-may-be-good-for-xbox” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/no-budget-gaming-here-valves-steam-machine-will-rival-true-pc-prices-as-it-confirms-it-wont-subsidize-the-price-which-may-be-good-for-xbox”>console-like gaming PC that’s expected to launch in early 2026. It was data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-steam-machine-2025-announcement” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-steam-machine-2025-announcement”>first revealed on November 12, with the spec sheet showing off a semi-custom data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/amd” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd”>AMD Zen 4 processor with data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/steam-machine-8gb-vram-xbox-ps5″ target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/steam-machine-8gb-vram-xbox-ps5″>integrated RDNA 3 graphics.

Despite the overwhelming fanfare surrounding the Steam Machine announcement, one spec stood out to a lot of PC gamers. Rather than using the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hdmi-21″ target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hdmi-21″>latest HDMI 2.1 standard, originally unveiled in 2017, the Steam Machine uses an older HDMI 2.0 hookup.

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Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine is a highly anticipated, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/no-budget-gaming-here-valves-steam-machine-will-rival-true-pc-prices-as-it-confirms-it-wont-subsidize-the-price-which-may-be-good-for-xbox” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/no-budget-gaming-here-valves-steam-machine-will-rival-true-pc-prices-as-it-confirms-it-wont-subsidize-the-price-which-may-be-good-for-xbox”>console-like gaming PC that’s expected to launch in early 2026. It was data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-steam-machine-2025-announcement” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/valve-steam-machine-2025-announcement”>first revealed on November 12, with the spec sheet showing off a semi-custom data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/amd” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd”>AMD Zen 4 processor with data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/steam-machine-8gb-vram-xbox-ps5″ target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/steam-machine-8gb-vram-xbox-ps5″>integrated RDNA 3 graphics.

Despite the overwhelming fanfare surrounding the Steam Machine announcement, one spec stood out to a lot of PC gamers. Rather than using the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hdmi-21″ target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hdmi-21″>latest HDMI 2.1 standard, originally unveiled in 2017, the Steam Machine uses an older HDMI 2.0 hookup.

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