Guide
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Best settings for PC performance
Get your graphics options shipshape and Bristol fashion
Hardware
Feature
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run smoothly aboard both Steam Deck and Steam Machine - with the right settings
Trying and testing the SteamOS duo
Feature
Behold my range of handmade Steam Machine faceplates: tasteful fan-covering, on the cheap
Because 3D printing is for charlatans
Feature
Disassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts
What an unplanned teardown tells us about the SteamOS mini-PC
Feature
Supporters only | The worst thing about the Steam Machine isn't the price, it's how little I get to use the Steam Controller's snappy magnetic dongle thingy
Puck's sake
News
US lawsuit accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of worsening the RAM crisis by fixing memory prices and supply
Update: Micron respond
Feature
The Steam Machine's Companion Cube case is big, expensive, and based on a 19-year-old joke, so I hate how well-made it is
Now do one shaped like Cave Johnson's head
Feature
How to survive the memory shortage crisis: a PC owner's guide
Make the most of what you have, and improve what you can
News
"We have our own list of features that we wanted to add": Valve say the Steam Machine's update support will be similar to the Steam Deck's
SteamOS and Proton, you're up
News
"It didn't look like things were going to change anytime soon": Valve insist price worries were never behind Steam Machine delays
'Twas supply chain issues alone, we’re told
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"It's too dangerous for us to speculate": Valve don't know if Steam Machine prices will drop in the future, after admitting that "some people are going to priced out"
"Component prices are too high, and components themselves are too rare"
Review
Steam Machine review: A singular living room PC that's more expensive than I'd like, but too special not to love
A quiet triumph of hardware design, even if it's not the budget champion we wanted
News
Steam Machine prices start at £879 / $1049, Valve confirm, as "randomised reservations" open for the SteamOS PC
Oh, and Half-Life 3 isn’t releasing with it either
News
Valve roll out a more detailed timeline for Steam Controller orders, giving you a clearer picture of when you'll hear about your reservation
"We want to manage expectations as much as we can"
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Supporters only | RPS behind the scenes: How I bodge hardware photography
A picture is worth a thousand lies
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Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar monitors can successfully beat biology to hone motion clarity in games - though they're not yet worth the price
The biggest, and costliest, gaming display upgrade in yonks
Feature
After a week of playing on nothing but Panther Lake laptops, it's safe to say that Intel has its gaming mojo back
Team Blue's latest mobile chips are in a league of their own
News
The Steam Deck OLED's price hikes have killed its status as the best deal in PC games hardware
RAMnarök claims a handheld all-timer with prices hitting £779 / $949