Steamos Articles

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December 05, 2025

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards. ...

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December 04, 2025

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Valve tells Ars its "trying to unblock" limits caused by open source driver issues. ...

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December 02, 2025

Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem

Valve has work to do on the software side - but some fixes are coming. ...

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November 17, 2025

I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great

With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute. ...

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November 10, 2025

New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

But author warns that Direct3D 7 "is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability." ...

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