Valve SteamBox: NVIDIA to be the preferred GPU vendor?

[caswow]

AMD teases at new tools to improve game development

This week in Hawaii, AMD flew dozens of journalists from around the world to the island of Oahu where they're set to make an announcement that they believe will revolutionize the world of game development.

"The key to my coming back to AMD is to bring hardware and software together under one umbrella," Kordori said.

What's more, Koduri contends that he and AMD are committed to making both Crossfire and Eyefinity "much better," as well as "making Linux users much happier."

AMD is scheduled to spill the beans tomorrow in an event that they will live stream, and Koduri has hinted at new tools that should greatly simplify game development on consoles and PCs that use AMD hardware - specifically their next generation graphics architecture.

http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...new-tools-to-improve-game-development-1183716

 

[ShintaiDK]

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

That was boring. Any hardware as I can read. And the Steambox from valve themselves will most likely just stay as a prototype.

 

[blackened23]

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

That was boring. Any hardware as I can read. And the Steambox from valve themselves will most likely just stay as a prototype.

Meh. And I was expecting a big press release event today, guess the reddit leak was a troll after all

Availability 2014? Valve sure isn't quick in piecing all of this stuff together.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Meh. And I was expecting a big press release event today, guess the reddit leak was a troll after all

Availability 2014? Valve sure isn't quick in piecing all of this stuff together.

As I can see it. Then there is no steam consoles. Its just (random) PCs with SteamOS. And I assume the 300 free prototypes will just be the standard 999$ Piston Xi3.

And the last announcement will most likely just be some summon up.

 

[monstercameron]

we waited 2 days for fluff.

 

[Teizo]

Just read this:

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/09/25/steam-rolling-into-your-living-room/

"Engineers from Valve and NVIDIA have spent a lot of time collaborating on a common goal for SteamOS: to deliver an open-platform gaming experience with superior performance and uncompromising visuals directly on the big screen.

NVIDIA engineers embedded at Valve collaborated on improving driver performance for OpenGL; optimizing performance on NVIDIA GPUs; and helping to port Valve’s award-winning content library to SteamOS; and tuning SteamOS to lower latency, or lag, between the controller and onscreen action."

I would be surprised if AMD did not have a team as well, but I just have a hunch that Nvidia's Grid Technology would be a viable way to go for streaming the games you purchase through Steam so you can just use an APU powered mITX box consuming very little power...or maybe the Steam Box itself.

 

[exar333]

This was an announcement about nothing. Did I miss something?

 

[ShintaiDK]

This was an announcement about nothing. Did I miss something?

Unfortunately no, you didnt miss anything.

...or maybe the Steam Box itself.

Its only software. And as of now, there is no steambox. Only steam machines (read PCs.).

On the other hand, it is the right time to try take on MS after its continual failures. However the outcome is to be seen. Personally I think SteamOS is a great idea and would love to see it succeed so we can get a dedicated gaming/entertainment OS on the PC. But its an uphill abttle, and the climb is really steep.

 

[Gloomy]

Just read this:

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/09/25/steam-rolling-into-your-living-room/

"Engineers from Valve and NVIDIA have spent a lot of time collaborating on a common goal for SteamOS: to deliver an open-platform gaming experience with superior performance and uncompromising visuals directly on the big screen.

NVIDIA engineers embedded at Valve collaborated on improving driver performance for OpenGL; optimizing performance on NVIDIA GPUs; and helping to port Valve’s award-winning content library to SteamOS; and tuning SteamOS to lower latency, or lag, between the controller and onscreen action."

I would be surprised if AMD did not have a team as well, but I just have a hunch that Nvidia's Grid Technology would be a viable way to go for streaming the games you purchase through Steam so you can just use an APU powered mITX box consuming very little power...or maybe the Steam Box itself.

If my [redacted] troll turns out to be the truth I'm not sure I could handle it.

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