Now that FSR 4.1 is available on the Steam Machine, Valve seems to have used it to update the store page to, well, temper expectations. Valve now claims that the CPU and GPU combo can do “up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1,” which is a much safer claim.
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Not surprising, I’m actually a bit shocked they pushed the 4k thing so hard when they had chosen this config a while ago.
Sucks for valve. I was hoping this thing would be a knockout just a little pricey due to ramagedon.
At half the price this would be more attractive. I’m sure it’ll get dev support like the deck. But it’s hard to be excited for last gen perf at higher prices.
If games were actually optimised for this kind of hardware, there would be no problem. We dont actually need all these hardware upgrades every year. Games still run like shit, at some point we have to demand better from our games, rather than constantly upgrading our setups for nothing.
I do not disagree, it’s too easy to ship unoptimized crap in the name of shipping velocity
I guarantee any game made by Valve, on GoldSource or Source or ‘Source2’ will be capable of hitting 4K 60fps on this thing.
The Xbox Series S was also ‘up to’ 4K, so I guess this is expexted, but still I wish manufacturers took their plausible deniability advertisements a bit more seriously…
Microsoft has been quite transparent about the fact that the Series S can only do 4K with upscaling:
The primary difference between the two consoles is that the XBOX Series X displays games in native 4K, is available with a UHD Blu-ray Disc player, and you can choose between 1TB SSD or 2TB SSD. XBOX Series S is designed for disc-free gaming at 1440p (with the ability to upscale to 4K) and you can choose between 512GB SSD or 1TB SSD.
Source: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s#specs
One might argue that even the Series X upscaled to 4K more often than not, but still. It can actually render a number of games at native 4K, just like its predecessor. Interestingly, the Series S GPU is weaker than the one used by the One X, albeit more modern, which impacts backwards compatibility, limiting it to One S resolutions and performance with Xbox One, 360 and OG titles.
Microsoft also claims that the Series S can play games “up to 120fps”. We all know that’s the furthest from the truth.
My takeaway is to take what Valve say with a grain of salt and watch YouTube videos on performance before dropping money on it.
Of course it can. I’m sure my cell phone could run doom at 4k. What a dump headline.
The point is that they changed the claim from “4k 60 fps with FSR” to “up to 4k with FSR” which is a very different claim.
Is it, though?
As with all things PC gaming, it depends on the game.
Is it capable of 4K@60Hz in some games? Absolutely.
Is any computer capable of 4K@60Hz in all games? Of course not!To me, this change is just clarifying things for people who are ignorant of technology, and to avoid stupid/silly complaints that the Gabecube can’t run the latest and greatest at 4K/60 fps.
I meqn the ps5 box says something like 8k ready
The removal of 4k 60fps after the performance reviews is absolutely no mistake.
Stardew Valley up to 4K
4K video playback?
So it wouldn’t let me play minesweeper at 8k?
This applies to games only. Minesweeper isn’t gaming, it is a lifestyle.
My PC can do 4K, too. But it’s only gonna get like 12fps in most shit. Also AMD themselves says FSR4 is slower than FSR3. You get better image quality at the trade off of lower performance.
