[richymcdermott]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/03/0...am-box-console

Cant really give my impressions on it just yet ..

[AceCard Jones]

Only thing I hope is that they don't make their own IP's exclusive to this. This could have the opposite effect really when you think about it, rather than making people who play consoles get this, it could make PC gamers favour this instead.
Never understood how a mouse and keyboard was supposed to work for a 47" TV, how close would you have to be? (I know they're making pads for this)

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

not very close
my tv's only 42 inches but I can game fine at a distance you'd normally have a couch at, or if i'm playing starcraft i'll scooch a little closer.

youa ctually want to be kinda far away so you can take in the view of the tv without having to turn your head from side to side constantly checking the edges of the screen

[calex71]

The report claims that baseline models will have an Intel Core i7 CPU, NVIDIA GPU and 8GBs of RAM, such as the Alienware X51, which may have been designed to be a Steam Box-capable device.

That's not going to be cheap, last I checked i7 based systems where anything but

[Coriolanus]

We'll probably see it before ep 3.

[ShadowHearth]

Originally Posted by calex71

That's not going to be cheap, last I checked i7 based systems where anything but

I just don't see a reason for i7 though. It's useless for games.

To be honest it might be just a pc in steam case and ste logo.

[PogMoThoin]

Interested, hopefully i7 and a nice hackable box

[Robi Wan]

I think its another ill informed story from ign
they're jumping on a nonchalant comment made by gabe a few weeks.
Their source is a blog site if I'm not mistaken. There hasn't being a leak from valve in a long long time.

[5uspect]

Was Gabe's comment in reference to bio-feedback hardware? So a heartbeat sensor built into your mouse, for example. Perhaps to guide the AI director in L4D.

[gizmo]

Originally Posted by Robi Wan

I think its another ill informed story from ign
they're jumping on a nonchalant comment made by gabe a few weeks.
Their source is a blog site if I'm not mistaken. There hasn't being a leak from valve in a long long time.

Nope, there's been a couple of rumors about this floating around for some time. There's something being talked about alright but it's been kept tightly under wraps I'd imagine.

[Andy!!]

Originally Posted by ShadowHearth

I just don't see a reason for i7 though. It's useless for games.

Not if Steam are getting round to properly using i7's multicore architecture... developers will do eventually.

[Burgo]

Originally Posted by gizmo

Nope, there's been a couple of rumors about this floating around for some time. There's something being talked about alright but it's been kept tightly under wraps I'd imagine.

In fairness theres been lots of talk about ep 3 for years Doesn't really mean anything tbh.

[gizmo]

Originally Posted by Andy!!

Not if Steam are getting round to properly using i7's multicore architecture... developers will do eventually.

The i5s and the i7s are based on the same core architecture, the only real differences are the number of cores, cache size and support for Hyper-Threading. The Source engine is already multi-threaded unless you mean the Steam client itself?

Originally Posted by Burgo

In fairness theres been lots of talk about ep 3 for years Doesn't really mean anything tbh.

These are a different kind of rumor, not the ones you'd read about on Kotaku.

[ShadowHearth]

Originally Posted by Andy!!

Not if Steam are getting round to properly using i7's multicore architecture... developers will do eventually.

why would they do it now? i5 2500k non HT CPU is not even maxed out, in fact the most load i have seen on my one is 55%. its GPU that makes any sort of difference these days, not CPU.

its actually very funny when you say i7 users that their cpu means jack **** in gaming and only increase your e-penis. they get really thick lol

[ShadowHearth]

Originally Posted by gizmo

The i5s and the i7s are based on the same core architecture, the only real differences are the number of cores, cache size and support for Hyper-Threading. The Source engine is already multi-threaded unless you mean the Steam client itself?


These are a different kind of rumor, not the ones you'd read about on Kotaku.

even the core number is same, just it makes 2 more virtual cores. so the real difference is HT like you said m8.
i dont even know where steam client comes in to play its already very optimised and it has jack **** difference in performance.