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Comment by hs86

4 hours ago

Not sure how heavy SteamOS is, but wouldn't modern games actually prefer a flipped memory configuration? So, 8 GB RAM and 16 GB VRAM would make this a more 'balanced' gaming appliance. But it is advertised as a general purpose PC, so 8 GB RAM wouldn't be enough.

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Yokolos  3 hours ago

8GB just isn't enough for modern AAA games. Battlefield 6, probably the most highly optimized AAA game to have come out in the past few years, still has a 16GB RAM minimum and Arc Raiders, which is also incredibly optimized, still has a 12GB minimum. Games are only going to become more resource hungry from here, so 8GB in early 2026 would be a terrible idea.

  • cheema33  1 hour ago

    > most highly optimized AAA game to have come out in the past few years, still has a 16GB RAM minimum.

    Are you talking about VRAM or system RAM? Steam machine has 16GB of system RAM and is expandable. VRAM is limited to 8GB.

  • vel0city  33 minutes ago

    https://www.ea.com/en/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/system...

        Minimum PC System Requirements

    OS: Windows 10 (Proton, maybe, probably anti-cheat issues)
    Processor(AMD): AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Yep √ )
    . . .
    Memory: 16GB (Yep, 16GB of system RAM √ )
    Graphics Card(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB (8 GB of RAM √ )

    I do agree 8GB of VRAM is a little low for a device to release in 2026 though. But it technically does meet all memory requirements for Battlefield 6.