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Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 days ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts' opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm ready, but Amd is not. I want 4k 120hz on my TV via Amd videocard. But this stupid hdmi forum is blocking this.

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Displayport to HDMI 2.1 adapter?

Regardless, fuck HDMI

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I tried.. it didn't work..

DP to HDMI adapter

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have one working from cablematters. It's slightly finicky (maybe driver issues) but supports HDR, vrr, and 4k@120hz.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Could you sent me the exact product?

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

CableMatters 102101

And on Amazon; don't think it's widely available anywhere else, unfortunately.

Ignore any commentary about Windows support, because unless something has changed recently, it has poor support on Windows and is missing most features. I have heard mixed things about whether it only supports Freesync on Linux rather than Freesync or VRR. Since my TV supports both and there doesn't appear to be a way to reliably differentiate between the two, I can't confirm either way.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I found it here as well in a local Amazon store luckily: https://www.amazon.nl/Cable-Matters-Unidirectionele-8K-kabeladapter-ondersteuning/dp/B08XFSLWQF

Thanks! I ordered it right away and will test it soon on my TV. I will also first check for firmware updates, since people saying to do first a firmware update.

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

since people saying to do first a firmware update.

I'd probably test it out first as it may already have newer firmware, and it gives you a baseline if anything gets better (or worse) after the update. I'll add that Plasma 6 had the best support last time I checked, so test that if you have issues.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Was this an active or passive adapter?

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 5 days ago

The product description doesn't mention anything about active or passive. Which makes its very confusing for me now.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It has display port as well, for the picky

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nope. Not my TV. Only hdmi

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 0 points 5 days ago

Dunno who down voted you for this objectively correct take. But that's exactly what I was saying.

I got you back to positive tho.

[–] Viirax@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but most TVs don't, which is the main issue with wanting to connect any Linux AMD build to a TV

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And your TV has HDMI, no?

[–] Viirax@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Which doesn't work with HDMI 2.1 if you use an AMD GPU on Linux. You know, the thing the first comment in this thread was complaining about.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Oh, my bad homie.