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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      http://linuxgizmos.com/first-handheld-steam-machine-revealed/

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        RAM. last edited by

        Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @RAM. last edited by

          @RAM. said:

          Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

          Um....

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            RAM. @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @RAM. said:

            Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

            Um....

            I'm not talking high end holy poo gaming quality, maybe TF2 or return to castle wolfenstein.

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            • Nic
              Nic last edited by

              Interesting, but they've got their work cut out for them with the 3DS and PS Vita being such polished platforms.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller @RAM. last edited by

                @RAM. said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @RAM. said:

                Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

                Um....

                I'm not talking high end holy poo gaming quality, maybe TF2 or return to castle wolfenstein.

                Oh you were serious? No they can't at all. raspberry Pi aren't AMD64 architecture. They are Aarm32 Architecture and very slow at that with no GPU. Even if it were physically possible to try running a Steam game on there, which it is not, it would be like trying to play a game on. Pentium III from 1999 without a graphics card!

                That's why I thought you were joking. Not even remotely possible.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @Nic last edited by

                  @Nic said:

                  Interesting, but they've got their work cut out for them with the 3DS and PS Vita being such polished platforms.

                  3DS? Hmmmm

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                    The Vita holds little interest to me. Good machine but too limited in titles. 3DS is okay for kids but lacks good titles too. My daughter has the 2DS.

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                    • Nic
                      Nic last edited by

                      The Vita catalog is improving, and the titles they do have are impressive. I got it mainly cause I love Spelunky and play it on there, but I've picked up several other games for it.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @Nic last edited by

                        @Nic said:

                        The Vita catalog is improving, and the titles they do have are impressive. I got it mainly cause I love Spelunky and play it on there, but I've picked up several other games for it.

                        Only interesting title that I have seen is the Drake title.

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                          RAM. @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @RAM. said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @RAM. said:

                          Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

                          Um....

                          I'm not talking high end holy poo gaming quality, maybe TF2 or return to castle wolfenstein.

                          Oh you were serious? No they can't at all. raspberry Pi aren't AMD64 architecture. They are Aarm32 Architecture and very slow at that with no GPU. Even if it were physically possible to try running a Steam game on there, which it is not, it would be like trying to play a game on. Pentium III from 1999 without a graphics card!

                          That's why I thought you were joking. Not even remotely possible.

                          http://www.cnet.com/news/raspberry-pi-and-android-become-steam-machines-with-limelight/

                          yee of lil faith. Sure its not the most glorious route, but its a step in the right direction. Assuming you had network access to your own at home computer, you'd be able to do something. As for gaming, you can play some pretty generic games as is, namely the more retro games on the market like Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis, or Megaman X. I don't care much for fancy gaming if their is a good story :-).

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @RAM. last edited by

                            @RAM. said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @RAM. said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @RAM. said:

                            Can't you just 3D print a case for a raspberry pi and install steam on that?

                            Um....

                            I'm not talking high end holy poo gaming quality, maybe TF2 or return to castle wolfenstein.

                            Oh you were serious? No they can't at all. raspberry Pi aren't AMD64 architecture. They are Aarm32 Architecture and very slow at that with no GPU. Even if it were physically possible to try running a Steam game on there, which it is not, it would be like trying to play a game on. Pentium III from 1999 without a graphics card!

                            That's why I thought you were joking. Not even remotely possible.

                            http://www.cnet.com/news/raspberry-pi-and-android-become-steam-machines-with-limelight/

                            yee of lil faith. Sure its not the most glorious route, but its a step in the right direction. Assuming you had network access to your own at home computer, you'd be able to do something. As for gaming, you can play some pretty generic games as is, namely the more retro games on the market like Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis, or Megaman X. I don't care much for fancy gaming if their is a good story :-).

                            You are mixing being a Steam machine with having remote access to a Steam machine. Using this logic an iPad can run Windows. RDPing to a remote machine is not "running" the remote system. RP here is nothing but a thin client.

                            If I putty from my desktop to Solaris running on a server somewhere, you don't call that running Solaris on your desktop.

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller last edited by

                              Raspberry Pi is great as a thin client for all kinds if things. But the Steam handheld is actually portable gaming. Not a remote view of a full PC rig.

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                              • Mike Ralston
                                Mike Ralston last edited by

                                9999999999999999999999/10 would buy.

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                                  RAM. @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  Raspberry Pi is great as a thin client for all kinds if things. But the Steam handheld is actually portable gaming. Not a remote view of a full PC rig.

                                  I was trying to make some sort of funky excuse that made sense :-P. But there is some pretty generic gaming available as is for the Pi, N64 games and back run perfectly fine. Or my favorite project I've see the "Pi Boy" highlights what can be done. At a little more beef to the Pi and you may be cookin' with something more substantial, maybe the Galileo from Intel?

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                                  • Mike Ralston
                                    Mike Ralston last edited by

                                    Also, same logic that the Nvidia Shield has. It's just a streaming device.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston last edited by

                                      @Mike-Ralston said:

                                      Also, same logic that the Nvidia Shield has. It's just a streaming device.

                                      You were touting the massive power of the Shield in another thread for keeping pace with average PC gaming power.

                                      The Shield is ARM but has access to the massive Android gaming catalogue and has powerful GPU support.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller @RAM. last edited by

                                        @RAM. said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        Raspberry Pi is great as a thin client for all kinds if things. But the Steam handheld is actually portable gaming. Not a remote view of a full PC rig.

                                        I was trying to make some sort of funky excuse that made sense :-P. But there is some pretty generic gaming available as is for the Pi, N64 games and back run perfectly fine. Or my favorite project I've see the "Pi Boy" highlights what can be done. At a little more beef to the Pi and you may be cookin' with something more substantial, maybe the Galileo from Intel?

                                        Galileo isn't designed for that. If you want to take the Raspberry Pi concept and just crank it up there are plenty of quad and octo core screaming fast RP-like boards available today and many have GPU too. Those will take those emulators to the next level.

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                                        • Mike Ralston
                                          Mike Ralston @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Mike-Ralston said:

                                          Also, same logic that the Nvidia Shield has. It's just a streaming device.

                                          You were touting the massive power of the Shield in another thread for keeping pace with average PC gaming power.

                                          The Shield is ARM but has access to the massive Android gaming catalogue and has powerful GPU support.

                                          Well as the "average" PC statistically is a sad little thing with 4 or less GB of RAM, no Discrete GPU, and a processor not really capable of high speed processing for more than word documents... The Shield is a pretty beefy handheld. But the size of it almost defeats the point. It's an awesome toy, but even from a gaming perspective, it isn't very usable to the average person who wants a mobile console. For a Steam Handheld Console, streaming would be necessary to have a full gaming experience, but being able to run a ton of processing on it's own would just increase the cost, limit the usability scenarios, and just overall change the product from a Mobile Game System, to another Nvidia Shield: A cool gadget with no real purpose. But, having experience with the Shield, and having used Nvidia's Grid service to stream games from across the country (the current server I use is in Florida, and I get around 10 MS or less of lag on a good Wi-Fi connection), a similar service could be implemented by Valve, and the gaming experience on the go would be Console Grade. An amazing prospect that I will keep up with, but there are so many huge pitfalls that Valve may fall into... But, they tend not to disappoint, so let's see where this goes.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston last edited by

                                            @Mike-Ralston I think that the Steam handheld is actually looking to play games not just display them.

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