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Re:Steam Machine by girvo on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:02PM (#48636152)
Now play games on it and show me the benchmarks.

I mean that for real: I’ve been impressed by the performance of the M4 Mini I own, but a gaming machine it is not

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Re:Steam Machine by user43928 on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:22PM (#48636396)
That is true.

Maybe in the future. There should be a new generation of Mac Mini's soon, further extending the performance lead of Apple chips.

Maybe once Fable is back or the next OpenAI model releases, we could take a look at implementing a compatibility layer to translate DirectX games to Metal.

Even if that should yet be out of reach, such a project may become more feasible if AI progress keeps up.

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Re:Steam Machine by izacus on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:57PM (#48636813)
We've been hearing about future Apple gaming wins longer than we've been waiting for Star Citizen launch.

At some point you need to face the reality of it not happening.

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Re:Steam Machine by irusensei on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @04:01AM (#48641798)
I doubt it will ever be because Apple doesn’t understand the non casual gaming market.
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