The Chinese manufacturer Zotac has just unveiled its Steam Machine: the SN970. A Steam Machine mini format that can be placed discreetly in your living room.
Tony Wong, CEO of Zotac, is honored to be working with Valve product (called Zotac Steam Machine SN970), calling it “machine fully optimized as a gaming platform, through the use of the latest Intel processors recent Nvidia graphics solutions “. As such, we wanted of course to learn more about the heart of the machine, which also benefits from a brand new never before seen in housing Zotac. Ultimately, the first Steam Machine brand will carry an Intel “6th generation” (Skylake engraved in 14 nm?), 8GB of DDR3 and mobile GPU Maxwell, namely the GeForce GTX 970M MXM with 3GB GDDR5. What actually provide a very acceptable power game, especially for a PC of this size.
We also know that each copy will be delivered with a joystick Steam Controller ($ 50 each), and the Zotac Steam Machine will offer SSD storage next to M.2 format associated with a 64 GB hard drive 2.5 inch 1TB. A combination ideal for a priori associating system responsiveness and storage capacity for games, we regret in our review of the Alienware Alpha. Also, we know that the WiFi / Bluetooth module embedded respectively be compatible with ac and 4.0 standards, and a HDMI input will be proposed, Valve wishing that it appears on all Steam Machine to provide functions registration and control of television.
Of course, the future selling price of the Steam Machine We is very interested. A priori, Zotac has set a maximum price of $ 999 for its most powerful configuration, without specifying what would be the entry-level price.
