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Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.
Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.
When Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine hardware last month, some eagle-eyed gamers may have been surprised to see that the official spec sheet lists support for HDMI 2.0 output, rather than the updated, higher-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 standard introduced in 2017. Now, Valve tells Ars that, while the hardware itself actually supports HDMI 2.1, the company is struggling to offer full support for that standard due to Linux drivers that are “still a work-in-progress on the software side.”
As we noted last year, the HDMI Forum (which manages the official specifications for HDMI standards) has officially blocked any open source implementation of HDMI 2.1. That means the open source AMD drivers used by SteamOS can’t fully implement certain features that are specific to the updated output standard.
How the Steam Machine’s Specs Compare to Xbox and PS5
Valve’s Steam Machine aims to be a game-changer by bringing PC gaming to the living room in a compact, easy-to-use box. Waypoint is diving under the hood to see how the new hardware compares to the current PlayStation and Xbox Series X|S console generation.
First off, let’s take a closer look at how much storage space and temporary memory each of the pieces of gaming hardware has. These stats help determine how fast each machine will feel and how many GB of games users can store locally before they have to rely on external storage or cloud-based gaming sessions.
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