The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' to begin shipping early this year, says AMD — CEO suggests new 4K mini gaming PC, powered by semi-custom Zen 4 CPU, to launch soon

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Valve is getting ready to release its new living room PC, according to AMD

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AMD has released a tantalizing update about the Steam Machine’s possible release date. Commenting on the state of its business during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call on February 3, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su seemingly confirmed the release of Valve’s new mini PC over the coming months, with a suggestion that the Steam Machine is “on track” to begin shipping early this year.

This follows comments made during the same call that a new Xbox could launch in 2027, thanks to a brand new semi-custom SoC from the company. As for the Steam Machine, that device was already believed to launch at some point during Q1 2026, based on comments made to Tom’s Hardware during our initial Steam Machine hands-on late last year.

This update is the first public statement made by a relevant third party regarding the Steam Machine’s potential release date, however. Su, during the call, said that “from a product standpoint, Valve is on track to begin shipping its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year.” This, alongside the new Xbox SoC, were provided as context for AMD’s future plans following a “double-digit percentage” drop in SoC revenue during the “seventh year of… a very strong console cycle.”

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14 Comments Comment from the forums
  • excalibur1814
    "allow you to play games with a 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, as long as you’re using FSR upscaling."

    I don't really care about 4K, fps, as it's ALL about the low frames. I want a 60+ fps at all times. No dips to 40 or 50. +.
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  • Zoolook13
    Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
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  • Notton
    I'm curious to know how they achieve 4K/60 on a cut down Radeon 7600 XT.
    Even going through FSR, it's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
    Reply
  • hotaru251
    Zoolook13 said:
    Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
    this.
    let alone its resale value is nill as its soldered gpu and they only having an 8gb vram and thats already barely usable let alone in future
    Reply
  • helper800
    Zoolook13 said:
    Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
    Probably 10x more powerful than the switch 2 lol.
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  • yearswithgpu
    Just drop AI bloatware and focus on Valve hardware/fantastic APUs. No dollars like NVIDIA perhaps, but earn userbase respect and loyalty.

    Is it really that difficult to understand?

    Visit AMD page: only to see huge text appearing out of nowhere to my face "changing together with AI" instantly quit and remove cookies. C'mon dude....
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  • Prizm4
    Basically, nothing to see here. It's the same release info given by Valve. And if it changed, AMD wouldn't be allowed to tell anyone anyway.
    Reply
  • bill001g
    Notton said:
    I'm curious to know how they achieve 4K/60 on a cut down Radeon 7600 XT.
    Even going through FSR, it's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
    Because the bit FPS number in the middle of the display is more important than the quality of the actual image behind the counter for some people.

    It likely is possible to render at 720 and then scale it all the way to 4k. Not what I would consider a good idea but I could brag to my friends I was getting 4k at 60fps.

    If they also generate fake frames as well as upscaling then they will get same issue you see on most pc. You might not see the frame drops but you can still feel the lag in the game.
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  • Captain Awesome
    Speaking of 4k... That's what this thing will cost with all of our ram, ssd, and graphics card shortages. 😁
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  • beyondlogic
    helper800 said:
    Probably 10x more powerful than the switch 2 lol.
    x6 is more like it.

    yes its very powerful compared to a switch 2 but the issue is switch 2 was made with portability in mind. its a master of non. its what I expected of Nintendo in terms of power and performance they never go with the latest and greatest there budgeted at parents wallets and if they went out swinging with a 600 price tag here in uk the parents ( myself included) would not buy it.

    the new steam machine is a bit of a odd ball.

    they could have went with a 10gb ddr6 with a 160 bit bus. going 8 was just daft.
    genuinely feels like it was whatever was on the cutting room floor and glue it together. the whole power management aspect of it was a odd choice its going to be stationary in a room. if I was steam I would have clocked it as high as it can feasibly go.

    Intel Arc B570 is a 10 ddr6 and 160 bit bus. ( only current card atm on a 160 bit bus you can find atm).
    AMD Radeon RX 6700 10 ddr6 with 160 bit bus ( i know this card can do 1440p comfortably bouncing between 55 low and 65 fps average.)
    Reply