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Valve’s Steam Machine is finally launching next week, but the journey to this point hasn’t been easy. The living-room PC has found itself at the center of an ongoing RAM crisis–one that has forced Valve to turn every Steam Machine into a little bit of a memory lottery if you do happen to get one.
Regardless of which Steam Machine you decide to purchase, each one will ship with 16GB of RAM. You can, however, get one of two configurations: either two sticks of 8GB each, or a single 16GB stick. If you’re familiar with PC gaming, you’ll likely see the issue. A single stick of RAM will limit those Steam Machines to single-channel memory speeds, which can have a negative impact on gaming performance.
The lottery was discussed between Gamer’s Nexus and a pair of Valve engineers, who were quick to reassure prospective buyers that the difference in performance was negligible. The difference is entirely down to supply issues, with Valve forced to use whatever memory it was able to procure, with suppliers forcing the company to take what stock it had, at whatever price it was selling it at, or “never hear from them again.”
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