English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on June 23, 2026, 01:27:30
Title: Steam Machine drops dual-channel memory to lower price, but specs limit performance
Post by: Redaktion on June 23, 2026, 01:27:30
Valve tweaked specs on the fly to assemble enough units of its mini PC. To avoid a larger Steam Machine price increase, one trade-off is using a single 16GB DDR5 RAM module instead of two 8GB sticks. Gamers can't enable a dual-channel memory configuration, impacting performance in some games.