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Valve Ships First Steam Machines With Single-Channel RAM, Hurting Performance
Valve confirmed that initial Steam Machines will ship with a single 16GB RAM stick, limiting memory bandwidth. The single-channel configuration reduces gaming performance compared to dual-channel setups. Valve may switch to two 8GB sticks in future batches to address the issue.
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Valve's cost-saving measure on RAM could undermine the Steam Machine's performance reputation before it even launches.
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Steam Machines will only come with one 16GB stick of RAM — company may change this to two 8GB sticks in the future, but the first batch of consoles is limited to single-channel memory →
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