Steam Frame starts at $1059

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Post by bsimpson » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

Steam Frame starts at $1059
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Post by bigyabai » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC

Also exciting, Valve has finally started shipping native ARM/FEX builds of Proton 11: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/valves-latest-proton-11-bet...

Will be super interesting to benchmark various ARM chips and see where they land performance-wise!

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Post by cassianoleal » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #2

Also exciting, Valve has finally started shipping native ARM/FEX builds of Proton 11: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/valves-latest-proton-11-bet... Will be super interesting to benchmark various ARM chips and see where they land performance-wise!

Yeah this could open up a whole new category of lightweight gaming PCs.

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Post by mrpippy » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #2

Also exciting, Valve has finally started shipping native ARM/FEX builds of Proton 11: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/valves-latest-proton-11-bet... Will be super interesting to benchmark various ARM chips and see where they land performance-wise!

AFAIK they still aren't shipping an actual ARM64 version of Steam, making it difficult to actually use those (unsupported) ARM builds of Proton. That article is 5 months old.

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Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

At current hardware prices, this is worth buying to use as a server!

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Post by idontwantthis » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

That’s a remarkably cheap storage upgrade too. First time I’ve ever thought the upgrade would be worth the money.

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Post by LarsDu88 » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC

At basically quest 3 levels of on device performance, this thing better have amazing software. This price is way too high.

Our expectations have been warped by Meta's decade long subsidization of VR hardware

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Post by accrual » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

GamersNexus released a video comparing the Frame VR vs Meta Quest 3 today, worth a watch for the Frame review alone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcerOYY_K1g

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Post by xlayn » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

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Post by othomp » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

Hopefully it's possible to use eye tracking as a pointer in desktop mode. I'd like to connect only a keyboard and use binds to emulate clicks.