https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamOS/comments/1ichz3q/questions_around_building_a_dedicated_steamos_pc/
created by ronni3 on 29/01/2025 at 01:14 UTC
5 upvotes, 8 top-level comments (showing 8)
I have a bunch of new equipment and want to build a dedicated SteamOS PC for the living room to play games on my OLED TV. The idea is to install games and play every so often I am able to do so.
Is this possible and which GPU vendor would be the best to run with SteamOS? Or am I better off just buying a Steam Deck and playing that way? I do not like stuttering or slow frames. I want the best possible.
Hardware I have so far:
Which GPU works best with SteamOS and will give me 4K capabilities for the SteamOS PC?
Comment by KaldarTheBrave at 29/01/2025 at 01:30 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You are much better off installing Bazzite rather then SteamOS you want AMD for your GPU either way
Comment by shart290 at 29/01/2025 at 02:33 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
1: https://github.com/steamfork
You'll thank me later.
But seriously, I stumbled on this earlier today, and if you're looking for "As close to SteamOS as you can get" without a lot of the pain that comes with experimenting on unsupported or untested hardware. This is it. Bazzite is probably more broadly compatible but steamFork is like a Child of the current SteamOS Source, whereas Bazzite is a second cousin twice removed.
Comment by User5281 at 29/01/2025 at 03:52 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Get an amd gpu and install bazzite or nobara. Both are fantastic and can do anything steamos can do, no need to reinvent the wheel.
Comment by dawnsonb at 29/01/2025 at 01:20 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Read. The. Side. Bar.
Generally speaking AMD gpus ate the least hassle with any linux system.
Comment by lucholeveroni at 29/01/2025 at 02:07 UTC*
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
SteamOS Is not ready for prime time on any PC yet. A beta should come soon, in the following months, so you can wait.
If you are feeling adventurous, buy an AMD GPU and try it yourself now. Nvidia is not supported at the moment. An alternative would be to use Bazzite or other Linux distros prepared for gaming, which support Nvidia. I don't have any experience on those but they are frequently recommend.
What I did, which I think is the best path, but it requires much more setup time & Linux knowledge, is to use Arch Linux, the same base OS of SteamOS. On top of that, you can install an Steam standalone session + KDE which would work really similar to SteamOS, including the switch and to desktop option. The advantage is you can update much more frequently and get support from Arch Linux community which is pretty big.
I ran my gaming PC like that. 6800 xt GPU connected to a 4k 55'' OLED TV, which just a Dual Shock controller and it works like a charm. I occasionally connect a keyboard for updating and desktop usage, but 95% of the time is just booting into Steam session, turning on the controller and play. For 4k 120hz + HDR you will need to use DP port and an DP->HDMI adapter, as HDMI 2.1 is unsupported unfortunately on AMD.
Comment by TheRealSeeThruHead at 29/01/2025 at 05:30 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I’m waiting for the 9070xt. Only the new cards will get fsr4 which is amds first stab at ai upscaling. Fsr3 is horrible otherwise I’d get a 7900xtx. Going to pair it with my current cpu (5800x3d) while I switch my main rig to am5.
Should make for a decent tv console running bazzite or Steamfork. Housing it in my formd t1.
Comment by Lupinthrope at 29/01/2025 at 21:31 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Put bazzite on my desktop and it’s been great
Comment by LordAnchemis at 30/01/2025 at 22:20 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If the 2nd machine is mainly an HTPC, codec support is probably quite important
For decoding content (ie. youtube's AV1)
- Intel 11th gen+ (Iris Xe iGPU) or Arc
- AMD 6000+ (RDNA2 iGPU) or RDNA2 (but NOT 6400 as no codecs)
- Nvidia 3000+ (Ampere)
For encoding (ie. transcoding AV1 etc.)
- Intel Arc
- AMD 7000+ (RDNA3)
- Nvidia 4000+ (Ada Lovelace)
If your network speed is good enough - you can probably host your own game streaming service using sunshine/moonlight - assuming your primary PC is powerful enough
Moonlight runs on literally anything - like your phone