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- $1049
- Price
- TBA
- Semi-custom AMD RDNA 3, 28 CU @ ~2.45 GHz (110 W)
- GPU
- Adreno (standalone) + wireless PC streaming
- ~Radeon RX 7600 / GeForce RTX 4060 class
- GPU equivalent
- —
- AMD Zen 4, 6 cores / 12 threads
- CPU
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (ARM64)
- 8 GB GDDR6
- VRAM
- 16 GB LPDDR5X (unified)
- 16 GB DDR5
- Memory
- 16 GB LPDDR5X
- 1080p native / 1440p with FSR
- Realistic target
- 2160×2160 per eye, 72–120 Hz
- SteamOS
- Platform
- SteamOS
Living-room SteamOS PC. Roughly PS5-class rasterization — a true 1080p/1440p machine, not the native-4K box the marketing implies. 8 GB VRAM is its real ceiling.
Streaming-first standalone VR headset. Two answers per game: native on the mobile ARM chip, or streamed from a host PC/Machine over a dedicated 6 GHz link. Price & date still unconfirmed (DRAM shortage).
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