| ▲ | serbuvlad 2 hours ago | |
What's the performance delta? I'm waiting on a SM reservation but I wouldn't mind saving $500+ :) Is there any "jank" during active use or is this mostly a set up thing? | ||
| ▲ | jolan an hour ago | parent [-] | |
They are very close in benchmarks. https://i.imgur.com/Bk5Dcfb.jpeg I think we will continue to see some performance improvements for both systems over the next coming months. It works great if you turn the BC-250 on, play games, and turn it off. By jank, I mean it's not a streamlined console experience like the Steam Machine. There's no suspend/resume and the idle power is quite high. If you want wifi/bluetooth, you'll have to pick a chipset well supported by Linux. (I use ethernet and a steam controller). If you want USB ports and a power button in the front like a console would have, you'll have to pick a solution for those. Carefully read over the options for power and cooling. They're very important if you're going for max performance. All the little extras add to the over-all cost as well. https://mosfet.party/ sells a bunch of BC-250 add-ons to give you an idea of price and options. | ||
