HP and Lenovo Chromebooks Expected To Support Steam (arstechnica.com) 25
HP, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus are expected to be among the first companies to release gaming Chromebooks. From a report: A code change in the Chromium Gerrit suggests the vendors are working on Chrome OS devices that will support Steam. In January 2020, Google said it would bring Steam to Chromebooks, and the plan may be starting to take shape. 9to5Google spotted a code change on Saturday showing a list of what appears to be Chromebook models that will support Steam:
Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1H)
Acer Chromebook 515
Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)
Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)
Asus Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)
HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
Unknown Chromebook from Lenovo.
Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1H)
Acer Chromebook 515
Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)
Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)
Asus Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)
HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
Unknown Chromebook from Lenovo.
will Chrome OS have NVIDIA drivers? that are good? (Score:4, Interesting)
will Chrome OS have NVIDIA drivers? that are good?
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All the listed models seem to have Intel Xi graphics. It's better than the old Intel integrated graphics, but crap compared to AMD's latest integrated graphics, and of course way slower than dedicated graphics.
Thing is, on medium or low settings, or in eSports games where the graphics are deliberately not very demanding, integrated graphics is actually fine for many games. We are reaching a plateau like we did with CPUs, where even the basic stuff that they throw into the lower end parts is actually adequat
will Chrome OS have modding / file system access a (Score:3)
will Chrome OS have modding / file system access allowed for games?
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the nice thing about a chromebook is that the malware runs on the cloud, and transparently updates!
Irrelevant (Score:1)
will Chrome OS have modding / file system access allowed for games?
Irrelevant. Because...
...gaming Chromebooks...
...is a contradiction in terms.
What do you call Steam Users on Chrome? (Score:3)
What do you call Steam Users on Chrome?
Steam Punks!
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Why would they be punks?
HP produce anything? (Score:2)
How can HP possibly produce a Chromebook when they can't produce their regular products? I have orders from ten months ago which haven't come in because they haven't even been produced. Not in delivery. Not on the boat to be delivered. Not even produced.
If you can make a Chromebook you can get your ass in gear and make the products people ordered from you last year.
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It's hell for everyone. I just saw some mosfets on Digikey that list an 88 week lead time...
Seems counterintuitive to me. (Score:3)
(and, yes - I know the Chrome advantage comes from its Linux roots where efficiency and integrity are stressed more strongly than a committee's vision of the "user experience". I'm still not sure this piece of hardware has the basic guts to keep up with a lot of Steam's catalog)
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No, this is for the premium Chromebooks with upscale graphics -- those that are even better than the one I have (Lenovo C630 with an i5 processor and a 4K display). If you want to use any of the containers for Linux, Android, and Windows -- and, I guess, Steam now (not sure how they'll support it, but another VM makes sense), you really do need a capable processor.
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Acer 515 is on the list and sells for $300.
Steam has been around for 20 years, and even a cheap shitty laptop is going to run most games that are more than 5 year old if you're willing to turn the sliders down a bit. I imagine some indie games as well.
This isn't designed for gamers, but if you own a chromebook you should be able to find something.
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> Acer 515 is on the list and sells for $300.
For the I5 ot I7 version with 8GB (min) ram? (The also stated requirements).
Thought not!
The list is of machines expected to run most modern games at at least 30fps. But if you read the articel (or a better one elsewhere)....
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A lot of older games are also available from steam, and a modern low end machine should have no trouble running games from several years ago.
There are also plenty of newer games which don't require high end performance.
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It may not be representative, but I was looking into the Asus Chromebooks, and the CX5 listed comes with a 11th gen i5, up to 16 GB ram (only one I could find online was 16, not to say lesser ones won't show) and up to 512 GB (128GB available) with Xe graphics, which should be able to run many Steam games without issue.
How about actually making them first? (Score:2)
Screw it, I'll buy something else.
It does not even run Minecraft (Score:1)
Ever since they came out with the education edition they sell to highschools Minecraft is no longer even supported, and you need to hack in a Linux version that wont even run on most devices, while a $50 android tablet runs it fine. ChromeOS is not a real OS, it is a service they sell to middle schools and high schools.
Consider this next to the fact that Minecraft is undoubtably the one the average ChromeOS users wants to use the most.
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I don't have a Chromebook to test with currently, but why wouldn't it be able to run the Java version of Minecraft? I could understand if you are talking about the Windows version, since it kind of requires Windows, but Minecraft runs on Java, which should have no issue with a Chromebook.
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Yes, you are forced to use a fan made Linux java launcher (which probably is still not compatible with the new Microsoft accounts), but not only is this not supported but the java version requires like 10 times the hardware, something 90% of codebooks do not have.
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