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I have just decided to buy a gaming PC for the future. I have realized the 80% of my steam games are linux native supported, the rest is platinum supported by steam play (use proton emulation). I tried in a simple VM, and worked fine. Even the remote play to use them via tablet or TV or even with my Mac. (Unfortunately the VM was really not fit for this usage, so it was terrible slow but worked).
So I have decided to find and buy a dedicated HW for this, what I can wake up when I need. (Like a console, just PC).
One of my goal would be a really mini-low_power machine with dedicated solid GPU. Expectation is nearly run everything with 1080p and 60fps. Or at least really close. In my research I found Intel NUC Hades Canyon (https://simplynuc.com/hades-canyon/) what was really close to what I searched. Quite oldish the HW inside, but all the test showed it is reasonable. Now I also see there is rumors that the new (probably called Phantom Canyon) will be a new Intel NUC with dedicated 3rd party GPU (maybe GTX 1660?) https://www.notebookcheck.net/Phantom-Canyon-NUC-11-Extreme-with-28-W-Core-i5-Tiger-Lake-U-4-4-GHz-boost-and-GTX-1660-Ti-spotted-RTX-2070-Super-Max-Q-variant-also-expected.466778.0.html.
Unfortunately as far as I can see it may release in the end of the year. Plus the Linux compatibility is questionable.
So I would like to collect info regarding this kind of activity. Build / buy a mini PC with linux supported and strong enough for ~1080p@60fps and use it via steam and remote play. Low energy, small size, silent working. Something what probably the Hades Canyon would offer.
Do you have idea? Recommendation? Even experience with similar needs and usage?
Thanks in advance!
Looks interesting, and I think the Ryzen4000 APUs should give a not too bad gaming performance.
I am not sure the expected 1080p@60 would be possible with them. The NUC what I mentioned Hades Canyon is a special when they had a separated GPU. So I think I would need something like this. Probably a GTX 1xxx mini.
However I will keep on eye on this Ryzen4000 based Asus Mini PC as well. Thanks again!
Sure AMD's integrated GPU isn't fully comparable to a dedicated GPU either, but they are much better than Intel's iGPUs and you were asking for a small low power PC.
You can't really get that with a dedicated GPU... well other then rumors about a new Intel NUC that will probably in the end hardly be better then a Ryzen APU as there are hard limited to what you can do in that form factor and power consumption target.
Last edited by Julius on 20 Jul 2020 at 8:53 pm UTC