Steam Will Soon Encourage Players to Share PC Specs on Their Reviews

Valve is introducing the quality to see your hardware specs successful immoderate reviews you permission connected Steam.

Rolling retired present successful the Steam Client Beta — which means lone those with entree to the beta trial tin bash this; those of america utilizing the unchangeable subdivision whitethorn person to hold a small — Valve explained that reviewers tin "attach hardware specs erstwhile penning oregon updating a Steam User Review connected a game's store page."

Some reviewers already see this accusation successful the main assemblage their reviews, but this caller diagnostic volition not lone adhd a reminder to players to bash so, but besides assistance players place issues that could beryllium unsocial to definite builds oregon hardware configurations.

Steam is besides investigating the further enactment to supply anonymized framerate data, too. "When enabled Steam volition cod gameplay framerate data, stored without transportation to your Steam relationship but identified with the benignant of hardware you are playing on," Valve explains successful the beta lawsuit spot notes (thanks, PC Gamer). "This information volition assistance america larn astir crippled compatibility and amended Steam. This diagnostic is presently successful Beta with a absorption connected devices moving SteamOS."

The beta lawsuit besides addresses an contented wherever streaming could permission downloads throttled adjacent aft the watercourse stopped, and fixed a bug that could effect successful Proton games showing up arsenic "not valid connected existent platform" for users with "very ample libraries erstwhile utilizing offline mode."

Other improvements to the beta lawsuit see a redesigned settings layout and improved navigation crossed desktop, mobile, and Steam Deck devices. You'll besides present beryllium asked wherefore you disagree with a Steam Deck Verified standing erstwhile you taxable your feedback, though this'll stay optional for now.

When the Steam Machine was archetypal announced backmost successful November 2025, Valve suggested that the console-like PC would motorboat successful the archetypal 4th of 2026. But things mightiness beryllium much analyzable now, arsenic the institution present says that the AI shortages that are causing PC hardware to spike successful price, it needs much clip to nail down the terms and merchandise day for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. You tin work our archetypal impressions of Valve's caller console-like gaming PC close here.

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