ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine

(plug-world.com)

31 points | by plug_world 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • doctorpangloss 24 minutes ago
    From the article:

    > MESSA_SHADER_CACHE_MAX_SIZE

    MESSA indeed.

  • jimmydoe 1 hour ago
    wondering how is idle power after optimization
    • plug_world 1 hour ago
      Unfortunately I don't have the tools to measure the power draw directly from the outlet.

      But the software reports 30-45W power draw when the systems at max load. However lower-end titles and idle draw hovers between 10W-20W.

  • nsxwolf 53 minutes ago
    How well does HDMI CEC work on this?
    • ThatPlayer 9 minutes ago
      It has no HDMI port. Some DP > HDMI adapters do CEC.
    • plug_world 43 minutes ago
      If you get the right adapter, I've seen others get HDMI CEC working.

      However, quality of life features like sleep/hibernate don't work at all on this system. I've also seen people use an ESP32 to power on the system with a bluetooth controller which is pretty neat especially if you combined that with CEC.

    • falcojr 45 minutes ago
      Not at all