Valve Releases Windows Drivers for Steam Machine

Valve has launched official Windows drivers for the $1,000 Steam Machine, though the device currently lacks dual-boot support.

Valve has officially released Windows drivers for its $1,000 Steam Machine, providing support for AMD Radeon graphics, WiFi, Bluetooth, and the integrated SD card reader. While the device runs on SteamOS by default, users can now install Windows, though doing so currently wipes SteamOS entirely as dual-boot functionality is not yet available. Valve plans to introduce a dual-boot wizard in a future SteamOS installer update to address this limitation. Despite the new driver support, Valve continues to recommend SteamOS over Windows for the hardware. The company attributed the Steam Machine's high price tag to ongoing shortages of DRAM and SSD components. Currently, the installation process remains a full replacement of the native operating system until the planned software updates arrive.