The Steam Machine is now compatible with Windows thanks to the drivers provided by Valve

Valve continues to surprise with the support offered with the new Steam Machineonly this time it’s not related to Steam OS. The guys at Valve have officially offered the way to install Windows on the Steam Machineand thus act as a home computer in a compact format. Valve’s support website now includes drivers so that the main functions of the Steam Machine work on Microsoft’s flagship operating system.

Valve offers official drivers for Windows on the Steam Machine

You will be able to find, independently of those that already exist for the Steam Deck LCD and OLEDdrivers for the graphic cardwireless connectivity Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and even for him microSD card reader from the Steam Machine. Controllers are provided as-is, and Valve cannot handle Windows support with the Steam Machine.

The manufacturer insists that the new arcade game console, shaped like a small cube, is quite a Functional PC. Proof of this is that you can install other operating systems such as Windowsplus other distributions Linux apart from SteamOS. You can also choose the video game store you want, although we are sure that Valve prefers that you choose Steam for your games.

Installing Windows forces you to delete SteamOS for now

The current drawback is that to install Windows you will need delete all contents of the Steam Machinenot being possible dual boot for now. A dual boot would be ideal to use this hardware for dual purposes: SteamOS for your favorite games and Windows for some occasional office work that you can do practically on any PC, and on this one too.

It will be necessary to use an Ethernet cable during installation

Instructions for installing Windows are also available, and you will also need a Ethernet cable for installationsince the drivers for the Wi-Fi They are provided separately and are not available at installation. Surely some users have already rushed to install Windows on their Steam Machine and see how Microsoft’s operating system performs against Valve’s own Linux-based one.