Valve confirms it’s working with Intel and Nvidia on SteamOS for more GPUs

MSI’s Intel-powered Claw gaming handhelds have so far mostly been Windows machines, meaning that anyone who picks one up has to deal with the crusty experience that is Windows on a handheld gaming PC. But now, both Valve and Intel tell The Verge that they’re working with each other, and people like YouTuber ETA Prime are already having good experiences with SteamOS on Intel. Valve’s recently launched SteamOS 3.8 update spells out that Valve has added “initial firmware for upcoming Intel handhelds” and controller support for some MSI Claw devices, including last year’s well-received 8 AI Plus . ETA Prime actually got a beta of SteamOS 3.8 running on that machine , and while he said it’s “not perfect,” it appears that everything works pretty well, for the most part. A user on Reddit was also able to get SteamOS booted up on an Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU . Alongside the just-announced launch of the Steam Machine , Valve said that it will let people build their own Steam Machine-like SteamOS-powered desktops starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release. Valve is also “working closely” with Intel, Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais tells The Verge , saying that Intel has “been doing a lot of hard work on getting the graphics stack up and running there and making sure everything’s optimized.” Intel has been a bit cagier. …