[STEAM] Valve just made Steam user reviews infinitely more useful with the option to add your gaming PC specs

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Steam user reviews are getting a super useful feature in the new beta version of the Steam and Steam Deck clients, with gamers now able to upload their PC's hardware specs alongside their reviews. Not only does this give the option for a very public way to brag about your gaming PC, but it will mean reviews become a lot more useful, thanks to the added context. A game being review-bombed due to poor performance on old hardware? You'll know if a review is just adding to that storm. Meanwhile, if a review references consistently poor performance even on high-end hardware, the data will be there to back up the claim.

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's existing ability to scan your system hardware and use this for its monthly

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reports, among other things, the new system isn't relying on unreliable users to put in their own data. The only downside is that attaching your hardware specs is optional, so if folks are going to complain about performance on a new game while using a 15-year-old graphics card, you might not know about it.

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