# PS4 games vs. Steam games? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 5, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-games-vs-steam-games/779083 "2017-02-05T19:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-games-vs-steam-games/779083/21 "2017-03-02T18:00:49Z")
Even setting aside the humorous cost level, how does it connect? o.o I certainly wouldn’t want my graphics card running over USB, but I’m having a hard time thinking of what other ports my laptop even HAS to accept input from an external device. ---
**Author:** ![AHarris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@AHarris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHarris)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-games-vs-steam-games/779083/22 "2017-03-02T20:32:53Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Even setting aside the humorous cost level, how does it connect? o.o I certainly wouldn’t want my graphics card running over USB, but I’m having a hard time thinking of what other ports my laptop even HAS to accept input from an external device. Two of the models in Enright3’s link seem to use Thunderbolt 3 connections which can reach up to 40 Gbps (HDMI is 10 Gbps). You would need a fairly recent laptop to have the right connections, but as long as the laptop is built to handle it, bandwidth shouldn’t be a problem anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-games-vs-steam-games/779083/23 "2017-03-03T00:45:21Z")
Just saw this on [Linus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Bi_iT1zzQ&t=299s). the new Dell Inspiron gaming laptops starting at $800. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-games-vs-steam-games/779083.md?page=1)