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Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by oever »

tyingq wrote: post #80

Pretty nice specs for a handheld battery powered device... Processor AMD APU CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32) GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32) APU power: 4-15W RAM 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT/s) Storage 64 GB eMMC (PCIe Gen 2 x1) 256 GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4) 512 GB high-speed NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4) All models include high-speed microSD card slot Though it does weigh 669 gra…

Desktop: KDE Plasma

KDE Plasma visible in this video of a docked SteamDeck:

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/vide...

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by sinstein »

deeviant wrote: post #67

I really wonder what the point of this is. Mobile gaming is a meme at this point. It's a thing but phones and tables have it well catered too. We don't need another mobile gaming thing that will surely be in the bargain bin in as couple years.

Nintendo Switch sales figures will prove otherwise.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by GavinMcG »

ketzo wrote: post #44

There’s obviously a lot of people who like playing games in a more mobile format, as evidenced by the huge popularity of the Switch Lite / mobile gaming. Giving the PC games market access to that form factor seems, on its face, like an extremely good move. But we’ve seen products like this before — the NVIDIA Shield, for one. Pretty cool piece of tech, but didn’t exactly start a revolution. I guess the question becom…

I'm willing to shell out so that I don't have to buy all the games I already paid for.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by mmastrac »

This is a pretty amazing. Given the ports on the back, will this support the Valve Index? I love my index, but having to boot up a PC and keep myself tethered to the desktop is a bit of an effort that I'd love to skip.

EDIT: Found a half-answer to this: "Pierre-Loup Griffais: I mean, it has all the connectivity. You would need [a lot] to do that, but that's not really what we're optimizing the performance for." [1]

[1] https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-valve-faq-big-questi...

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

echelon wrote: post #54

This looks like it will trounce the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo doesn't even have new hardware in the pipeline other than an iterative OLED screen. Now that Nintendo depends on a single portable console, is there a risk that they'll go the way of Sega?

I doubt it. Nintendo hasn't dominated in hardware specs for several generations. They survive by primarily being developers of great games that just happen to only be available on their whatever-hardware-we-could-get-for-$250 platform.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by wlesieutre »

echelon wrote: post #54

This looks like it will trounce the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo doesn't even have new hardware in the pipeline other than an iterative OLED screen. Now that Nintendo depends on a single portable console, is there a risk that they'll go the way of Sega?

This will trounce the Nintendo Switch as soon as Pokemon, Zelda, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros are released on Steam. Which is to say "never."

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by remir »

Seems like all the pieces are in place for this to be good at least on paper. If the demand is there, this could be a huge success for Valve.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by mmastrac »

User23 wrote: post #20
mikl wrote: post #17

Typo in the title. It’s “Steam Deck”, not “Steam Desk”. Interesting that Valve is diving deeper into hardware. Remember when they still made video games? Remember when there was still a hope they would some day release Half-Life 3?

My understanding is that their Index VR hardware is quite good too.

I can confirm this. The index is a marvelous piece of tech in so many ways. It's a premium bit of kit (with the associated premium price) and I have zero complaints about it.
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