Steam Deck - SteamOS, Zen2 4C/8T, RDNA2 1.0-1.6 TF, 16 GB LPDDR5 88 GB/s, starting at $399 [2021-12]

Given the samey reviews they still seem on a tight leash.

 

Control runs at close to 60 FPS wow.

I wonder if RT reflections at a stable 30 FPS are possible?

 

Yea apparently valve is saying the software isn't ready.

I'm waiting to see benchmarks on games I play. Not sure if its worth getting or waiting till the fall and maybe seeing a zen3 + rdna 2 set up in a new aya or onexplayer.

 

Quite impressive little handheld machine. Im not intrested at all, but i do respect the platform.

 

@Dictator can't wait for the Digital Foundry video on it, I am sure DF is already hard at work!

Questions I like to be answered:

1. How long is battery life when running decently demanding games like Forza, Halo, Doom Eternal etc at 540p using 30 FPS cap, medium/low settings and lowest power mode Steam Deck offers?
2. Of course, Raytracing. Can it run Control, Doom, Metro Enhanced Edition for example at 30 FPS at 540p, low/medium settings with atleast 1 RT effect enabled? And if so, how is battery life? How does it do in REALLY demanding titles like Dying Light 2 and Cyberpunk 2077, maybe even with 1 RT effect on?

Oh I am already so excited!

 

Gamer Nexus tear down

 

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675180/announcements/detail/4347665658888576969

Replacement parts for Steam deck and index will be available through Ifixit

ifix it teardown

 

Well that's a great move on Steam's part!

 

Upscale any game using Fidelity FX on steam deck.

Ghost runner 1h08m battery life 25w native resolution 1280x800 . 985x616 Fidelity FX 1h30m

Control 720p native 1h31m 24.1w . 540p 2h21m 15.6w with global fsr .


I do hope AMD comes out with some machine learning upscaling.

 

The Steam Deck most likely lacks any acceleration for it. DF covered this in their latest Direct. The next switch might.

 

I thought van gogh had computer vision and other hardware in it. I wonder if that can be repurposed

 

Never heard of computer vision before

 

Hate quoting my own post but finally able to watch the video.

The screen is really easy to replace perhaps some one will come out with an oled screen

 

https://newsy-today.com/rumor-amd-van-gogh-apus-with-navi-gpu-will-appear-in-2021-computer-news/

 

Wasnt much to find there but yeah, maybe van gogh (dutch painter like vermeer lol) could have some 8custom) hardware added. A machine like the steam deck would need it. Time will tell.

 

WE will see what comes of it lol. Although the fsr looks decent from 540p and up to native res

 

DF has one and says its performing even better than they expected but battery can be terrible.

 

Battery life tweaks

 

Valve has introduced an official way to check your steam library for Steam Deck verified titles.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/mygames

 

171 un tested games in my library , 15 unsupported (11 are vr)