cheapchips
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Yes, this! More resolution is not really that valuable. 800p works just fine and is arguably the best resolution given the SOC's power. It's colour /brightness/glare shortfalls that could do with being improved.
Steam Deck - SteamOS, Zen2 4C/8T, RDNA2 1.0-1.6 TF, 16 GB LPDDR5 88 GB/s, starting at $399 [2021-12]
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Yes, this! More resolution is not really that valuable. 800p works just fine and is arguably the best resolution given the SOC's power. It's colour /brightness/glare shortfalls that could do with being improved.
I'm guessing 800p to 1200p FSR wouldn't be the worse thing for most games. But yea a better panel would have been better. But hey its something cool coming out. Soon enough we will all be waiting on a deck 2 lol
cheapchips
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I guess not, in general. You'd probably run into the issue of folks over stressing performance on titles that are already 480p to FSR2 800p.
I think there are people who are really going to push the steam deck past what it is meant to play. They are going to always exist in the pc gaming world. I am sure in another year we will see them do it to the ROG also. But I think a lot of people will be fine playing slightly older games at native or newer games with FSR. Also FSR keeps getting better. So who knows how it ends up.
I can see people excited for this as they can wait for a sale and get the deck again for $360 + $100 screen mod so $460 + 1TB nvme for $80 so $520 ish all in on that.
But I do wonder when we will see a refresh on the deck. I wonder if the end of the next year with zen 5 rdna 4 might be when they launch. Think that might be too soon but maybe 2025 with zen 6 and rdna 4+ ?
Gotta start buying steam cards at Target when they do the buy one get one 15% and the 5% on top using the red card lol
arandomguy
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It's 20% off for the 512GB version only.
Discounts are 10% 64GB, 15% 256GB, and 20% 512GB. Which means the 256GB and 512GB are cheaper than the last sale (which was 10% across the board). But aftermarket SSD prices are now lower and more available. Also there is that Deck HD after market display as well.
The Dock is also on sale slightly.
Discounts are 10% 64GB, 15% 256GB, and 20% 512GB. Which means the 256GB and 512GB are cheaper than the last sale (which was 10% across the board). But aftermarket SSD prices are now lower and more available. Also there is that Deck HD after market display as well.
The Dock is also on sale slightly.
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Oh thanks for the correction
Still the $360 for a 64 gig edition is a great deal for anyone who doesn't mind 15 minutes of time. A 1TB 2230 nvme is $80 and a 2TB is 150
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Deck HD is taking preorders with shipment in 4-6 weeks. $100 cost
I am going to wait on reviews. But if its a good enough upgrade I might grab that along with a new front face plate instead of trying to remove the old screen from the front plate. Really wish someone had done oled along with a smaller border for the screen giving us more screen sapce
Steam Deck is on sale 'cos of Steam's 20th anniversary.
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$360 for the base model is a steal, you can put a 1tb drive in for about $50Steam Deck is on sale 'cos of Steam's 20th anniversary.
Steam Deck™
Steam Deck™ is the most powerful, full-featured gaming handheld in the world.