Upcoming APUs sporting Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3+ graphics are claimed to be much faster than existing chips, and look ideal for handhelds.

Honestly I think it’s probably too soon for the kind of significant performance increase Valve is wanting for the Steam Deck 2. Not to mention that the OLED deck just came out. That said, even if these chips don’t make it to a Deck 2 I’m sure we’ll see them in competing devices.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/19261005

  • @[email protected]
    2•3 months ago

    I wonder if Valve will try and stick the same cadence of mainstream consoles to try and piggyback off that industry recognition

    • FubarberryOPMEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      I think with games getting more demanding, they will have to release a more powerful Deck in the next 2-4 years, probably closer to 2.

        • @[email protected]
          2•3 months ago

          I don’t think that Rog Ally is very successful though. Do you have some sales numbers? And releasing a new model every year will add complexity as they will need to support different hardware platforms, etc.

          I also agree that it would have been great if the Deck had more oomph, but they do compensate with great software support and real dedication on their side.

        • @[email protected]
          1•3 months ago

          if the steam deck doesn’t do the same I fear their sales will plummet until a new model comes out.

          What will happen is the Deck will consistently have smoother gaming performance as developers optimize their games for the hardware, just like they do with consoles.

          No sense in bothering with that for a piece of hardware that gets a new generation every year.

          Also Valve probably doesn’t care if consumers choose a different handheld. Their goal was to create/expand a market to sell games, and they’ve already done that. Their work is basically done at this point. Same idea behind Steam Machines that were 100% developed by 3rd parties.