US and Canada only. Fuck that.
Precisely what the Deck needs. Especially since they officially want to keep the performance at this level for a couple of years. 800p is probably a good call still, but the low SRGB LCD needed an upgrade.
I’m glad storage went up. Not much of a reason to keep low storage SKUs around when NAND is super cheap and games are huge.
Now, if they would just begin speculating on that Steam Controller 2…
They probably assume people will buy the lowest then upgrade the storage
the OG steam controller is good tho people weren’t ready for its greatness
Page also claims faster downloads, what’s that? Just over the base model with the slower storage?
The upgrade the deck Needs the most, I love my deck it’s perfect for gaming while around family as opposed to locked up In my room. But the terrible screen really takes away from the game.
I played all the way through chained echos on my deck and noticed that some characters refer to the protagonist red hair, I found that strange because to my eyes the hair was a bright orange, I chalked it up to localization until I watched a video of the game on monitor that I noticed all the colors where off.
It’s genuinely disheartening knowing such a fundamental element is compromised, but hey corners need to be cut and I am still happy with my purchase.
This Steam deck has two major issues, 1. It downloads every single code-library for every single game. Meaning, if multiple games in your deck use the same library, that one library is downloaded and stored multiple times wasting valuable storage space. 2. Most of the games yet don’t support Valve’s Steam deck and Linux all together.
I’m a Linux user.
It downloads every single code-library for every single game.
How big do you think libraries are?
Assets are the real waster.
how big do you know they are? or do you not know?
And I just put on a bid on an used one on eBay… Here’s hoping that someone outbids me.
That new Wifi chip also supports dual-band simultaneous (DBS), as far as I understand. They already use this on Windows with other DBS chips like Intel AX411 or Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 and their Steam Networking API to achieve lower latency in their popular multiplayer games. I wonder if they will do this on SteamOS too, also potentially for simultaneous downloads over both bands. Also comes with a dedicated Bluetooth antenna.
Also I wonder if they upgraded the SD card slot to support DDR200, was that benchmarked in any review?
How lame. Slightly upgraded memory specs and efficiency but it’s essentially as weak as the old one. One would imagine they’d make it at the very least 30% more powerful after such a long time.
How? There is no chip that’s 30% faster while maintaining the same wattage.
18 months? Nah.
Where’s the next Index?
Does this come with a custom color job? Those orange accents are some hot shit, I just might spring for one
New APU or revised ? Interesting to see more on this
Same chip, just made on 6nm instead of 7. The chip will be smaller, run cooler, and use less power, but it won’t be faster.
and use less power, but it won’t be faster.
If it uses less power, and you run the APU at the same power target, you will get slightly more performance.
Its more than just OLED too. People are probably going to be pissed that this came out of the blue if they recently bought a Steam Deck.
Ohhhh here comes the episodic release of steam deck! Steam deck Episode 1 Chapter 1
The other little change that makes QoL much better is the longer cable on the charger. 2.5m cable vs 1.5m. I don’t sit near my outlets and I don’t want to bother with an extension cord.
Yet an Ally is only $50 more and much more powerful with 120hz. It already has a good LCD screen whereas the Deck had an inexcusably terrible one
Lack of VRR is a disappointment
No issue, the nvme’s gonna heat up like anything given the size of the deck, cooling looks pretty weak
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Better speakers
Better haptics
Smaller bezels
Better touchscreen
100nits peak brightness on HDR
Upgraded thumbsticks
Upgraded trackpads
Upgraded case
Longer charging cable
Bigger fan
Threaded screws so you can take the back off as often as you like
Easier screen replacement
Thank u Volvo. I would say 1080p especially at 7.4" would have also been welcome, but I don’t think both 1080p and 90 Hz would have been practical even with efficiency improvements and a bigger battery. The deck needed a better screen for damn sure, and I’m glad it’s here.
They practically said they were interested in doing this during interviews. This doesn’t come as a surprise at all.
Wowwwwwww that’s insane. Really nice. Won’t upgrade, but would buy this one if I didn’t have one already. Great Valve 👍🏽
