Coming out of nowhere, Valve delivers a brand new Steam Deck, packing a 7.4-inch OLED HDR display with a 90Hz refresh rate. But that's just the headline bull...
Other than just vague “moar power” type stuff, I’d like to see the proper Deck 2 integrate Thunderbolt 5 for both docking and eGPU purposes. I know it’s niche, but it’s very cool stuff. And TB5 apparently has a 120/40 asymmetric mode that might result in an effective tripling of bandwidth to GPUs over TB3/4 (and more than doubling relative to current Oculink). At that level the bandwidth might be enough for some seriously good eGPU performance.
There’s a lot of great design ideas out there for gaming handhelds now. I personally love the GPD Win 4’s slide out physical keyboard and slick PSP style design. I expect Valve will continue to focus on ergonomics first and foremost, which is cool, but I’m just very happy the market seems rich with ideas right now.
Other than just vague “moar power” type stuff, I’d like to see the proper Deck 2 integrate Thunderbolt 5 for both docking and eGPU purposes. I know it’s niche, but it’s very cool stuff. And TB5 apparently has a 120/40 asymmetric mode that might result in an effective tripling of bandwidth to GPUs over TB3/4 (and more than doubling relative to current Oculink). At that level the bandwidth might be enough for some seriously good eGPU performance.
There’s a lot of great design ideas out there for gaming handhelds now. I personally love the GPD Win 4’s slide out physical keyboard and slick PSP style design. I expect Valve will continue to focus on ergonomics first and foremost, which is cool, but I’m just very happy the market seems rich with ideas right now.