Steam Deck

[Izuno]

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/15/22578783/valve-steam-deck-gaming-handheld-pc

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Valve just announced the Steam Deck, its long-rumored Switch-like handheld gaming device. It will begin shipping in December and reservations open July 16th at 1PM ET. It starts at $399, and you can buy it in $529 and $649 models as well.

The device has an AMD APU containing a quad-core Zen 2 CPU with eight threads and 8 compute units’ worth of AMD RDNA 2 graphics, alongside 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. There are three different types of storage: 64GB eMMC storage, 256GB NVMe SSD storage, and 512GB of high-speed NVME SSD storage, according to Valve. You can also expand the available storage using the available high-speed microSD card slot.

 

 

[FMPONE]

I’m a little skeptical about the size of it and— whoops, already attempted to reserve a copy of the highest end model 

[Evert]

Ill buy this and plug in my steam controller. Nice to not have to rely on a the breath of the wild or Mario odyssey.

Always wanted a game gear 2.

edit:

forgot about my steam machine, sorry, I use it all the time

Edited July 15, 2021 by Evert

[blackdog]

This is what I always wanted, might be the only way to get through my steam library of games I’ve never installed.

I wish it was coming out imminently, I’m gonna have to start commuting and have a 4h each way

[Rick_D]

STEAM

[FMPONE]

1 hour ago, Evert said:

Always wanted a game gear 2.

Bruh the resemblance is uncanny 

[blackdog]

Listened to a video earlier and says it’s a 600gr boy

maybe one of the reasons of how the controls are laid out, I dunno, so you can rest it on your lap.

Do you think it could run VR games? I wonder if this could be the first step towards a wireless experience, since you wouldn’t be tied to a PC.

[Radu]

If you go for the 64GB version, you're gonna have to buy additional memory like immediately. The latest triple A releases take up 50+ gb easily.

[blackdog]

14 minutes ago, ThunderKeil said:

Any mention of battery life?

I think battery life is given between 2-8 hours, depending if you’re playing AAA or lightweight stuff.

Cooling I’m expecting passive solution. Haven’t noticed vents but haven’t looked closely.

@Radu yeah but the cards are very cheap, and maybe you’d go for that if you mainly play indie and lightweight.

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Does the wish list work like a preorder? Haven’t had the chance to look into it. I’d go for the middle (of course) but the anti-glare screen sounds gooood and wondering if it’s worth. I care more about that than the storage.

Edited July 16, 2021 by blackdog

[Radu]

27 minutes ago, blackdog said:

Does the wish list work like a preorder? 

Reserving has just been opened. 

[blackdog]

43 minutes ago, ThunderKeil said:

Passive!?

Well I guess battery life's not a concern if it catches fire in less than 10 minutes

These look like cooling openings, so I’m probably wrong  

23 minutes ago, Radu said:

Reserving has just been opened. 

Looks like I missed it, by the time I managed to login on the work computer, the buttons are disabled  the steam desktop app breaks when trying to open the page 

Edited July 16, 2021 by blackdog

[Radu]

@blackdog ah nope, still 30 mins to go until it opens  

Edited July 16, 2021 by Radu

[FMPONE]

Sick website. Not

Honestly surprised I managed to get it

 

[Radu]

10 minutes ago, FMPONE said:

Sick website. Not

Honestly surprised I managed to get it

I'm not even planning to reserve it, but

If this is too new, how far into the future do new-new people get to reserve?

[FMPONE]

8 minutes ago, Radu said:

I'm not even planning to reserve it, but

If this is too new, how far into the future do new-new people get to reserve?

Owned, newbie