GAME TECH Valve announces the Steam Deck portable gaming PC - Starting at $399

[the_antsy_honda]

Here's everything you need to know about the Steam Deck

Valve's Steam Deck is a potentially a really big deal for handheld gaming but there's a lot of questions regarding how it all works. Here's everything you need to know about Steam Deck.

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Operating System	SteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based)
Display	7-inch diagonal, 1200x800 px
Brightness	400 nits
Refresh rate	60hz
Processor	AMD APU, Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz
Graphics	8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz
Memory	16GB LPDDR5 RAM
Storage	64GB eMMC / 256GB SSD / 512GB SSD
Expandable storage	Yes, microSD card slot
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0
Wi-Fi	Dual-band Wi-Fi radio, 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Headphone jack	3.5mm stereo headphone / headset jack
Charging input	45W USB Type-C PD3.0 power supply
Battery	40Whr battery, 2 - 8 hours of gameplay
Size	298mm x 117mm x 49mm
Weight	Roughly 669 gramsSee

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Apparently you can run any OS you want on it and run any launchers you want. This is huge, especially since you can't get a fuckin GPU to save your life.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Also not pulling any punches, that open platform is a direct criticism of Nintendo who will sue you for loading Android on their Switch.

 

[Lanzar]

Well fuck it I'm getting one, gonna install a bunch of emulators, play for 8 minutes then not touch it for two years.

 

[sans_pants]

Well fuck it I'm getting one, gonna install a bunch of emulators, play for 8 minutes then not touch it for two years.

i already emulate up to ps2 on my phone

this thing better be able to play aaa stuff

 

[I<3URANUS]

Apparently you can run any OS you want on it and run any launchers you want. This is huge, especially since you can't get a fuckin GPU to save your life.

Just saw that. I just watched this video.

NOT TOO BAD

 

[Matren]

 

[KingGargantuan]

But can it run Minecraft?

 

[victor77]

Just saw that. I just watched this video.

NOT TOO BAD

That thing is fucking big.

I have a Razor 15 with a 3080 in it, might buy one of these too because why the F not.

 

[I<3URANUS]

That thing is fucking big.

I have a Razor 15 with a 3080 in it, might buy one of these too because why the F not.

Yeah. I pre-ordered one as well just cause well, I only have a desktop. Once I start traveling again this would be way better than doing Xbox live pass from my tablet.

 

[victor77]

Yeah. I pre-ordered one as well just cause well, I only have a desktop. Once I start traveling again this would be way better than doing Xbox live pass from my tablet.

Nice.

Slightly on the fence because I have a Switch that I never use. That's mostly due to the lack of interesting games though, if I had my whole Steam library available on a similar device I'd probably use it a lot more often.

 

[JZA]

Not sure if want. i have the $5 or whatever deposit in.

 

[Ranger-AO]

I don't understand why you would want to play a game on that small of a screen except in extremely rare instances (for me at least)

I'm rarely at home for more than a couple months out of the year. This looks tailor made for my life.

 

[I<3URANUS]

Nice.

Slightly on the fence because I have a Switch that I never use. That's mostly due to the lack of interesting games though, if I had my whole Steam library available on a similar device I'd probably use it a lot more often.

Yeah. My wife has a switch too and she goes through her stints of using it and not. I know I won't use this as much as my PC but it will definitely get used when I'm hanging out on the couch or traveling or something.

 

[King Hamlet the Pork]

thing looks freakin LEGIT

 

[ichigomon]

looks kind of like a SEGA Nomad lmao

 

[ayy]

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Back when dell sold the alienware steam boxes that were preloaded with steam os you could then install win8 on them

For 399 this is pretty decent if it has those nvme ssds

 

[Dusty Busterson]

The real question, is it worth $399, why or why not?

 

[ichigomon]

The real question, is it worth $399, why or why not?

kind of depends what kind of games you usually play on steam. if all you play is CS:GO or Dota or something like that i can’t imagine this being too appealing.


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[Dusty Busterson]

kind of depends what kind of games you usually play on steam. if all you play is CS:GO or Dota or something like that i can’t imagine this being too appealing.


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My PC is a Best Buy special from 2017, it can’t run much on Steam and is mostly my daughter’s PC now for Roblox.

I might buy this instead of the new Series Xbox.

 

[ichigomon]

My PC is a Best Buy special from 2017, it can’t run much on Steam and is mostly my daughter’s PC now for Roblox.

I might buy this instead of the new Series Xbox.

it’ll be curious to see what game performance and graphical capability is like compared to the new Xbox. at the very least there’s a much bigger and better library of games to play on Steam

 

[NoOneYouKnow]

does it do more than just steam games? if not, then no since that's gonna be EA launcher

Kind of weird since you can buy Battlefield on Steam now, but I think you still need origin. No clue how they'll handle that.

 

[cyclaptor]

Hmm. Looks like it'll let me check my AOL email.

 

[Boomchrono]

The Nvidia shield tablet Congress to mind reading this.

I don't know if they still do that but the shield was awesome back in the day. Just give us a new version of that with a steam label

 

[Boomchrono]

Kind of weird since you can buy Battlefield on Steam now, but I think you still need origin. No clue how they'll handle that.

I don't know how origin handles it's games. Nfs the run, sim city, and sim city societies (don't make fun I love that simple game) don't show up in it, I have to launch them from something else which opens origin to play them.