Review Steam Deck OLED Review: Console-Style Upgrade

[Admin]

Valve has embraced the mid-cycle console upgrade with the Steam Deck OLED, adding a larger screen, bigger battery, new thumbsticks and a few other changes.

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[Giroro]

I still regret that I ever bought a Steam Deck. They're so giant and unwieldy, but they make it look small way smaller than it is in the marketing.
If they had at least used all that extra space for a bigger and less-crap screen ... that would at least be one less thing to point and laugh at. I think I still wouldn't like it though. It would still feel like gaming on an etch-a-sketch, and still look way too silly to use in public.

 

[Sluggotg]

With the die shrink, I would think you could Overclock and/or Undervolt to get more performance at the same power draw or longer battery life with the standard performance. Looks like a good refresh of the platform.

 

[thestryker]

I understand what Valve is doing with the Steam Deck, but I'm still a bit disappointed that there won't be one with a decent CPU for a long while.

I think Qualcomm will likely charge way too much to land in a device like this, but a pure Zen 4c based custom SoC would probably be amazing.

I like my Ally a lot, but windows is as much a disadvantage as advantage. Valve's hardware control is fantastic on the Deck and much simpler to set than any Windows based handheld.

 

[P1nky]

There's no way the original Deck had just 167 nits screen! Check your numbers. It should be at least 400, but most people measured it above 500 nits.

 

[P1nky]

You're the only publication where OLED scored lower FPS than the original. It should be the opposite. Check your numbers.

 

[digitalgriffin]

With no real GCN (Polaris&vega apus) support from AMD anymore, steam really needs to get some 8000 chips in there ASAP

 

[LabRat 891]

With no real GCN (Polaris&vega apus) support from AMD anymore, steam really needs to get some 8000 chips in there ASAP

Unrelated. Steam Deck's been RDNA 2.0 since the start.

All I want to know, is what parts are 100% swap'able w/ OG Steam Deck.
The OLED and larger fan is attractive.

 

[Order 66]

This Steam Deck OLED came out of nowhere for me since I had remember that there wasn't supposed to be any new steam deck models.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Unrelated. Steam Deck's been RDNA 2.0 since the start.

All I want to know, is what parts are 100% swap'able w/ OG Steam Deck.
The OLED and larger fan is attractive.

Well I learned something new.

 

[thestryker]

All I want to know, is what parts are 100% swap'able w/ OG Steam Deck.
The OLED and larger fan is attractive.

I'm not sure much will be, GamersNexus did a teardown and comparison video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA

 

[TOPoCAT]

I understand what Valve is doing with the Steam Deck, but I'm still a bit disappointed that there won't be one with a decent CPU for a long while.

I think Qualcomm will likely charge way too much to land in a device like this, but a pure Zen 4c based custom SoC would probably be amazing.

I like my Ally a lot, but windows is as much a disadvantage as advantage. Valve's hardware control is fantastic on the Deck and much simpler to set than any Windows based handheld.

There might be a bit of confusion about the Snapdragon. It's an ARMv64 CPU, which means it's not designed to execute x86_64 instructions. Consequently, it wouldn't be able to run games that require those instructions

Additionally, it's important to note that, as of now, Proton and Steam are not available for ARMv64 architecture. The only conversion layer that exists on Wine is still under development and not fully functional. That means that games won't work on a Snapdragon

Regarding the CPU's performance, it's worth mentioning that in the case of the Steam Deck, the games tested are typically GPU bound. This occurs 90% of the time, indicating that the CPU does not become a bottleneck in these scenarios. AMD is known for producing excellent APU units, which are crucial for a console like the Steam Deck, where integrated graphics play a significant role

 

[TOPoCAT]

Are you a child? Serious question.

I think it's really sad to ask silly questions like this. Try to keep speeches constructive

 

[Ralston18]

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