Valve introduces Steam Deck

[Banana Hammock]

That's surprisingly tempting for such a small discount. I really want to get it, but I told myself I wouldn't buy one until I finished all of my Switch games.

I'm a weak man.

 

[Pissmaster]

I'm a weak man.

I mean even with the cheapest one it's still $40 off, and $360 for a pretty decent computer that can run any game is not a bad deal by any means

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

$360 for a pretty decent computer that can run any game is not a bad deal by any means

Let's be honest, that comes with a huge list of caveats. You're paying for the portable pc aspect, not the performance.

Though might pick up a 64gb for my wife to use at work. The higher models are just shit value when a 1tb 2230 nvme is $130-150.

 

[rareblacklobster]

Found this on the Steam Deck birthday video.

 

[ZMOT]

Found this on the Steam Deck birthday video.
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people shit on snoys, but they're still nowhere near the complete imbecility of nintendies.

 

[ShitLurker]

Why not just get one and emulate those switch games with yuzu on deck? Unless you need the online function like a Pokémon the offline play would be superior on steam deck.

Lets not oversell the emulation. I mean, I have 0 desires to buy a Switch since the deck is more than enough and I'm still currently playing 3 houses with just some small graphical issues here and there at most, but other games preform pretty baaad. Scarlet was dropping to a constant 15-20fps last time I tried and Triangle Strategy had some very distracting graphical glitches in battle. Basically, if @Banana Hammock already has his switch and the games, makes more sense to keep playing them on the Switch.

Still think it was worth every penny, specially if you don't usually play on a situation where you can just sit down with a computer but have shit in your steam library/want to emulate the world.

 

[zyclonPD]

Lets not oversell the emulation. I mean, I have 0 desires to buy a Switch since the deck is more than enough and I'm still currently playing 3 houses with just some small graphical issues here and there at most, but other games preform pretty baaad. Scarlet was dropping to a constant 15-20fps last time I tried and Triangle Strategy had some very distracting graphical glitches in battle. Basically, if @Banana Hammock already has his switch and the games, makes more sense to keep playing them on the Switch.

Still think it was worth every penny, specially if you don't usually play on a situation where you can just sit down with a computer but have shit in your steam library/want to emulate the world.

Scarlet Violet are barely playable on switch hardware itself. Why would you try to emulate triangle strategy for the switch version instead of playing the steam version?

 

[ShitLurker]

Scarlet Violet are barely playable on switch hardware itself. Why would you try to emulate triangle strategy for the switch version instead of playing the steam version?

Fair on Scarlet, but I have a hard time believing steamdeck and switch perform equally as bad. As for Triangle, It was prior to the steam release and well, since I already had the rom, gave it a try. I'll probably just get it on steam to play without issues when I actually get to it, I mentioned mostly because Yuzu is still very hit and miss on what works. Dread worked day 1 without any issue yet other games one would expect go without a hitch have some issues. If you are a diehard nintendo consumer I could see how the deck may not give you the perfect experience you could want or at a minimum you may need a few more patches till it becomes good enough to play, 3 houses went from a stuttering mess to almost perfect in a span of a few months, at my rhythm of play this is perfectly acceptable though, I don't expect to play the new Breath of the Wild any time soon.

Also

Found this on the Steam Deck birthday video.
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What a giant faggot.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

I got the Steam Deck, I've spent at least as much time trying to get around the autism of Linux gaming as anything. At least I have portable modded FO:NV though and what price can you put on something like that?

Very impressed with how it handles Doom Eternal, the small screen is pretty flattering for this sort of shit but it's still pretty crisp and maintains good FPS.

Also I actually ordered it like 2 days before Surprise Spring Sale made it 10% off so I had to appeal to Gaben PBUH for store credit for the difference in the sale price but His agents on Earth obliged.

 

[TOTAL NIGGER DEATH]

Does anyone here have experience in getting yuzu to work well with the steam deck? I have been getting dogshit performance running games on it. From what I have seen in videos people with their steam decks are getting really good performance with yuzu but I cant for the life of me figure out why my performance with it is shit and the videos I have seen do not specify how they get that kind of performance.

 

[Stasi]

This seems like an appropriate thread to post this - anyone else see some of the recent coverage of the ROG handheld? Some of us speculated earlier in the thread about these kind of devices becoming more mainstream after the massive success of the Switch and now the deck and looks like that might be coming true

Also some interesting speculations from one of the youtubers I watch. Its a lot of autism about TDP and wattages but TL;DW is he thinks the Xbox Series S was some kind of test run for Microsoft to get in on the handheld market and we may see a handheld announcement from them in the not too distant future.

 

[Loomer the Bully]

This seems like an appropriate thread to post this - anyone else see some of the recent coverage of the ROG handheld? Some of us speculated earlier in the thread about these kind of devices becoming more mainstream after the massive success of the Switch and now the deck and looks like that might be coming true

Also some interesting speculations from one of the youtubers I watch. Its a lot of autism about TDP and wattages but TL;DW is he thinks the Xbox Series S was some kind of test run for Microsoft to get in on the handheld market and we may see a handheld announcement from them in the not too distant future.

Pricing and customer support.

The main thing that has stopped the handheld market from fully realizing itself is the amount of Chinese, overpriced garbage out there. Now that actual companies are jumping in, there might be more powerful options than the Steam Deck without so much risk involved.

 

[Pissmaster]

Also some interesting speculations from one of the youtubers I watch. Its a lot of autism about TDP and wattages but TL;DW is he thinks the Xbox Series S was some kind of test run for Microsoft to get in on the handheld market

They already produce laptops and tablets that run Xbox-branded software by way of their Surface line, so I'd imagine it wouldn't really take all that much for them to crank out a handheld Xbox.

 

[Cubanodun]

Pricing and customer support.

I heard on twatter that Asus want to release 2 versions, one with 512 gb of storage at 700 ish and 1 with 1 TB of storage in 900ish, that would be PROBABLY the prices they want considering that Asus is a actual hardware company with direct ties with AMD not like Valve that is a software company that some days do hardware, if Asus blow the gasket and start to shit 1200 bucks price tag then the thing is dead in the water because you could get a good rig or a decent laptop with that money, im expecting people just removing the cancer that is Window 11 that come preinstalled and install Steam OS as lord gaben intended

Asus is already aware that the price is a issue because people is not going to blow 1000+ bucks in a handheld when the steam deck is there at half the price

 

[The Ghost of Kviv]

Xbox Series S was some kind of test run for Microsoft to get in on the handheld market

Absolutely, I've shared that with friends when the Deck became popular. MS may even delay the the next-gen Xbox to get a handheld out. The Series S portable isn't a simple slim-down and package a battery, but it's definitely doable. The biggest key factor is a portable Series S allows MS to compete against both Sony and Nintendo, without having to build two different product lines.

 

[ShitlordroltihS]

I just like playing modded Oblivion while shitting.

 

[TOTAL NIGGER DEATH]

Does anyone here have experience in getting yuzu to work well with the steam deck? I have been getting dogshit performance running games on it. From what I have seen in videos people with their steam decks are getting really good performance with yuzu but I cant for the life of me figure out why my performance with it is shit and the videos I have seen do not specify how they get that kind of performance.

I figured it out. What you need to do is:
Set GPU to normal on yuzu.
Set emulation speed percentage to 110.
Set GPU clock speed to 1000 megahertz.
Download the powertools plugin and disable smt.

The biggest performance gains comes from setting gpu to normal and disabling smt due to smt being shit in steamos which is apparently going to get fixed in steamos 3.5.
The other fixes are there to smooth out the game. I have been playing Links Awakening with these setting and its been really smooth. With some games you might need to set the GPU to high which is going have an impact on your performance somewhat.

 

[ShitLurker]

Does anyone here have experience in getting yuzu to work well with the steam deck? I have been getting dogshit performance running games on it. From what I have seen in videos people with their steam decks are getting really good performance with yuzu but I cant for the life of me figure out why my performance with it is shit and the videos I have seen do not specify how they get that kind of performance.

I followed this video though had to do some extra tweaks I think, but was a good baseline. The biggest improvement came from setting the resolution to 0.75. Mario Odessy went from stuttering to fluid on that almost by itself.

 

[TOTAL NIGGER DEATH]

I followed this video though had to do some extra tweaks I think, but was a good baseline. The biggest improvement came from setting the resolution to 0.75. Mario Odessy went from stuttering to fluid on that almost by itself.

I did look at this video but a lot of his recommendations are just what the default setting are on yuzu if you install it via emudeck. The differences are resolution and speed percentage changes which do improve your performance a bit but those changes are nothing compared to disabling smt and setting gpu accuracy to normal. Links awakening went from 25 ish fps in town to 60 ish fps in town with some very brief dips to 52 fps.

 

[Stasi]

Absolutely, I've shared that with friends when the Deck became popular. MS may even delay the the next-gen Xbox to get a handheld out. The Series S portable isn't a simple slim-down and package a battery, but it's definitely doable. The biggest key factor is a portable Series S allows MS to compete against both Sony and Nintendo, without having to build two different product lines.

The main draw for me with a device like this is emulation and playing other games. Honestly I'd have little interest in an Xbox handheld if it's a walled garden like the Switch. If it's more of a steam deck - gaming device that turns into a PC at the press of a button and you can put other software on it then that would be pretty compelling.

Not sure MS would do that though, would likely be locked down IMO.