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[Kuranghi]

Oh thank you jesus/ .Pennywise , I thought I was going to have to watch Rorie and Jan talk about this, can't stand Rorie and Jan's gaming opinions are as useful as I'd get from my dad.

Don't know why I didnt just search for other previews, duh.

 

[TrueLegend]

Oh yeah, the floodgates are open.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Well Russ from Retro Gaming Tech has one on the way.



He will be going indepth with emulation on the device. I highly recommend his channel since his guides helped me configure my devices.

 

[Md Ray]

Oh yeah, the floodgates are open.

Ohh yeahh...

 

[Chukhopops]

Holy shit that’s a chunky boy.

 

[WitchHunter]

Valve counting the money. Gabe will have ample cash to heat up the house this winter.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

I wish I could adjust my order from the mid range to the high end just for the glass difference.

 

[WitchHunter]

Can someone elaborate why do youtube personalities make these 4 year old faces with all their videos and why do they even show themselves in the video?

 

[chixdiggit]

Can't wait for this. Having an instant library will be amazing.

 

[BigBooper]

Awesome! This thing is making me as giddy as a new console launch.

 

[CrustyBritches]

So in DOOM Eternal it looks like it can do 1280x800/60fps at "almost all medium" settings(motion blur disabled), dynamic res disabled.

 

[ethomaz]

 

[octiny]

via Linus video

-58 vs 37 fps on Aya Neo at same spot (Doom Eternal @ native res w/ medium settings)
-Quad channel memory (awesome)
-Hook it up to an external monitor & you can simply use it as a PC (as expected)
-Able use it as a secondary monitor
-Etched glass model (512GB) highly reduces glare from lower end models (also using glass)

 

[Dream-Knife]

I wish I could adjust my order from the mid range to the high end just for the glass difference.

I imagine you can get anti-glare screen protectors for it.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Q1 2022 cant come soon enough

 

[ethomaz]

I wish I could adjust my order from the mid range to the high end just for the glass difference.

I found the difference noticeable but very minor.

 

[WitchHunter]

Next: rotating a 32" lightweight LED TV.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Steam Deck got my pp like

 

[BabyYoda]

Holy shit that’s a chunky boy.

Good, I found the Switch to be horribly uncomfortable, like it was built for tiny Asian and kids and Asian kids hands! Also the Deck has normal sized analogue thumb sticks and buttons (not oompah loompah ones) and a proper d-pad. I 'm also excited about the Haptic touch pads, many are underestimating what they can bring I think. The Switch is great, don't me wrong, but it's not made for me.

 

[mansoor1980]

very impressive portable , i want one

 

[mckmas8808]

Holy shit that’s a chunky boy.

That's barely a handheld.

 

[GymWolf]

Can someone elaborate why do youtube personalities make these 4 year old faces with all their videos and why do they even show themselves in the video?

It's as trend that hopefully is gonna die sooner than later.

Just don't give any of these people a single click.

 

[mckmas8808]

Can someone elaborate why do youtube personalities make these 4 year old faces with all their videos and why do they even show themselves in the video?

It's for the Youtube Algorithm. People tend to click more on those videos with those thumbnails.

 

[ethomaz]

Batery seems to be very weak... 90 minutes and already drops to below 30% from GiantBomb.

Edit - Verge says 90 minutes on The Witcher 3 and the battery was gone.

It is a test unit yet so I believe battery will be better in final version as Valve said 2-8 hours of gameplay.

 

[rnlval]

From https://youtu.be/SElZABp5M3U?t=599

Deck's 58 fps (about 1.6 TFLOPS, 88 GB/s memory bandwidth) vs ~38 fps (Aya-Neo's Vega 6's 1.15 TFLOPS, 35 GB/s bandwidth via dual-channel LPDDR4X-4266).

It seems 1.6 TFLOPS RDNA 2 = ~2 TFLOPS VEGA GCN e.g. Ryzen 7 4980U or Ryzen 7 5800U.

$399-to $649 Deck delivered comparable iGPU like high-end ultrabook's IGP with revised 7nm based RX Vega 8 at 1.95 Ghz to 2 Ghz. Deck's CPU is like Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U class.

 

[WitchHunter]

It's for the Youtube Algorithm. People tend to click more on those videos with those thumbnails.

Now I can leave this planet for real.

 

[Speedwagon]

The 64GB and 256GB models come with glass, too? Now I see no reason for the 512GB model.

 

[Romulus]

What's interesting is this is a decently powerful machine, far more than switch etc. But, it also punches above its specs on top of that, and with a good price/massive day 1 library

 

[ethomaz]

The 64GB and 256GB models come with glass, too? Now I see no reason for the 512GB model.

Glass yes but not anti-glare glass.

 

[catvonpee]

Batery seems to be very weak... 90 minutes and already drops to below 30% from GiantBomb.

Edit - Verge says 90 minutes on The Witcher 3 and the battery was gone.

It is a test unit yet so I believe battery will be better in final version as Valve said 2-8 hours of gameplay.

I still can't help but feel a slim Ultrabook and a gamepad would he a more elegant solution than this is. The thing is huge. My new laptop is pretty portable compared to this and does everything and even is like a Wacom too

 

[Orta]

A bit too much talk of medium settings for my liking.

But then I'm buying one almost purely for emulation.

 

[rnlval]

Batery seems to be very weak... 90 minutes and already drops to below 30% from GiantBomb.

Edit - Verge says 90 minutes on The Witcher 3 and the battery was gone.

It is a test unit yet so I believe battery will be better in final version as Valve said 2-8 hours of gameplay.

RDNA 2 iGPU may need 4 nm process node improvement as per Samsung's incoming S22 SoC.

Rembrandt APU is on 6 nm process node which improves upon Deck's Van Gogh APU's 7 nm process node.

 

[rnlval]

I still can't help but feel a slim Ultrabook and a gamepad would he a more elegant solution than this is. The thing is huge. My new laptop is pretty portable compared to this and does everything and even is like a Wacom too

Not good for the handheld device in a metro train environment.

 

[JORMBO]

Oh shit, it's even better then Game Gear. Another one?

 

[catvonpee]

Not good for the handheld device in a metro train environment.

I guess that is a valid point..

I haven't been on a train or a bus in like over twenty years. Just lots of planes.

 

[RoboFu]

Ehh seems to have to compromise too much on settings on games that are not even that resource hungry.

Was thinking it may be a good living room small form factor pc but looks like it’s better just to build a small form factor pc.

 

[Haggard]

15w APU

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Yas. Slay queen slay

 

[MrS]

It's such a sadness that people think they can properly experience a video game on a fucking portable device like this.

 

[Fake]

Linus preview was pretty decent. He even put a 4k60 monitor to test and works.

 

[rnlval]

I guess that is a valid point..

I haven't been on a train or a bus in like over twenty years. Just lots of planes.

On planes and longer-range bullet trains, the ultrabook form factor is okay if the seat has a drop-down tray table.

Your laptop with NVIDIA dGPU is not in the $399-to-$649 price range. It's good to see Valve has targeted Nintendo Switch's market price range which expands gaming PC's scope.

 

[St0pThatGuy]

I wish I could adjust my order from the mid range to the high end just for the glass difference.

What I did was cancel my reservation for the midrange one that I had, and put one in for the good one. Idk if that's still an option. And you could wind up getting pushed back on the waiting list. I did this back when it was first available. I was set for q1 2022 and it stayed the same for me.

 

[Speedwagon]

They gotta get rid of the black borders around the screen and put an 8" screen on this. They already have lots of 8" 720p screen in tablets, could've probably saved them money, too. That smaller screen just makes it look huge.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It's such a sadness that people think they can properly experience a video game on a fucking portable device like this.

Thank you for your concern. We'll get by somehow though.

 

[BeardGawd]

Honestly... after viewing these I'm glad I didn't preorder. I love the idea of the device but it looks pretty huge and uncomfortable. Not to mention the dips to 20fps on Doom Eternal even on medium settings. The glare was pretty bad and the black levels werent great.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

It's such a sadness that people think they can properly experience a video game on a fucking portable device like this.

The sadness is that some people think they need hundreds of FPS and more pixels than there are grains of sand in the Sahara desert to "properly experience" games.

Games are fun, mechanics, interactivity, sound, music, experience. Visuals are important, but visual fidelity is a distant shadow of a concern for actual game experience quality.

 

[Interfectum]

I still can't help but feel a slim Ultrabook and a gamepad would he a more elegant solution than this is. The thing is huge. My new laptop is pretty portable compared to this and does everything and even is like a Wacom too

So much more elegant than just holding a handheld device...

 

[Ogbert]

Lol.

Close to 60fps with Doom Eternal ON A FUCKING HANDHELD and people whinging about medium settings.

Never change lads.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

It's such a sadness that people think they can properly experience a video game on a fucking portable device like this.