Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh
www.theverge.com
Valve put a new Steam Deck through the FCC in August.
    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Valve has two different products coming up, I think we’re getting both a Deck refresh and a new VR headset. Possibly announced together.

      • Lenny@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I hope so. I was looking to get an Index but then saw rumors online about a possible new version, so I figured I’d wait a little longer for the new tech. That was two years ago 💀

  • ultrasquid@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    If its slightly smaller and has an OLED screen, then it’ll be great. Those are really the only things the current Steam Deck needs.

  • spiderkle@lemmy.ca
    9·
    1 year ago

    Valve just recently announced they weren’t planning a refresh “any time soon” but that doesn’t mean they are ignorant about Nintendo apparently trying to close the gap with a new switch, that’s supposed to be at least as powerful a PS5/XBS. Competition is good for the consumer.

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
      32·
      1 year ago

      that’s supposed to be at least as powerful a PS5/XBS.

      I think anyone who truly believes that is huffing paint lol

      • Alto@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Didn’t it tuen out that it was literally just the same architecture? Doesn’t really mean shit

        • Lord_Wunderfrog@lemmy.fmhy.net
          6·
          1 year ago

          Exactly, same architecture means nothing if it only draws a fraction of the power, eg from a battery and not mains. Not only that, but size and cooling constraints mean with our current tech, it’s impossible to have a small handheld as powerful as current gen consoles

        • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          Honestly the biggest barrier is nintendo’s policy of making profit on hardware. Microsoft loses $100-$200 per console and the XSX still costs $500. Is nintendo really ready to charge $600 or even $700 for a console that matches what was released 3 years ago? 4 probably by launch?

          • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            The biggest barrier is that Nvidia has shown no capability to make a CPU that isn’t unconditional dogshit for gaming, and the CPU is the Switch’s problem.

            The only company that’s made an ARM CPU remotely interesting is Apple.

              • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
                1·
                1 year ago

                They’re proud of “withered technology” as a philosophy.

                My point is that even if they changed, it doesn’t matter. The fact that it’s nvidia means that it can’t get close on real world performance with anything that uses the CPU meaningfully. Even if they did match graphics benchmarks for some reason, it would be way off from actually playing most current gen games at a reasonable level.

          • Alto@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            It’s not going to be, it’s (from what I’ve seen) simply the same architecture. It’ll probably be what’s essentially a very cut down and underpowered (as in literally uses less power) version of it. Still a massive step up from the switch, which was already well outdated when it launched, but it’s not going to touch PS5 performance

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      They said they’re not releasing a more powerful deck, and we already know from leaks that the upcoming valve hardware has the same APU.

      This doesn’t rule out other changes, like a new screen, different form factor, etc.

        • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          There are supposedly two new hardware devices coming from Valve, earlier leaks had two different product code names. So possibly we’re getting both a revised deck and a new VR something.

          • eltimablo@kbin.social
            31·
            1 year ago

            God, what I wouldn’t give for a standalone VR headset with the Steam Deck’s internals…mostly because I just want them to shove a whole bunch of support behind getting VR to work right on Linux.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The mystery “Valve 1030” that went through South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency has now been definitively identified as a Steam Deck, and it’s our first proof the hardware’s potentially close enough to release to justify showing it to regulators.

    Quectel filed for a Class II Permission Change to simply allow its certified Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth chip, the FC66E, to retroactively work in a new Steam Deck, too.

    It’s a clever technique — as you can see in the document above, Valve’s supplier is able to argue that the new Steam Deck has a weaker antenna, so its radio emissions don’t need to be retested.

    Valve can hide whatever new features it likes behind the Wi-Fi chip certification because these agencies only tend to regulate radio emissions, not other specs.

    I have to admit it could simply be an existing Steam Deck with a refreshed radio chip if its previous supplier, Realtek, ran out.

    Lynch continues to find code snippets that suggest a wireless PC VR headset is also on the way — I wouldn’t be surprised if Valve announces both items simultaneously.

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I haven’t had an issue with this but it sounds scary. The case I use (Spiggan) does have a part of the case that sticks above the bumpers, so I’m hoping that will protect me if I drop it.

      • krolden@lemmy.ml
        21·
        1 year ago

        yes, USB4 has thunderbolt in the spec. The cpu on the deck is just fine for games but the gpu with shared memory is really it’s biggest bottleneck.