![]() ![]() ![]() The Steam Deck’s continual updates show that it’s a handheld system steadily improving from its already impressive reviews. The only drawback of the fan update is the slightly raised temperature of the Steam Deck CPU. However, it’s said that the latest Steam Deck update has tried to correct the fan whining, reducing the fan’s pitch and making it run almost silently. ![]() One issue that hasn’t quite been solved yet is the whine from the Steam Deck’s fan which can be high-pitched and grating, even if it isn’t particularly loud. Users can now switch between windows in the same application, like web browser tabs. Valve is working on other keyboard layouts as well, including Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The full Steam Deck details and specs can be found on the Steam Deck website (opens in new tab).There have been multiple Steam Deck keyboard updates resulting in 21 different languages and various layouts available beyond the standard QWERTY English keyboard. That depends where you live, though: December 2021 will see units shipped to the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the UK, with more regions coming in 2022. Valve plans to start shipping them in December. Starting this Friday at 10 am Pacific, Steam Decks will be available for reservation on Steam (opens in new tab)for a $5 deposit. So that's sort of the frame in which we're thinking about this." "And that's going to have long-term benefits for us. "Our view is, if we're doing this right, we're going to be selling these in millions of units, and it's clearly going to be establishing a product category that ourselves and other PC manufacturers are going to be able to participate in," said Newell. Valve boss Gabe Newell said that picking a price for the Steam Deck was "painful," but that ultimately the device had to be powerful enough to perform well. The two more expensive versions also feature faster NVMe storage, and in all three versions, storage can be increased with a microSD card. There's also a 256GB version for $529 and a 512GB version for $649. The Steam Deck starts at $399 for a 64GB version. Tim Sweeney: Steam Deck is 'an amazing move by Valve' Valve has a plan to stop bots and resellers profiting from Steam Deck Gabe Newell expects Steam Deck to sell 'millions of units' (When you've plugged it in, for example.) Hope your airplane seat has an outlet, then.Ī quick suspend/resume function will let you pause the Steam Deck and send it to sleep mode, and then quickly wake it up and go back to your game when you're ready. Valve says that the Steam Deck's battery will last for "several hours" while playing most games, and it maxes out at 8 hours in "lighter use cases like game streaming, smaller 2D games, or web browsing." At a minimum, it should last two hours playing a resource-intensive game. One potential disappointment is the battery life. (We will make sure it can run Crysis, of course, but I seriously do wonder how it fares in something like Hunt: Showdown.) ![]() We look forward to putting a Steam Deck to the test with those games and others as soon as we have one. The promotional material includes shots of people playing Doom Eternal, Control, and Jedi: Fallen Order. Valve claims that the Steam Deck has "more than enough performance to run the latest AAA games in a very efficient power envelope." I wouldn't expect it to perform especially well with graphically-taxing games at 1080p or higher, but it should suffice at its own screen's 1280x800 resolution. Weight: Approximately 1.47 lbs (669 grams).Battery: 40Whr, "2-8 hours of gameplay".Wired connectivity: USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt-mode support up to 8K or 4K USB 3.2 Gen 2.Wireless connectivity: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.Trackpads: There's two of them, and Valve says that they have "55% better latency compared to Steam Controller.".Controls: Two analog sticks with capacitive touch, D-pad, face buttons, analog triggers, bumpers, assignable grip buttons, "view" and "menu" buttons, gyro.Audio: Stereo speakers that "pack a punch," says Valve, 3.5mm stereo jack, dual mics, multichannel USB-C/Bluetooth output.Storage: 64GB, 256GB, 512GB versions expandable with MicroSD cards.Here are the specifications of the handheld itself, according to Valve: Maybe a better way to think about it is that it's a small PC with a controller attached as opposed to a gaming console." Steam Deck hardware specs You can install whatever you want on it, you can attach any peripherals you want to it. "We don't think people should be locked into a certain direction or a certain set of software that they can install," Valve designer Lawrence Yang told IGN (opens in new tab). ![]()
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