Despite the evident hurdles, including the necessity of custom tinkering and the fact that many consider SteamOS to be the superior way to game, the Steam Deck has become an unlikely Windows gaming handheld. 👉 4 reasons why SteamOS is quietly winning over PC gamers — and why Windows won't be dethroned any time soon While Valve made the initial steps easier with its official Windows drivers package roughly a year after the Steam Deck's launch (likely in response to Valve seeing how many users wanted to try Windows on its hardware), it's been the community that sprang up around it that has reall
How the Steam Deck became an unlikely Windows 11 handheld — and the community making it workConsidering it's said that Valve made a ton of different prototypes for the original Steam Deck, I don't doubt that the company is exploring all options when it comes to the Steam Deck 2's SoC. That could include ARM-based chips like Qualcomm's Snapdragon or the rumored NVIDIA N1X, especially if a performance-to-battery ratio is as important as Valve makes it seem. 👉 I tested 5 PC games on the ASUS Zenbook A16 with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme: Is Windows on ARM improving? Although Nintendo has had massive success using an ARM-based NVIDIA Tegra SoC in its Switch devices, there has y
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…In several tested games, including Marvel Rivals and The Finals, SteamOS actually outperformed Windows 11 on Xbox’s own Xbox Ally X handheld after users installed SteamOS onto the device. Which I…
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A little over four years ago, Steam creator Valve invigorated the handheld gaming PC market with the Steam Deck . Featuring a strong balance of performance, battery longevity, and price alongside a smooth…
…Forza Horizon 6 hits over 170,000 concurrent Steam players after the $120 early access launch, and is still riding high 3 Windows 11’s May update is causing install failures and…
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Microsoft has launched new Windows 11 preview builds today that come with a very interesting change designed to make the OS lighter and less noisy. Starting with today's preview build, the…