Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
…Rather than treating it like every other handheld on the market, Valve is instead treating the Steam Deck like a console similar to the PS5 or Xbox. This means the company won…
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Mid-range GPUs have largely dodged the memory crisis, but not for much longer
…save up for a better GPU The AI-induced hardware crisis will come for everything Rising memory prices have affected more than just PC components. Laptops, handhelds, consoles, and anything else that…
Bazzite turned my second PC into a console, and SteamOS never felt this polished on the desktop
…The problem is, SteamOS is optimized for handhelds, so the experience isn’t quite the same on desktop hardware. If you’re a PC gamer, you still end up living with Windows…
The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…Instead of Linux feeling like a chore, SteamOS made it feel like the best version of a handheld OS. It was seamless, perfectly built for a 7-inch handheld, and made the…
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
…Related If you have one of these GPUs, it's time to upgrade These GPUs just don't hit the mark for 2025. The price doesn't include the headache Tesla GPUs…
I didn’t expect this GPU-powered SNES emulator to make 16-bit games look this good
…Fast-forward to 2026, and after nearly two decades of silence, ZSNES is back as Super ZSNES , a new take on Super Nintendo emulation that's GPU-powered and rewritten by the…
Your favorite retro games look wrong on modern screens, and only RetroArch's shader presets fix that
…This is where you'll find CRT-focused presets, handheld-specific options, and, for those with lower-end GPUs, even some lightweight variants. Apply a preset, back out, and you'll see…
SteamOS couldn’t revive my old GPU, so I went with this non-Bazzite distro instead
…Related Nvidia stopped supporting my GPU, so I started self-hosting LLMs with it I self-support my gpu now because Nvidia won't SteamOS just doesn’t mesh well with my…
Valve isn't ditching Windows or x86, but it's quietly making both optional
…The bigger public third-party handheld milestone was SteamOS 3.7.8, which added official Legion Go S support and published installation guidance for other AMD-powered handhelds with NVMe SSDs, alongside…