DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price
…If RAM prices don't normalize by 2027, then these devices might be canceled in favor of a singular and more expensive Steam Deck 2. Nvidia's RTX 50 Super series We…
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Cost is a major consideration when it comes to handhelds, and to pretend otherwise would be folly. In the aspect of pricing, Steam Deck OLED continues to decisively pull ahead of the competitors, and there's a special reason for this, which I have talked extensively about in the past. Valve has an ability to sell its handhelds at cost because of a structural advantage that no other handheld manufacturer does. Unlike ASUS or Lenovo, Valve isn't primarily in the hardware business. As a storefront operator collecting a commission on every purchase made through Steam, Valve can afford to price har
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…This doesn't come with any compromises either, as the desktop environment still remains available through the nested desktop mode on the Steam Deck. It is, however, decoupled from the gaming experience…
SteamOS couldn’t revive my old GPU, so I went with this non-Bazzite distro instead
…With SteamOS now available for conventional desktops, I wanted to deploy it bare-metal on my old PC, partly because I wanted to see the distro powering Steam Decks, and also because…
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…Related The Steam Deck's price has increased from $549 to $789 as hardware woes continue The shortages have ended, for a high price.
Every gaming Linux distro is about to share the same foundation, and it could change everything
…We've recently seen the maturation of immutable distros , the Steam Deck normalizing handheld Linux gaming, and Proton making unprecedented strides in Windows game support. The OGC is one more reason to…
Bazzite is what most Linux gaming distros wish they were
…Bazzite can essentially turn your Windows handheld into a Steam Deck, thanks to its SteamOS-like approach to the UI, performance, and stability. Bazzite See at Bazzite Related I replaced Windows with…
Lossless Scaling does 5 things DLSS and FSR simply can't match
…It runs on Intel Arc and even runs on integrated graphics, which is the entire reason it's become a fixture in the Steam Deck and Legion Go community. The frame quality…
Intel's gaming handhelds went from a punchline to rivaling AMD, and the chip is only half the reason
…Valve built SteamOS around AMD silicon that's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, yet the Steam Deck is arguably what made the whole category mainstream. As well, FSR is supported just…
Windows is learning Linux's best tricks, while Linux is learning Windows' best tricks
…The Steam Deck runs Linux, and most modern Windows games run on it without the user thinking about compatibility layers at all. That is a transformation no one in the Linux community…
This $200 Android gaming handheld is the ultimate retro hit with Linux
…Related I installed Bazzite on the Steam Deck, and I regret it I tried it, so you don't have to.