Valve's Steam Deck Might Be The Next Best Thing with No Swtich Pro in Sight

Video Games
Written By Jesse Valdez

There is only a $50 difference between the new OLED Nintendo Switch & the all new Valve Steam Deck. So which one will you be getting? Here are the specs on the Steam Deck below:

Storage/Pricing

  • 64gb at $399

  • 256gb at $529

  • 512gb with high speed SSD & anti glare glass $649

    (all include Micro SD slot)

Operating System

  • Steam OS

  • Built on Proton ( a version of Linux)

  • Essentially a handheld PC

  • Supports Game mods

Hardware

  • Custom AMD APU with 2 Teraflops Total Compute Power

  • CPU: 4 Core 8 Thread Zen 2

  • GPU: 8 RDNA 2 Compute Units

  • RAM: 16gbs

Display

  • 7in LCD Screen

  • 12820x800 res

  • 60hz frame rate

Controls

  • Built into the system (non removable)

  • Parallel thumb sticks

  • Two Mouse-like Track pads

  • You can use traditional controllers via Bluetooth or USB-C

Battery Life

  • 2-8hrs depending on what you are doing

  • at 60fps you can play for 2-4hrs

  • Drop down to 30fps and it becomes 5-6hrs

External Connectivity

  • USB-C

  • Official Dock being made to sell separately although you can still use USB -C for display

  • will support up to 8k on external display

Jesse Valdez
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