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Steam Hardware

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And a SSD I guess.

Alternative question: Do you want steam to offer a console only version? Same motherboard, just no screen or battery.

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[–] Tippon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Steam Deck works so well because the screen is only 720p, and even then people have complained about low framerates on some games. Scaling it up to 4k for a modern TV would drop the performance even more.

It looks like a great handheld, but I think trying to use it as a console wouldn't work.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I asked before and people say it works perfectly fine https://lemmy.ca/post/2861180 It renders at 720p and upscales to 1080p.

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

You can do that, but be aware, upscaling with FSR takes a performance hit. It's not a big one but can make the difference between stable and unstable 30FPS.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think at that point just build a computer

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But this would be cheap af. What, $250?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago

I doubt it's cheaper

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

Before ifixit official sold Steam Deck parts, all the prices got leaked and the motherboard was sold for $350. When they officially started selling steam deck parts the motherboard was no longer included, but that's unsurprising if that one part is going to sell for so much when a 64GB deck is only $400.