Hi all,

I’ve owned my steam deck for a few months now and love it but also feels it’s lacking in the power department in some ways. With a big one being the ram.

With the release of both the ally and legion. I feel like valve needs to release a good power upgrade for all of us. Not a whole new device but an option power upgrade. This could also include the new OLED model too.

The idea - going on the thought of repairability and optional upgrade. Why not just replace an updated motherboard for us owners to make the swap. With an updated APU and larger amount of ram, it would extend the platform lifecycle years. Granted I’ve read and watched reviews showing there is a lot of optimization that’s can be done but that only goes so far. Making the motherboard upgrade optional allows more power hungry users the opportunity to satisfy their hunger.

Thoughts ?

  • gretnothing@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s not very complicated but it’s really difficult to explain.

    1. VALVe wants to make a PC console

    2. They want to encourage developers to make games with Deck as one of the focus platforms

    3. To encourage developers, VALVe wants one device, so it’s easier to code

    4. Developers might be discouraged by many different variants of basically the same device

    5. Steam Deck might be too young and risky for developers to focus their resources on, especially if they have to put additional efforts to code on many different variants

    6. VALVe wants developers to treat Deck as a console, not as PC

    7. Games usually run pretty well on consoles, because it’s easier to optimise on one device, instead of many variants and combinations of hardware. That’s why many games run better on consoles than on theoretically stronger PCs.

    8. If a game is coded with Deck in mind from the get-go, it might outperform theoretically stronger PCs.