Hi all!

I’m playing on an old PC and cannot play on new games due to performance issues. issue.

I like to play with keyboard and mouse.

I see a lot of good feedback about SteamDeck and I’m doubting now.

Should I buy a gaming PC or better buy a SteamDeck + dock station and relax?

I like the idea that I can take SteamDeck on trips + I don’t need to think about what PC to buy (you know. select motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc)

But my main concern is SteamDeck performance

Can I play new shooters, CyberPank, etc

Games that need a high-performance PC.

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What do you think?

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thanks!

  • HalifaxSamuelsBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hopefully one day Valve will release a home console version too.

    Well, technically…

    I really hope they release a SteamOS installer/image to install on other devices and make them into Steam machines. I’ve got an old laptop with an i7-8750H and an RTX 2070 that already doesn’t have a purpose anymore outside of gaming, so being able to drop Windows and dedicate the hardware to Steam would be great. Opening up SteamOS to all hardware is sure to be a driver nightmare, though.

    Between being able to dock the Deck, the existence of Steam Link/streaming from a PC, and the complexity/cost of releasing a simultaneous second console I’m sure Valve won’t be bothering with a home console anytime soon, unfortunately.