0:00 Introduction

2:15 Opening It up.

6:50 unclipping cables

10:24 Applying PTM 7950

16:00 Upgrading the SSD

17:30 Reassembly

20:00 Stock vs. PTM 7950+JSAUX V2

22:32 Stock vs. PTM 7950 Only

24:53 Conclusion

Nice, seems these chips take to undervolting well based on the 5-6 reports I’ve heard, almost anyone can get -30,-40 so far

The biggest thing holding it back is that it requires a m.2 -> occulink adapter. Which means you have to put your OS somewhere else. You also have to use windows.
If you did have everything setup, and the eGPU was good enough for it; sure. It would play vr titles okay.
I even got a ROG Ally to run VR decently without even using an eGPU, (https://youtu.be/6sHIFKspgH4) and we all know that the Z1 Extreme isn’t all that much more powerful than the Steamdeck.

I’d advise against trying to do some weird form of virtualization on the modest deck hardware or even doing a slow USB install of windows. Instead; Just resize the steam partition of the drive to give you a 250GB windows partition (or whatever size ratio you want to use. Run windows natively that way, and you can dual boot between steamos and windows whenever you want. (there are several guides on how to do this)

I do this on my deck, I have a 2tb drive and I allocated 256 at the end of the drive for a windows install. I spend 90% of the time using steamos, but I can boot into windows on the deck whenever I want if I want to play around with something there. All the windows drivers work at this point in time; there is no hardware that won’t work in windows.

What I’m REALLY excited for is… What happens when they find a way to uncap the TDP / clock speeds? I’m guessing there is a lot of performance left on the table and valve purposely nerfed it a bit to make it “Roughly the same” performance as the LCD version.

Something most people AREN’T talking about is the persistence of the display; although it isn’t too bad; the Steamdeck LCD display has noticeable “ghosting” that on the OLED isn’t present. This is called “Motion clarity” and the oled steamdeck should be a massive improvement on that front.

Everyone running to list it on ebay before the used market tanks.

note obsolete yet, but will be in a week… *troll face*

Naw, you’re right.