Steam Deck

So, what's the final verdict? Is it good as a first time gaming PC?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    meme gimmick

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's a shitty toy but at least this one has a few games on it

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Wrong board

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Objectively better than the switch, but if you're going to use it like a PC then you should just get a PC. If you're going to use it while traveling then it's the best handheld you can buy outside of a full gaming laptop which will run you close to 2k for a good one.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Switch has detachable controllers for multiplayer. Mario Party is fun.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Don't frickin lie, Mario Party on the Switch sucks, play the originals.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Superstars is one of the best Mario Party games

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      only 4 posts before one of you spergs brings up Nintendo

      rent fricking free

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Literally the only comparison point outside of chink shit
        >HURR DURR RENT FREE
        Lmaoing at your moronness, buddy.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        don't be mad that someone thinks their toy is better than your toy anon, it's unbecoming of you

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      And it won't sell 5% of what the Switch sold

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Why should consumer care about that?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You can get a laptop more powerful than the deck for less than 1k anon...

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Why would you get a laptop instead of a desktop PC? Even the 3000$ gaming laptops struggle to get more than 60 minutes of battery life and >30fps in any demanding game when not plugged in, and if you're gonna use a device plugged in all the time, why get a laptop?

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Is it good
    No one fricking knows because Valve can't keep up with the demand as always.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Mine just shipped, suck it

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yes it is

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What's the battery life? Is it at least 8 hours?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >at least 8 hours
      It barely gets half or a quarter of the battery life of 3rd party switch games on comparable settings

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >50% to 80% today on the calculator
        Getting mine next week bros...

        This is objectively false. It gets the same amount of battery life as Doom on twice the res and graphical fidelity. have a nice day Chang.

        https://reviews2go.com/2018/08/06/nintendo-switch-battery-life-chart-2/
        >3 1/2 hours for the Deck
        >3 hours and 18 minutes on a Switch with low brightness and airplane mode (with worse settings and 480p res mind you)
        Same with Eternal. Couldn't find battery data on Ghost Runner for Switch but I'm sure it's the exact same story, albeit with the Switch running that game at 20fps lower than low settings.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Chang runs with his tail between his legs when his pathetic paper thin shitposts get destroyed by reality
        As expected.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        If you run the games at Switch level quality (Low, sup 720p) you will get Switch comparable battery life.

        [...]
        [...]
        The battery life and thermal situation were obviously going to be suboptimal, with a x86_64 processor in the thing. The Switch is ARM, which is way more power-efficient. There really isn't a better option for running existing PC games without some insanely-advanced recompiler, like what Dolphin's dynrec does, and that's going from PowerPC to x86_64. x86_64 to ARM while maintaining any performance at all would be a herculean task.

        What I'm reading, though, is that you can often get a battery life of upwards of 4 hours by locking to 30fps, and you wouldn't get much better than that battery life or framerate on the Switch anyway.

        [...]
        Frick off, dipshit. I want a Deck, but there's nothing valuable about shutting off your brain and denying reality.

        >30fps sub 720p is only acceptable when valve does it
        Or
        >the battery life is only 2 hours but at least it's 60fps!
        Holy shit the copium

        The Steam Deck has a much better battery life than the Switch even running games at significantly higher settings.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          This is common knowledge but Chang doesn't care. He'll continue posting outright lies like the bug subhuman he is.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >battery life testing
          Yeah sure whatever you say. Unfortunately live tests have proven the exact opposite. You're just a biased moron

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Your post sounds like cope, Phawx has tested playing around with the Deck's wattage, and he managed to get more than 3 hours of battery playing Control, a game the Switch can't even run natively, but has a "cloud version" instead (read: you play using Nintendo's servers and gotta deal with latency issues)

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >your a liar, here's 3 hours of this shit unoptimized piece of garbage running on an os it wasn't designed for and lasting only 3 hours! Take that homosexual!
              Do steamies really?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                cope harder, there's evidence its battery life is good if the user knows what he's doing

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Look at this, portal 2 with better than switch settings getting 6 and half hours, tendies just lie to cope.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Not sure if it's possible but if Valve could make battery life saving settings a single button click, and it would reduce the screen refresh rate to 40hz, make games pick whatever setting allows for stable 30fps, also lower graphical fidelity to save battery, that feature would be a handy thing for the people who don't like tinkering too much.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            the only comparison i have is mhrise as i've played it on both handhelds
            the battery on deck lasts longer that switch even though it runs at much higher res, double fps, and higher graphical settings

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The battery life is the only thing that disappointed me about the Deck, so if Switch has it even worse then I feel genuinely bad for Switchgays, lol.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Lying c**t.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Based battery life poster

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Better than the chinkshit you shill.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Hello plebbit mod

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          That makes no sense.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      If you run the games at Switch level quality (Low, sup 720p) you will get Switch comparable battery life.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >you will get Switch comparable battery life
        You will get significantly better battery life.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You forgot your image chink

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >at least 8 hours
      It barely gets half or a quarter of the battery life of 3rd party switch games on comparable settings

      Based battery life poster

      The battery life and thermal situation were obviously going to be suboptimal, with a x86_64 processor in the thing. The Switch is ARM, which is way more power-efficient. There really isn't a better option for running existing PC games without some insanely-advanced recompiler, like what Dolphin's dynrec does, and that's going from PowerPC to x86_64. x86_64 to ARM while maintaining any performance at all would be a herculean task.

      What I'm reading, though, is that you can often get a battery life of upwards of 4 hours by locking to 30fps, and you wouldn't get much better than that battery life or framerate on the Switch anyway.

      Better than the chinkshit you shill.

      Frick off, dipshit. I want a Deck, but there's nothing valuable about shutting off your brain and denying reality.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >30fps sub 720p is only acceptable when valve does it
        Or
        >the battery life is only 2 hours but at least it's 60fps!
        Holy shit the copium

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I said neither of those things. Your attempts at shit-flinging are pathetic.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >moron who knows literally nothing about ISA
        >trying to authoritatively claim that power consumption is due to ISA
        Pathetic beyond words, techlet.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Frick off moron, you know nothing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Heavily depends on the game. Indie pixelshit will get you 6 hours no problem. God of War will be lucky to get 2 hours.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >BUTBUT WHAT ABOUT CHINESE HANDHELDS?!
      Westcucks have Chinese living rent free in their minds lmao.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You can stretch it pretty far if you know what you're doing. You can get 8 hours with older console emulation and indieshit by tweaking shit.
      Protip: turning off boost clocks with powertools will get you a large amount more runtime.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        what if I'm computer illiterate and don't know what that means

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Nothing a few minutes on Google won't fix

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            but I'm stupid
            I tried downloading emudeck and hit advanced just to see the available options and I didn't even know what I was looking at

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          A huge strength of the device is being able to tinker. If you're willing to learn then go for it, but if that turns you off and I want a more consolegay/moron friendly experience then I would suggest against it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      responding to this as many times as i can over the next 378 posts, absolutely legendary m8 bravo

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Only when playing some 2D pixelshit at very constrained power settings.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      battery schizo is back

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        how's biz going?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      it's not a replacement for an actual gaming PC but I am enjoying mine a lot as a handheld. I do plan on getting a small portable keyboard/mouse setup to go along with it at some point for a larger variety of games to play when I have down time at work.

      ha, frick no. battery life is probably the most disappointing thing about it. a couple hours for some light gaming.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      How does 2 sound?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >FTL
        Nice. If you're using a Deck for any of those other games instead of a PC, you're dumb. God intended handhelds for 2d/indie games.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      excellent bait

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yes

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i forgot i had reserved the most expensive version. I don't have a gaming laptop or an iPad just a pc, I like the idea of having a desktop kinda sorta..is the internet-ing decent on it?
    I kinda wanna play steam games on my tv would this make that easier or do I get something with the steamlink app?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Use Chrome for internet, FF has issues. Steam link works well but i have the steam link itself and not the app.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Don't forget you can get a USB hub with HDMI out and hook it up to an external monitor. Grab a M&K and you can turn your Deck into a desktop PC. Bonus points if it has an ethernet port to download games faster.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I like mine. Tired of my switch catalog of 2010s indie hits. I can now play 2010s A titles

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Finally got this on sale for €3. Pirated versions wouldnt launch, but this does beautifully. Go figure

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      fellow sunset overdrive chad detected

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is there a way to stream my PC desktop to the Deck? I know that you can stream individual games from it but I want access to my whole PC.
    I already tried adding Explorer.exe as a non-Steam game and selecting it on the Deck to stream, but it doesn't launch the stream or do anything.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Sunshine on PC, moonlight on deck. Just share the usb for the controller over IP to desktop.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >what is Remote Play?
      google it up

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        homie I said right in my post I've tried it. It works perfect for games but it doesn't work getting to my desktop. I want to be able to stream my whole PC to my deck and control it like the deck's desktop mode.

    • 2 years ago
      Sage

      Download the steam link app and go from there... Unless steam link isn't on Linux

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Parsec

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        the only right answer

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm definitely getting the Steam Deck 2. all it. needs is a better apu and battery. easy upgrade for them.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm very content with the actual performance, would love a bigger battery and more storage though.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Great. You will have to wait longer cuz it will release in 2027.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm coming home soon, bros.....

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      10 day moron here. I could have reserved in the first 10 mins but I put it off.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        You will get it sooner than you think. I have jumped over 60% in the last 4 email cycles.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's great if you want to play counter-strike while you're not at home, think about it

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    So do you guys see yourself playing anything on it after the honeymoon phase? I unironically thought VR would change the future of gayming at first and now my headset has just been collecting dust for like a year.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah but I don't see myself only playing on my Deck. Switch Oled is unironically a good handheld albeit overpriced and dry on features. The battery life on that thing is amazing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I don't see much reason not to almost exclusively play all my games on PC when I want to play vidya at my desk, and my deck for when I want to play vidya in every other situation. Especially considering PS5/Xbox Series have no fricking games and a lot of the best Switch stuff runs perfect, and the stuff that doesn't run perfect likely will run perfect eventually.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The honeymoon phase already ended for me and I'm still using it. It's effectively replaced my laptop and some stuff I would normally do on my phone.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm still playing it every night in bed for like an hour. Have had it for about a month. Trucking through BoF still, but have also been playing through The Darkness for PS3.
      This is the happiest I've been with a new piece of hardware in like well over 10 years.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      absolutely. I still use my 3DS almost 8 years after getting it and there is a way bigger variety of stuff to play on the Steam Deck.

      i forgot i had reserved the most expensive version. I don't have a gaming laptop or an iPad just a pc, I like the idea of having a desktop kinda sorta..is the internet-ing decent on it?
      I kinda wanna play steam games on my tv would this make that easier or do I get something with the steamlink app?

      if you plan on using it for browsing the internet and shitposting on Ganker then you should definitely look into getting a keyboard to pair with it. I'm thinking about getting pic related personally just so I don't have to use the touch screen. it's not that it isn't functional, I just don't want finger smudges all over my screen constantly.

      as for the steam link comparison, I have no clue there.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        That's a tempting purchase. Find me a power adapter and spring loaded cable that can be taken out of one's pocket and plugged into the wall within 15 seconds and I'm sold on a Steam Deck.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The honeymoon phase is long gone and all that's left is a vastly better switch replacement. This is the future for handhelds.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        until pirating games gets easier, the switch still has its place

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          It's super easy to pirate on the deck though. Way easier than jailbreaking the switch.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The frick are you talling about? It's piss easy to play pirated shit on the Deck.

            how do you do it then?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Run em through wine or proton. Get Lutris while you're at it. Simple as.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Doesn't fricking work. I try running the game .exe, the setup.exe, nothing doing.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Werks on my machine.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                well then I guess my machine is special

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                more likely you're special

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                maybe. either way the bottom line is nothing I do makes my pirated games playable on this fricking machine and any guide I try to find leads me nowhere

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                If you say some more about what you tried and where you got stuck maybe I'll be able to help you.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Tried Lutris
                >Whenever I open it I get a warning that I don't have Vulkan support for i386 architecture
                >Whenever I try to load a game through it the wine prefix I made doesn't work

                >Try q4wine
                >Try to run the game.exe
                >Nothing happens
                >Try to run the setup.exe
                >Nothing happens

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                In Lutris did you go to "Wine > Manage Versions" and installed a custom Wine build (e.g. lutris-7.2-2)?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Bro if you can use a linux machine then you can pirate stuff with your eyes shut. Stop being moronic.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                first time using linux because I'm not autistic

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                cream.api doesn't work on the deck. linux is worthless

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              add installer as a non-steam game, launch the installer, remove from steam and add the game itself where it was installed and steam is smart enough to manage the prefixes for you

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            all I know is that I jailbroke my switch in a few minutes with one easy guide. I've yet to see anyone who couild explain how to pirate shit on the deck outside of "lol just do it bro"

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I'm not sure what's confusing you about it. What games are you trying to pirate that are giving you trouble? I've downloaded shitloads of roms and with emudeck it was extremely easy to play them. For normal games you just run the exe through protonge or wine.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Literally just do it. Do you seriously need a guide on how to find skidrow reloaded or fitgirl and run the installer through wine.....? That's a you problem buddy, literally easier than jailbreaking the switch

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                i'm cackling at the idea of someone directly installing a fitgirl repack on the deck and spending all that time decompressing it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      My Deck replaced my Switch that I never used. Its been amazing for a whole month, I deopped my Switch after finishjng Mario. So no, its not a fad, its a proper direction towards open platforms with shit ton of games and great performence. It absolutely mogs the Switch its embarassing.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It's a PC, consoles are never gonna turn into PCs.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Sure, if a PC means literally all the same/better features of consoles and all the games lmao.

          So basically a console for non-idiots.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Let's gloss over that you're emulating on Linux and you're not buying a console. Now that you've wiped the Valve cum off your lips, no, you're not buying this thing as a Switch replacement; that's stupid, you can pay $100 less and have a Switch. You're buying a PC with a controller and a screen built in.

            "Well what's the difference lmao!" you ask, a bubble of sperm popping as you exhale.

            The difference is one wants Vulkan support so that it can emulate 3D Switch games worth a pinch.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >have ti be a valve fan to like a great product
              Lmfao, are you a poorgay?

              I already replaced my Switch because i like games and the Switch has no games. The Steam Deck has more cheaper games, no online fees, so fricking much more over the Switch, you are only embarassjning yourself.

              You sound mad dude, and obsessed with cum in your mouth from the look of it. Thats not the "own" you think it is, you sound like a stupid fricking fanboy.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                THE SWITCH HAS NO GAMES!!!!!
                THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT THIS MORE EXPENSIVE THING!!!!! IT'S A SWITCH WITH GAMES!!!!!! I BOUGHT THIS TO REPLACE THE SWITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! U MAD!!!!!!!!!!!

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                cool it with the autism buddy, you're in every single Steam Deck thread with this shit recently

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Ganker is a schizo playground

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                The switch has no games, correct.
                It wasnt more expensive, I already had a massive library, wrong.
                Its not a Switch, its a Deck, has games, and shit that the Switch will never have like good online, free cloud saves, cheap games, performance, ergonomics, on the fly settings like TDP, emulation up the ass, voice chat built in, etc etc.

                Why do tendies like you get so mad over something so much better?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >dock for switch style tv shit, except now with a pc library
      >also dock for pseudo pc stuff in a convenient form factor if i have kbm, giving it actual utility
      >emulation up to switch/some ps3
      Waiting on mine right now but I am excited at all the use cases I've been mulling over.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Dude the Deck will change what you think of portables. Its amazing. Its like the Switch but if the Switch was actually worth owning.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Shill

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Dont need to shill something amazing. Nice poorgay response.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    sneed

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Assuming you're starting with absolutely nothing for PC parts, Steam Deck flattens anything you could get for its price-range even for a desktop computer. Before any neckbeard starts to REE at me about how that's not true,
    >Case
    >Motherboard
    >RAM
    >CPU
    >PSU
    >GPU
    >CPU cooler (optional, most CPUs come with one)
    You will not do better than Steam Deck at any of its price-points when taking into account the cost of a full gaming rig

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      But it's also a pretty subpar experience compared to a gaming PC. One does not replace the other, they are compliments.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >bought the most expensive deck instead of a PC
        am I stupid?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          It's more money but you can also put it into a USB-C dock with a mouse/keyboard/monitor and it's a PC.

          It is a PC on a battery, at the end of the day.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I was waiting for the official dock to come out but it got delayed
            now I actually have the thing and don't know what to do because I wanna hook it up for fighting games and stuff

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              The dock is just a glorified USB C hub. You can get them for like 15 bucks

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                But you need to be careful since certain ones are Chink (read: poorly made and burn the house down) shit or brick the deck if more power draw than needed.

                >But Valve firmware updated!
                Doesn't fix the ones that came out AFTER that.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Docks like the JSAUX one aren't going to brick the deck, anon. Docks bricking the Switch was only a problem with the Switch since it's not actually compliant with the USB-C standard and has insufficient overcurrent protection. Even normal devices being plugged into the USB-C port can fry a Switch.
                And if we're being truthful here, that's not a deck-exclusive problem. Chink devices just cause housefires in general. Always be careful what you're plugging into your devices.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Even normal devices being plugged into the USB-C port can fry a Switch
                wait what
                should I not be using my phone charger with my switch then?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I would recommend against using a phone charger unless it's an older one that isn't a fastcharger.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              See if there's a dock by Anker that tickles your fancy.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                The dock is just a glorified USB C hub. You can get them for like 15 bucks

                but I don't want to get a generic one only for the official one to come out soon afterward

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                The official one will be basically the same thing, a USB-C dock with Power Delivery charging/HDMI out/multi-port USB hub. You can always look at docking stations purpose built for Steam Deck if you want something tailored to it, JSAUX has one that looks pretty much like the real thing but you'll have to wait a couple weeks for delivery. https://www.jsaux.com/products/upgraded-docking-station-for-steam-deck

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          If you weren’t willing to spend 1500 minimum on a PC then I would say no.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I probably would be willing to shell out for a really good machine but I'm too overwhelmed by the prospect of it all to go through with it
            I can't handle having so many choices and there's so much shit I'm clueless about

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              There’s not nearly as many options as you think there are. It’s a pretty fast process of elimination. Using windows? Get an nvidia card. AMD for linux. The CPU you pick will determine what motherboard you get because it has to fit the socket. The PSU has to support the power draw of the CPU and GPU. Go ask for help on a /pcbg/ on Ganker.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                anon I already have my steam deck and my room is literally out of space because I haven't cleaned it in 7 years
                I can't put a computer anywhere even if I wanted to

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    'ick on the 'eck

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      https://arch.b4k.co/v/search/text/%27ick%20on%20the%20%27eck/

      this the birth of a new schizo bros?

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Got my deck today. Decided to download some games but my saves did not transfer over. I've got a few games that are behaving like this. Do I need to manually move over my saves? Will I have to do this everytime I change from playing on my PC to the Deck?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Force an upload to Steam Cloud if possible
      If not possible, yeah you can probably manually move over your saves; get Warpinator from the Discover program and get Winpinator for Windows

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The game has to support steam cloud saves, otherwise you gotta do it manually. Most games do though so I’m curious as to what you’re trying to play.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Dark Souls 3, it doesn't have the steam cloud option, it looks like. DS1 has the icon. I'm going to install that and see what happens.

        Force an upload to Steam Cloud if possible
        If not possible, yeah you can probably manually move over your saves; get Warpinator from the Discover program and get Winpinator for Windows

        Thanks, anon.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Oh yeah, you have to manually dick around with DS3 saves. Make sure you keep a backup somewhere for when you do your regular PC resetting as well

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It doesn't exist otherwise i'd have one already.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The analog sticks suck ass but the level of customization is blowing me away. The trackpads are genius and I need a normal controller that uses them

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think the stick are top notch. The only issues I have with the physical hardware are the bumpers. Dual stage triggers would have been nice too.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I really hate the flat tops. Feels like I have to really push my finger in to maneuver the stick

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I still have no idea how loud the deck is. The morons on youtube don't understand that they can't just fricking record a sound and say "SEE, IT'S THIS LOUD!" It's relative. Sound is R E L A T I V E. JFC, pick something everyone knows how loud it is, record it from a distance, then record the steam deck's sounds from that same distance.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    is there some resource I can use to get settings optimized for certain games?
    I tried tf2 on it and it was kind of neat but I have no idea how to optimize it performance wise or what the best controls would be
    I can't decide if I want to use the stick or the trackpad

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'd enable gyro and see if you can get accustomed to playing it Splatoon style, use gyro for fine aim and the stick or trackpad for broad movements

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I always use gyro for any kind of FPS/TPS or just any kind of aiming in general. The question is what to do for broad movement. You can do high sensitivity stick/trackpads for broad movement and or you could do flick stick. Paired with gyro for precision, any input or combination of inputs above is workable.

      >performance wise
      Performance is mostly just common sense. You have a lot of ram to work with so anything related to textures can go as high as you want. The taxing settings are going to be things like MSAA and shadows, but on a game from a over decade ago like TF2 that could run at toasters even at the time it came out, it doesn't really matter.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >but on a game from a over decade ago like TF2 that could run at toasters even at the time it came out, it doesn't really matter.
        I remember everybody was jerking off TF2 Classic and Open Fortress over how much better they ran when they first appeared on the community's radar, then I tried them and they unironically do not run any better than actual default TF2 does. Actually they run a lot worse in high-intensity areas like a bunch of people fighting at once, and TF2 Classic is also fond of moronic player-counts like 32v32, so any performance gains are motot

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's gonna take some experimentation to find what works best for you. Thats kind of the fun part though. Just install some games or Emus and play around with community controls and options.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I always use gyro for any kind of FPS/TPS or just any kind of aiming in general. The question is what to do for broad movement. You can do high sensitivity stick/trackpads for broad movement and or you could do flick stick. Paired with gyro for precision, any input or combination of inputs above is workable.

        >performance wise
        Performance is mostly just common sense. You have a lot of ram to work with so anything related to textures can go as high as you want. The taxing settings are going to be things like MSAA and shadows, but on a game from a over decade ago like TF2 that could run at toasters even at the time it came out, it doesn't really matter.

        I'd enable gyro and see if you can get accustomed to playing it Splatoon style, use gyro for fine aim and the stick or trackpad for broad movements

        I can't get tf2 to run at a consistent 60fps
        I don't know what to set

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          As a last restort you could run the game at 600p with FSR on, that should do it

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            where do I enable fsr?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Quick access menu (... button). It just sharpens the image for low resolutions.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                what do I set the sharpness to?
                I can only set tf2 to run at 720x480 besides the native res
                do I run windowes or fullscreen?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Whatever looks best for you. And you might as well run fullscreen, you don't need it in a window

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                it seems like it runs worse in fullscreen

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                vertical sync on or off?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                off

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                see if on gets you anywhere

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                vertical sync on or off?

                Vsync off always on steam deck (you get vsync anyway if you use the framelimiter, but even with it off i've never noticed tearing). You might want to try running the windows version running on proton, could give better performance. Just delete the files, set it to run with Proton Experimental in compatability options, and re-download. That will force the windows version over the linux version.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                how do I know whether a game has a linux version and whether I'm running it or not?
                what proton should I be picking in the settings and when? I have the latest version of proton GE

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You don't really, if a Linux version exists it will download that one first though. You can run every game on the latest GE, that's ideal actually

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                is GE just the best option all the time?
                what happens if I pick that and the game has a linux version?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You have to pick it in the game specific compatabitility options and then it will switch to the windows version. Some games like rocket league it's necessary to get the game working at all. GE is better yes, it's all the code of base Proton + a newer version of WINE + lots of codecs and game-specific fixes not in Proton. It used to have performance benefits as well with gamemode until some trannies got butthurt.

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm genuinely impressed at how well it handles something like Elden Ring. I fully expected the experience to be on the shitty end of 'okay' but it's actually very playable and the FPS is pretty solid, all things considered.

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Someone give me a quick rundown on Steam Input "chords". What's the best use case for this kind of stuff?

    I've only finally figured out using the left track pad with the radial menu. The contriller customization makes me feel like a brainlet.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Cords are just any easy way to map more shit to the same buttons. It basically just multiplies the number of buttons you have to work with if you have a shoulder button free. You can do the same shit with action layers but sometimes action layers feel way less responsive when you bind them as a hold on a trigger or shoulder button.

      In AoE2 all of my face buttons and dpad are unit commands, if I hold down a bumper, the same face buttons become a way to access control groups. I use cords but they are messy as frick and difficult to keep track of because they quickly clutter up the config menu. If I didn't have responsiveness problems with action layers I would be using those instead.

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone else still having trouble pirating PC games? I literally can't get a single one to work regardless of if I use lutris or q4wine or whatever

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I know Ryujinx recently got updated with Vulkan support. How's it been for Switch emulation performance on the Deck?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      it's just a worse yuzu now, only relevant if you used ryuujinx for online.
      i still use both, but only use ryuujinx for openGL and the like 5% of games that don't already run on yuzu

  28. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't know how it is as a first time gaming PC. One thing is that its price to performance is absolutely unmatched by any PC or laptop so you have that advantage. I think it's a nice secondary device to have for people who already have lots of PC games, but hey some people only like playing handhelds so for them, the Deck is pretty much the most accessible way to play multiplats, in that regard it really shits all over the Switch, that only really shines if you love Nintendo exclusives and don't care about much else.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The Switch is much, much easier to pirate for.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        ?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          it's fricking impossible to pirate for this console unless you're experienced in linux whereas with the switch it's as simple as downloading the firmware and then some NSPs/XCIs

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The frick are you talling about? It's piss easy to play pirated shit on the Deck.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Bruh, are you moronic? Unless it's some Anti-Cheat shit, you can run pirated stuff quite easily. You can even do that with Steam itself ("Add a non-steam game to my library")

  29. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If you want to use it as a desktop you're better off splurging a little more and building a tower, but as a handheld it is bar none for its price to performance and it's not even close.

  30. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Here's what I spent on my deck and accessories
    >$400 deck
    >$20 256gb hynix ssd (same one as the downgraded decks but it doesn't impact performance at all apparently according to youtube testers.) it's enough for me at least until i see some better samsung 1tb sd card sales.
    >NS-PWLB80R power bank for ~$30. can charge a deck twice over and keep up with power draw.
    >$30 fan kit from ifixit. might not even need it.
    >might get the $25 dbrand screen protector kit or a matte one, still deciding.
    That's like $505 total for a device that can play AAA on battery in my hands for 6 hours at least. Laptops btfo.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'd probably get the Dbrand kit, I'm impressed by how good the anti-oil coating is on it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Thanks anon. I was really considering them too. I'm impressed with the console accessories I've bought from them.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >that can play AAA on battery in my hands for 6 hours at least
      you don’t have to lie

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Leart to read moron. He bought a powerbank.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >>NS-PWLB80R power bank for ~$30. can charge a deck twice over and keep up with power draw.
        The deck can already play the majority of AAA longer than 2 hours at framecaps you would want to use, especially with FSR. Portable batteries were already tested and good ones keep up with the power draw. No need to cope that you got one for $70.

  31. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why does every deck thread read like shilling?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      what, should we all dump on it instead? yeh m8 i'll find faults that don't exist with my $529 piece of hardware because somebody's worried about viral marketing. for VALVE SOFTWARE.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        could you at least stop making every post "THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF HANDHELD GAMING GET YOUR STEAM (TM) DECK TODAY"

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous
  32. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Closest i came to owning one was when a coworker brought his in. Its surprisingly lighter than I thought. Every reviewer made it seem like the damn thing would be like holding a brick. Just touching his has renewed hype for mine. Where the FRICK is my email, Gaben?

  33. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    if i had one id be playing emulators on it i bet its good with that

  34. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Of my UMPCs it's my favorite even if it's less powerful than my Onexplayer and winmax. If you want a umpc the deck is a no brainer

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The Deck is more powerful than those though, the GPU runs circles around the Intel Xe in the win max, the other thing has a Vega iGPu if memory serves me right

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        "running circles" is a stretch anon, and at what wattage? These are important details.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          it's actually a bloodbath to compare a Deck or any RNDA2 iGPUs to Intel Xe, Intel has the worst drivers in the business, you know they have stutters in certain games, their drivers cause frametime wonkery and they also do not behave well at very low wattage compared to any Ryzens or the Deck's Van Gogh. The 6800U is a bit better than the Deck's hardware. I would recommend skipping any Intel based iGPU devices meant for gayming if one wants good battery life and good performance. Also the 1260P is the next gen compared to the Tiger Lake the Win max 1 uses

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >6800U is a bit better than the Deck's hardware.
            Cant wait for the kickstarters to under deliver and the performance benchmarks to be worse.

  35. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    can't pirate dlc on linux. bought this piece of shit for map games but can't play them properly because linux is trash. seething rn

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Just put the dlc in the prefix where it belongs, boyo

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        it doesn't work on steam deck and was confirmed not to work on r/linuxcracksupport 6 hours ago. no one on the internet has posted evidence of it working because it doesn't.

  36. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's a good deal, especially if you don't mind playing it on a wall plug. You can get so many games for dirt cheap on steam that it automatically beats out the switch. Most switch games have knockoffs on steam, some are just bad, some might even be better but there is so many more games that it's hard not to compare it to the switch and recommend it over.

  37. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    what went wrong?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      damn homie this is some old bait, haven't seen it in months

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nothing, its amazing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      ya the gamut coverage

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Literally nothing. Best console I've ever bought. Makes me feel like a moron for buying a Switch.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Literally everything. Worst console I've ever bought. Makes me feel like a moron for not buying a Switch OLED instead.

  38. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Jedi Order is better than KOTOR 2

  39. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    How could it be bad? It's a better Switch. More power, more games, more input options, better ergonomics. The battery life is unreal for the performance you get. You can pirate. You can emulate. It's cheap, and you don't need an expensive-ass proprietary dock or a subscription to play online. If you need proof of its success, just look at how Nintendo fans sperg out and seethe in any Steam Deck thread. Shit the thing has turned one dude into a literal schizophrenic.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Nintendo fans sperg out and seethe
      I see loads of BR console warriors but never any of these "Nintendo fans" people swear up and down are here. This includes the schizo you're mentioning.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        So youre lying then, because Switch fans spam multiple times daily shitposting threads and then victimize themselves.

        [...]

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Boy you are so desperate for a console war that you're almost horny for it.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Stay in your containment thread.

            So tendie denial then? You are denying reality eh?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I'm not a tendie, Eric.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                There he is

                yeah you don't browse these threads at all then. It's the guy that spams ">>g" and "reddit mods" and "eric" over and over again. He's been in every single Steam Deck thread since the thing has been announced, all hours of the day. It has been fascinating watching his mental health slowly unravelling through the course of it all.

                You called it man, hes in every Deck thread because hes an insecure c**t.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Calm down Eric.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Is everyone Eric to you, you dumb ugly c**t?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No, just your easily recognisable snoytroony ass.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I mean I was Eric last week, I guess I take the torch again from the other 20 people you called it. What the frick does Sony have to do with anything?

                Man I would love to just slap the teeth out of your mouth, dumbass annoying c**t.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Weird how those 20 "people" had the same typing style and responded the same way to getting called out.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Weird how you are more recognizable than the people you allegedly "know" through anonymous posting, stupid c**t.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                How am I recognisable?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Youre a dumb, ugly c**t that has high incel energy.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I don't really care what a snoy thinks about me.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Good, keep on fighting the tendie fight, you stupid useless c**t. I hope you die alone.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I'm not a tendie, Eric.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                And yet here you are c**t, here to defend Nintendo. Im sure you arent.

                Tell you what, lets do a video call, lets resolve this right now.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I haven't defended Nintendo at all this thread.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                don't forget the cabal schizo

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Didnt see this guy, thsse dudes are fricking man babies, holy shit.

                >c**t c**t c**t
                >wtf why do I keep getting recognised

                Lots of people say c**t, c**t. You are a c**t, thats a fact. If this were a real conversation, I would stompy our dumb c**t face into the dirt.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Stay in your containment thread.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        yeah you don't browse these threads at all then. It's the guy that spams ">>g" and "reddit mods" and "eric" over and over again. He's been in every single Steam Deck thread since the thing has been announced, all hours of the day. It has been fascinating watching his mental health slowly unravelling through the course of it all.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Why is he a Nintendo fan, then? Why is he not just a run-of-the-mill lunatic? You've got this jackass >607997118 squealing about tendies.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Well I guess I just assume someone that makes it his life mission to defend Nintendo in Steam Deck threads is a Nintendo fan. Maybe I'm way off base and he's a Sega fanatic though?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              How the hell is demanding somebody go to Ganker a Nintendo thing?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Shitposting tactic because they hated people discussing the deck, he also got banned lmao.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                All of this reeks like the same Left 4 Dead jockeys trying to continue Sony v. Nintendo epic anal vore console wars except it's Steam v. Nintendo.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No one cares, except you moronic c**ts that keep tainting these threads with your insecure bullshit where you seek to correct ideas and police people who want ti replace their Switch. In short, frick off and take your Eric schizo with you.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You're an idiot if you want to replace a $300 Nintendo console with a $400 or higher PC. The "don't tread on me" angle for this is extremely funny.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Why is replacing something with higher value and overall lower cost bad? Again, you are attempting to police choice. Why?

                Like are you a poorgay that an immediate $100 extra is a detriment but full priced games and paid online on the Nintendo side isnt? You are a dumbass fanboy c**t, stop speaking a out things you dont know shit about.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Calling you a homosexual for being bad with money and perceived value of electronics is not policing you
                >poorgay
                >immediate $100 extra
                Are you replacing a Switch or are you buying a Steam Deck over a Switch?
                >c**t
                There's that word again, homie playin both sides rn

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                So you are trying to police me, being "bad with money" by buying an enjoying a better product that literally has much less expense over time? You are trying to give me financial advice to someone that makes 85k a year? Shut the frick up man.

                I will replace my Switch again if I could just to spite you absolute morons

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                you've reached the buttmad point where you're bringing up your yearly salary, vacate the thread now before further Ls are taken

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Ive reached the point where i state facts.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                no you reached the point where you start whipping out IRL details to try and prove a point and ended up looking silly for it
                stop handing yourself Ls

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Why do you talk like you watch twitch morons? Shut the frick up Zoomer, enjoy your grocery store job until you are 30.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                this was the shittiest deflect i've seen on Ganker in a few weeks, bravo

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                That extra $100 pays itself back 100x in what you save from not needing an online subscription + pirating + generally cheaper games

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >$100 pays itself back 100x
                >$20 for a year of online, $60 max for whatever game is interesting
                ehhhhh it won't pay for itself for upwards of a year depending on how many games you buy and how many of them you buy used or secondhand

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >ehhhhh it won't pay for itself for upwards of a year depending on how many games you buy
                What part of a Steam account dont you get? Do you honestly think someone with a somewhat old steam deck account wouldnt have games on it?

                You dont know shit a out value for money. You already excees the deck cost in less than 2 games in on the shitty Switch.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >What part of a Steam account dont you get?
                you still pay for things on steam mon ami, i wouldn't count shit i buy on the deck or for the deck as being "deck games," i'd consider them PC games on my steam account

                because it's a PC

                i'm buying a PC

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >You're an idiot if you want to replace a $300 Nintendo console with a $400 or higher PC.
                literally how

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                now you're $700 in the hole since you've replaced a $300 console with a $400 one, but you get to gloat on Ganker about it

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Who the frick thinks $700 is a lot? So it is a poorgay cope.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Who the frick thinks $700 is a lot?
                90% of the world that isn't America or Western Europe

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Valve, too, considering they fought hard to get the Cleveland Steamer down to $400 base price

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Good thing I have a job

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                i bought a switch for $300 and got enough enjoyment out of it to justify the price and i'll be getting a steam deck for $400 and i'll enjoy that as well. what's the problem?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                there is no problem with this as long as you're not the kind of tool that bellows on Ganker about how nintendo is lItErAlLy InVaLiDaTeD like a sega fanboy on usenet in the 90s

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                nintendo is "invalidated" for me in the sense that i won't be buying a switch 2, directly because of the steam deck. but that's really because i already have a big steam library and a gaming pc to emulate any nintendo exclusives i might miss out on, and i'm guessing a lot of people here are in a similar situation.

                people who enjoyed the switch and aren't already into PC gaming should probably go for a switch 2 instead. i don't know why this is so controversial on Ganker

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Same, also the Switch 2 will likely be a lot worse considering the Switch "1" has been terrible for me, really poor quality games and almost nothing interesting.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I can't help but wonder what Switch 2 will be like. If it was the only handheld around it would be easier to generate hype with a weak upgrade but now that Deck has moved it so hard a meager upgrade will be much less impressive.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Switch 2

                nintendo is "invalidated" for me in the sense that i won't be buying a switch 2, directly because of the steam deck. but that's really because i already have a big steam library and a gaming pc to emulate any nintendo exclusives i might miss out on, and i'm guessing a lot of people here are in a similar situation.

                people who enjoyed the switch and aren't already into PC gaming should probably go for a switch 2 instead. i don't know why this is so controversial on Ganker

                >switch 2
                Why do you guys keep saying this? It's not going to be called switch 2

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >the swiitch

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Why do you guys keep saying this? It's not going to be called switch 2
                it would be if they were smart but knowing nintendo it won't be

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Cause who the frick knows what dumb Name Nintendo will actually choose

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                He wants Steam Deck threads to be banned and move to Ganker

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                They should move to /vg/ fricking vidya feet threads have more posters

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The very same people that deny it exists are participating in this very thread man, take the veil from your eyes, the Nintendo Discord autism is insane.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yep. We also have some weird OLED autism going on too, as if everyone bought the rip off "upgrade" and somehow colors can save how shit Switch games look lol. Its just to one up the deck, and its embarassing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      you talk like there is some kind of conspiracy when shitposting is literally all it is.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It's not simply shitposting when it's literally just one person samegayging every thread. That's called mental illness.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >not shitposting
          >switch tendie schizos mad lmao *dabs*

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >not shitposting
          >switch tendie schizos mad lmao *dabs*

          I sure hope I didn't offend anyone by calling your "art" shitposting

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I don't even know what you are talking about

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              He's flipping madly through his posting script for something new, let him be.

  40. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's a fricking pain in the ass to pirate for, I get the games installed, but then fall at the last hurdle, like it won't boot with any version of proton or boots and moans about missing ini files

  41. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >baited a tendie schizo to bump the thread to 500 for free
    noice doods heh 😛

  42. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    gaming laptop

  43. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    gaming laptop

  44. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    so far I can only get pirated games to work after burning the .iso file using q4wine and powerISO and ONLY if I do it on the deck itself, not the SD card. I can't even move the game afterwards because then it stops working again.

  45. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >c**t c**t c**t
    >wtf why do I keep getting recognised

  46. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    deck threads have the best schizos

  47. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    can we get a schizo tier ist

  48. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    gaming laptop

  49. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    How well does Sonic Unleashed run on RPCS3?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      About as well as on PC, which is not great.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Not reasonably playable. People have tried.

  50. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    is it working?

  51. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    my deck status got moved up to Q3! so keen. I ordered it in early November.
    not expecting it until late next month, but the wait is almost sort of over.

  52. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >deck popped

    Should I do it?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Do ya want a portable PC that can run Elden Ring?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Kind of

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Do ya want a portable emulator station since Steam Deck can comfortably handle all the way up to Switch and PS3?
          Do ya have any need for things like video editing, music making, or (imagining this on a Steam Deck gives me conniptions) productivity tasks like spreadsheets and word processing, portable?
          Do ya just like the look of it or want a good controller and screen assembly?
          Do ya want to learn Linux?

  53. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Been playing with my new Deck for a few hours now. Shit is great, can't wait till I figure the ins and outs of this thing. Love that I can just leave my PC in the living room and go lay down in my bedroom to continue playing.

  54. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >trying multiple downloads, each of them has a different problem
    >just download the rom for the switch and it works fine
    this is a really weird system

  55. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Got around 3 hours of play on Dark Souls 1 with about 20% left on the battery. Not too bad, though I don't imagine seeing myself using it more than that when I'm out.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Adjust tdp.

      Not sure if it's possible but if Valve could make battery life saving settings a single button click, and it would reduce the screen refresh rate to 40hz, make games pick whatever setting allows for stable 30fps, also lower graphical fidelity to save battery, that feature would be a handy thing for the people who don't like tinkering too much.

      Next step is community setting profiles imo, do you can click and download settings to max battery with no performance drop. For example, I halved TDP and GFX speed by a bit more than half on some PS2 games, hades, hollow knight, older 3d games, it basically adds an hour and a half.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Adjust tdp.

        Just got this thing earlier today. How and why should I do this? I'm assuming it's draw power? Longer battery life?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Open advanced setting with the ... button, use game specific profile, watch FPS and frametime while you do it. Its amazing .

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Yes watch this video

          basically trying to run games at lower graphical options will save battery life, trying to run games at max/ultra or as high as you can get will force the device's CPU/GPU to pull 20W+, limiting it to 9~11W will let the user to have hours of battery life

  56. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      why did you run astral chain at .75x resolution

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      so this is the power of the steam deck............

      >these three images will be posted in every steam deck thread for the next year
      schizos keep intensifying, gotta love it bros

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They're trying so hard to get a crowbcat video made, it's adorable.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      so this is the power of the steam deck............

      The Steam Deck is the one that looks better, btw.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      so this is the power of the steam deck............

      the only thing bad about the deck in these pictures is the letterboxing

  57. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      so this is the power of the steam deck............

      What am I looking at?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Seems fine in person, just use a linux shader and yoy xan match thay shit saturation that the Switch does.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          now post the price of those chink devices and how they underperform in games compared to the deck

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I posted this from my 1080p TN panel on my $2k PC btw.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        You're looking at somebody making Jockey screeches while he runs through his anti-Steam Deck folder

  58. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    lol bro, I don't even like nintendo. seething? nah it's not like that man. I just defend nintendo in every single steam deck thread for over a year and a half now just because.. because... i'm just an epic shitposter, ok???

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Who are you talking to

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yep, thats the schizo for you.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        What schizo?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I don't defend Nintendo though

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >make criticism of steam deck
      >that means you are defending nintendo
      Epic bait

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        what's your criticism of the steam deck that isn't made in bad faith?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous
          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Lol so nothing. Steam Deck is just the perfect device I guess.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I'd spend $100 more dollars on one if it had an OLED screen. I'll wait until the Steam Deck Pro.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous
            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              it has a shitty screen

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I'd spend $100 more dollars on one if it had an OLED screen. I'll wait until the Steam Deck Pro.

                gamut numbers aside the screen isn't actually bad in terms of subjective quality, it's really the large bezels that are shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I haven't noticed any color accuracy problems and my main display is 99% sRGB, people put way too much stock in that metric.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                OLED is better and now standard tech. Steam Deck is old hardware

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                we unfortunately haven't had a handheld with an actually good OLED screen yet

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Meh mine work just fine. Never going back to non OLED

  59. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    so this is the power of the steam deck............

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Rent free

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      A screen doesnt make up the shit performance and shit features of the Switch dude, and most people dont even have a shit rip off OLED Switch.

      I will never understand this obsession, its embarassing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Steam deck looks better and has no burn in.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Which is which?

  60. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
  61. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    imagine being so poor you couldn't afford both, and are so upset about it you go on the internet to argue with strangers about it, that would be pretty fricking sad right?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm willing to bet most Steam Deck owners own both, anybody that value portable games has owned a Switch at this point.

  62. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >oh man im a dumbass tendie fanboy and I KNOW the Deck is better in every way what do I do????
    >I know, I will obsess over the least important thing, the screen, to which the Switch JUST had an upgrade too and almost no one owns to "own the Deckies"

    This is just sad.

  63. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Who is he talking to?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Anybody that will listen.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      i don't know, who are you talking to?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Who are you talking to?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      He's talking to Eric, the Reddit mod. The voices in my head told me.

  64. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    who r u tlkn 2? x^D

  65. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why are nintendo fanboys the worst of all? It's like they lose fun when others have it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nah, snoys are worse.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        nobody gives a frick about sony

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          He never said anything about sony.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          That's true, but what does that have to do with my post?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            is snoy not some silly sony thing? I get sick of trying to keep up with your stupid fricking little phrases

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              newhomosexual get ye gone, you've had seven years to learn

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Are sony fans the same thing as sony the corporation? Think real hard.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Not a tendie, sorry.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          That post wasn't talking about sony or Playstation

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            there's a schizo in this thread who thinks nintendo is out to get him, just ignore it

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              We know his name, it's Eric

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            not that guy but he literally said snoy

  66. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is this the safe space snoys hide out in so nobody makes fun of them KEK!

  67. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Games with forced 16:9 shouldn't be verified. Games with server checks shouldn't be verfied.

  68. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why the frick wouldn't you just get a laptop and plug in a controller?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      your stupid question deserves a stupid answer: that's more expensive

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        That's it? That's literally the only benefit is that it's a budget laptop?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          another stupid question deserves another stupid answer: no, it smashes any laptop you could find at $650 and below

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Glad we agree

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          And why is this a bad thing
          >I don't get the appeal of this $50 4k TV, I mean it's cheap but other than that what can it do??

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >ummm that requires a lap to place it on
      >also you'll need to pay an electricity bill and also buy a house to live in
      >FIND ME A LAPTOP OF COMPARABLE SPECS FOR $400
      >I'LL WAIT
      or something like that

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        unironically yes find a laptop of comparable specs for $400
        are you too chickenshit to do it or are you not gonna do it because you know you won't find anything that isn't a second-hand laptop going for WELL below MSRP

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >too chickenshit to do it
          Literally some moron tries to do it in every steam deck thread and they never can, are you new here? You think you are the first person to have this epic original opinion of yours?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Glad we agree.

          And why is this a bad thing
          >I don't get the appeal of this $50 4k TV, I mean it's cheap but other than that what can it do??

          Glad we agree.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            bad bait have a you pooron

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >ummm that requires a lap to place it on
      >also you'll need to pay an electricity bill and also buy a house to live in
      >FIND ME A LAPTOP OF COMPARABLE SPECS FOR $400
      >I'LL WAIT
      or something like that

      it's more that gaming on laptops is shit whereas gaming on handhelds isn't

  69. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >what do you mean you didn't read the 500 page console war child bullshit buzzwords? lolomg XDlel

  70. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    its a shitty little 'gaming' tablet with a bad screen and gimmick touch controls

  71. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Eric fricks off
    >now the tendie is back to shit up the thread
    What a coincidence haha

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      If you beg hard enough maybe he'll come back and poz you since you seem so thirsty for it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Why would I want him to come back? Just making an observation.

  72. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Depending on your budget, it might be better to just get a gaming laptop. I got a decent one for around $700 that would make the deck shit itself in intimidation, but if you get one of the cheaper models then for the price and portability it's an ok package as long as you don't want to do anything in a desktop environment.

    I don't have one btw. I just think the value is in its portability for the most part. If you end up getting addicted to the more graphically intensive games, you will want to be able to play those at high resolutions on a larger screen with better controls and better frame rates, and at that point you may realize you should have just bought a laptop in the first place. Gaming laptops are getting surprisingly affordable for their performance now (if you don't buy from a shit company like Alienware), so I would consider it.

  73. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >screen comparison tactic failed
    >discord mods strat scrambling
    >"alright trannies, new topic is now 'why not just get a laptop?'
    >now sudden influx of laptop-posting
    Am I close?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Am I close?
      Not even. And you never will be, Stephan.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Did you mispell "Eric" or is this another voice in your head?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Who's eric?

  74. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Better regroup, reddit discord mods. The narritive is collapsing.

  75. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It by no means performs as well as a fully kitted gaming pc but it is by far a better device overall, I have a gaming pc that beats the shit out of it in terms of performance but I've barely touched it since I got a steam deck, I can't play it outside or in bed or on the couch.
    If I go on a trip, I can't take my PC with me, but I can take my steam deck, which is nice.
    It's kind of like taking that sense of home and being able to play or do whatever you want with you wherever you want, which is kind of the ideal for handhelds I suppose.

  76. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I bought this Lenovo Legion y530-15ich from some trannies on fb marketplace for 100 bucks who were married to each other and kept saying about their "wife" and saying something about ukraine pride???? And when i got there i saw two trannies playing on their switches greasy in pajamas talking about how they got hacked by some kid and to replace the network card so i wouldnt get hacked or some shit anyways they smelt gross and were literally /misc/s definition of trannies, and by the book homosexuals, i mean shit i almost didnt buy the damn thing.
    But it has a 1050ti and a I7 8750U with 16gb of ram i coudnt pass it up.
    I had to bleach it.
    The moral of my blog is that I dont know if ill buy a steamdeck now, it sucks because this was gonna be my leap into linux
    What do bros

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Wrong board

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Read the post Black person

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Just install Linux on your new commoe Lenovo? Lenovo's have good linux support I hear

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah but i want steamOS

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          What do you expect out of Steam OS? Because I guarentee when it eventually releases it's just going to be a more out-of-date Manjaro with less freedom

  77. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >arriving next week
    >7 year experienced gnu/linux arch user
    >know how to get loverlab mods to run on skyrim on linux
    >now I can jerk off and play in the walmart bathroom on the go

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      based walmart employee, be sure to cum on the gerbers baby food to own the tendies itt

  78. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    My pre-order was over a year ago and I just got the ability to order today. Canceled because I'm not going to be seen playing a Game Gear in public like a homosexual.
    Vita or Bust.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Cool story bro

  79. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Sent my Steam Deck out with Fedex 2 fricking weeks ago
    >Valve still hasn't sent my replacement back

  80. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Too experimental, I'll wait for a second improved model with better specs while NPCs beta test the first one.

  81. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    [...]

    Can someone redpill me on why it would be useful to know someone's mac address but not who they are, where they are, or what network they are on?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's completely useless, mac addresses are only used for LAN purposes. You can use it to fingerprint but they are easily spoofed.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        That's exactly what I thought. No idea what that dude was on about.

  82. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    how do i become a steam deck schizo bros
    do i just have to post the same thing in every thread?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That's a good start but you also need to be obsessed with Nintendo (for or against, doesn't matter, playing both sides is also acceptable) and bounce between the Steam Deck being a shit option that no true gamer would ever take, and being inhumanly enthusiastic about the Steam Deck and calling anybody that thinks you're weird a shill.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That's a good start but you also need to be obsessed with Nintendo (for or against, doesn't matter, playing both sides is also acceptable) and bounce between the Steam Deck being a shit option that no true gamer would ever take, and being inhumanly enthusiastic about the Steam Deck and calling anybody that thinks you're weird a shill.

      Curious how the people that take issue in these threads also take issue in people criticizing the only othet portable worth mentioning. Tendies truly want a policed site and they do it for free.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Every slack-jawed shitposter trying to make it big in screencaps posted to Twitter is "criticizing," lately. It's just "disingenuous" all over again, a word some tard throws out to sound smart and legit.

  83. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >381 posts
    >86 IPs

  84. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone get Soul Calibur 6 to work? It just crashes when I try to run it.

  85. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I bought my Deck because the Switch has no games, so its been a blessing. Been playing Xcom Chimera Squad and its been so amazing bros, the Deck is the future for portables we deserve.

  86. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why the frick are the controls broken in dolphin? it was working last night and now today they work for wii but not gamecube. I haven't changed anything wtf.

  87. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's all just GabeN's masterplan to save PC Gaming by making Linux mainstream....And it damn works.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      gonna mod peter back so he's not ugly and swang webs ONNNN THEEEE GOOOOOOO

  88. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I played TF2 on the deck for hours today and holy christ going back to a switch pro controller it feels like my hands are gaped and can't grip it properly because it's so small

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      DECKED

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >TF2
      >switch pro controller

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      same thing happened to me but with a DS4

  89. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just got mine in the mail deckbros. What should I play 1st?

  90. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Too big and awkward.
    Noisy fans in higher end games.
    Early access handheld.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      post proof of purchase

  91. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    seriously why can't I get team fortress to run at 60 fps on the deck without looking like shit
    isn't it like a 15 year old game

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You are doing something wrong. I got L4D2 running at 60 OOTB while taking frick all for power. You shouldn't have to lower the resolution.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        please try playing TF2 and tell me exactly what settings you have for it

  92. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    waiting for the inevitable steamdeck2 instead

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Will you wait for the steam deck 3 after that comes out?
      Why not wait for the steam deck 4 instead, it'll just be a few years after that.
      The steam deck 5 will be coming out any day now, that's the one to get for sure.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        moron moment

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Will you wait for the steam deck 3 after that comes out?
      Why not wait for the steam deck 4 instead, it'll just be a few years after that.
      The steam deck 5 will be coming out any day now, that's the one to get for sure.

      I really like the deck so far, but fricking hell there is scuff going on with this thing.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        techlet moment

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Not really. The controls randomly frick up in desktop mode. Some buttons randomly don't work and will fix if I reset the deck. hopefully it gets better over time.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Get in line with the index 2.

  93. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone know if the 64gb flash version has the NVMe port on it still?

    I figure at a point there's going to be a market for replacement drives for it, and it'll be cheaper in my country to just buy the base model + a 3rd-party drive, vs. the official 512gb.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Anyone know if the 64gb flash version has the NVMe port on it still?
      Yes, theres only one board, they're all the same. The eMMC version has a little module of shit storage in the slot.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Alright, good. I figure that drive alone is the main thing hurting Valve's wallet since they couldn't engineer it to handle your typical length NVMe.

        Yes the eMMC isn't soldered on, it's a stick of memory that you can replace. The only things separating a $400 Steam Deck from a $649 Steam Deck are the screen and an SSD.

        Screen was the same, just one has glass vs plastic or some shit no? I can replace that myself unless it's glued to the screen pretty well (since capacitor sensor and what not).

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          All three have a glass screen but the 512GB model has some fancy anti-glare glass. A lot of people apparently prefer the normal glass, and you can get an anti-glare or matte screen protector if you want all the benefits.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          They're all glass panels, the 512GB version just has an anti glare treatment on it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yes the eMMC isn't soldered on, it's a stick of memory that you can replace. The only things separating a $400 Steam Deck from a $649 Steam Deck are the screen and an SSD.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's seriously dogshit and I have to force myself to use mine.

      They all have the same NVMe port, the eMMC is on a card that fits into it. You can throw pretty much any 30mm drive in it, it's cheaper to do that in any country, though valve says there could be heating/interference issues with the wifi.

  94. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I have one. It's nice. I can play pretty much any nintendo game through emulation, which is surprising and nice. And of course the steam library. People praise the gyro aiming but personally i like the trackpad better.

  95. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Biggest flop since the wii u and no one cares about it outside of reddit.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Is that why it’s back ordered to the point that half the thread doesn’t have one despite wanting it?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They're only producing about 35000 decks though.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          after the production increase they’re on track for a million units by the end of the year

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Rumor has it that Half Life 3 releases when the last person gets their Deck

  96. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone in q3 get an order confirmation yet? I think I pre-ordered mine in November last year and still haven't got the order confirmation

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      lots of people have. use the getmydeck website. it's pretty accurate.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It's telling me 110 days 🙁
        I was hoping someone with a similar preorder date would have gotten one by now

  97. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >423 posts
    >102 ips
    ah yes, the daily schizo deck thread

  98. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    friendly reminder valve can literally not achieve this

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      anonymous: always right

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I really want to play that game.

  99. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it flopped

  100. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'd get one for the sole purpose of emulating Saturn games if Saturn emulators weren't still such fricking dogshit.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Its a decent gaming PC for its price and a good LAN device. If you have a gaming PC I don't think its worth it outside of LAN as its not that portable for something like a vacation.

      >Saturn
      Saturn emulation is more intensive than it should be due to how long it took for it to get well mapped, but it should emulate just fine. Gen 5 overall is pretty spot on today with a modest gaming machine. And Gen 6 as well, exception being Xbox.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      saturn runs just fine
      only issue i've run into was with grandia and i switched cores and it's all good

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Ahhh how did you manage to get cemu to read the wii u games!!!!!!

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          wat

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I couldn't figure out how to get the games to work.
            kept seeing a bunch of bullshit about using usbhelper but I couldn't get it to run on the deck.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Only WiiU game I've got on my deck so far is MH3U but it copied across from my PC just fine. If you're stuggling to set up WiiUSBHelper on deck it might be a good idea to just do it on PC instead and copy the files across.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-different-wiiu-games-formats-and-how-to-convert-them.449212/

          depends on what kind of dump you had
          i personally had to use this tool for the ones i had

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Ah that's unfortunate. I'm guessing I need a windows machine to do all that and then transfer the file over? I was hoping I could get it working with just the deck.

  101. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    My real problem with the panel of the Steam deck isn't the color accuracy, it's the lack of any compensation for display persistence like modern IPS monitors where they invert voltages in patterns to prevent it
    Protip: never display 1hz flashes on the steam deck, leave the screen on the same image for more than an hour or play something like GBA F-zero unless you want display persistence for five whole minutes

  102. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just get a PC.

  103. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    do you use the trackpad or the stick for shooters?
    I'm used to gyro aim but I don't know how to incorporate it on this thing properly

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I only have gyro engage if my thumb is on the right trackpad. Right joystick I leave as just a regular joystick.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I don't use the right analog for anything, it's objectively inferior to the trackpad in every single scenario and game

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It's better for twin stick shooters. Like, playing gungeon or isaac with a trackpad? Frick no.

  104. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'll be waiting for Steam Deck 2.0 to come out
    First one looks good, the next model should be even better.
    Thanks for beta testing, NERDS!

  105. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >ip count didn't go up
    jej

  106. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >waiting on nintendo to port windwaker to switch so I can play it in a portable form factor
    >They never do despite having the perfect opportunity to do so
    >get a deck
    >emulate windwaker on the deck
    >runs perfectly, upscaled gc version so it has the proper aesthetics intact. Likely looks better than any port they would make based on the wiiu port. Completely eliminated need for a port. Where I would have once given them money, I no longer would
    Their loss lmao

  107. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >handheld designed to play console games at console settings
    >gaming PC

  108. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    just got mine. for pirated games you just attach it as a non steam game, run the exe, and profit?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      omg no wei

  109. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    yes

  110. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is there a way to use function keys without connecting a keyboard?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Map the left touchpad to a radial menu.

  111. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >valve will never sell anything to my country (georgia), even the games sold here aren't in my countries currency but euros or rub (pre war at least).
    >only way to get a deck is if someone can reserve one for me in eu or us (and i dont know where to find someone I can trust like that)
    >once they send it here, also have to pay 18% VAT
    >mfw

    • 2 years ago
      K

      You should make friends with a Bulgarian or Greek so you can use them for stuff like this. Bonus, you get a friend.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Yea... I did see one for see here locally on our cragislist alt, but they wanted 1500 usd for it (and it was the 256gb model).

  112. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >OLED IS THE FUTU-

  113. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Today for sure -- today I'm finally going to get a pirated game to do the following on my Steam Deck
    >Work
    >Open
    >Open from the non-desktop mode

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Just buy the game (if it has a native Linux version; otherwise who cares lol).

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I finally got pirated Factorio working after fiddling with it for two days

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Congratulations

  114. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Is it good as a first time gaming PC?
    >first time
    You're asking if someone without any PC gaming experience, let alone Linux gaming experience or a Steam library, should go directly from consoles to a Linux-based Steam handheld that runs over 85% of games through an experimental compatibility layer that doesn't always work? Probably not.
    I bought one though and I like it.

  115. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Too expensive for a device that can't play Fortnite. Even Switch has it kek

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It could play Fortnite if Epic Games allowed it.
      EAC even got Proton support, but Epic wants their own games to run on everything except Linux, because they associate Linux with Valve now. In other words it's not so much a compatibility issue as a "Tim is butthurt" issue.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        How hard is it to boot to windows to play it?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I don't know but it seems pointless to me. I didn't buy a Steam Deck just to play a game I could already have played on my phone. If you don't like any of the games that are playable on SteamOS, then simply not buying a Steam Deck is probably the right choice. But I know people who like to tinker will set up a dual boot on it anyway, just because they can.

  116. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Why does everyone attack the battery when my switch barely lasts an hour

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >why do fanboys desperately lash out at everything about a device that mogs theirs?

  117. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >screen is delaminating
    I don't want to RMA it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Why did you do it.

  118. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's an incredibly specialized and hard to come by device for a "first time gaming PC" so I'd say no.

  119. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    MILES better than the Switch.

  120. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >deck got up to 85°C while downloading something
    is that normal?

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