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Gamers Nexus reviews Valve's Steam Deck hardware
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- Title
- Valve Steam Deck Hardware Review & Analysis: Thermals, Noise, Power, & Gaming Benchmarks
- Authors
- Gamers Nexus
- Duration
- 35:31
- Published
- Feb 7 2022
The careful and methodological testing looks into the thermal design of the device, and produces benchmarks for performance, battery life, noise, and more.
Tests with the back cover removed show that while CPU and GPU performance uplift, other components are no longer actively cooled by the negative pressure configuration, and get very toasty!
GamersNexus did not test the speakers or display, or comment on the quality or usability of controls. For such commentary, one should visit a different outlet. LinusTechTips has a video addressing some of these things.
In other, non news, news, I meant to keep tabs on the compositor development but I totally dropped the ball; I don't even know if Valve has submitted anything upstream. Maybe I'll hear something about it when the Steam Deck's software embargo lifts.
My initial extreme excitement for the Steam Deck is tempered by the fact that anyone that really wants one and didn’t preorder months ago will have to wait until mid-2023 to get one.
I’m more interested in the other handhelds that are coming out at much higher price points but are more available and also offer slightly better graphics.
I didn't get on the original hype and put in my reservation a bit too late, and I'm sighing at my "After Q2 2022" date. I feel sorry for people who came after I did because it almost feels like by the time they get theirs the next big thing is going to come out.
Then again there are a ton of people who still haven't got their PS5 and there still aren't any good games to satisfy the people who do own them. I guess we're in the middle of a "lost" console generation.
I was there the moment pre-orders went live and have an After Q2 date because it locked me out thinking its problems were my suspicious activities. Got in a couple hours later when it would let me log-in again. They crashed hard.