Steam Deck Official Docking Station: Worth Buying?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- The Steam Deck Official Docking Station allows you to expand connectivity for your Steam Deck in a variety of ways but is it really worth buying? Find out more in my review video.
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00:00 Intro
00:53 What it does
02:09 Box Content
02:38 Hardware
04:04 Connectivity & Performance
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Thanks for watching! P.S: If you wanna game at 1080p instead of 720p. You’ll need to set it up for each game by going to each ones ‘properties’ menu and setting the resolution from ‘default’ to native or to whatever you like.
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You can increase the maximum resolution for playing games on external displays by going to the properties for each individual game and changing the resolution setting from "default" to your selected resolution.
Is this why I still see the black bars on my TV? I was playing hades last night and it was as if the black bars just transfered to the TV rather than scaling correctly.
@ChaseLancaster that may be a display/ ratio setting on your TV. Even if you leave it at "default" most TVs will automatically upscale the 720p signal to fill the screen
@@lTheRealDealGamingl Total PC noob here. If I get the official Docking Station and play, for example, Hollow Knight (I don't have high graphical standards) and change the resolution settings for my 1920 x 1080 monitor, it's gonna run smoothly anyway with the upscaled resolution?
It's just a 22 inch monitor, but I've noticed some games don't look that great when I connect the Steam Deck to the monitor with just the HDMI cable (as the resolution doesn't change from the native 1280 x 800).
@@reval8515 It depends on the game but a game like hollow night which isn't very demanding should run great at 1080p with the steam deck.
Btw you shouldn't need the official dock to change the resolution of the connected external monitor. Those same steps in my original post should work with a hdmi cable (granted that it's a quality cable that supports 1080p). I did this myself before I bought the dock.
@@lTheRealDealGamingl I've tried my HDMI cable and wow it works much better than I anticipated. I was able to run Nier Automata at 60 fps with low quality settings and Ori and the Will of the Wisps with medium (and this game is listed as "not compatible" with the Steam Deck lmao). Hollow Knight unsurprisingly runs at maximum settings without problems. I'm probably buying a docking station anyway so I can play while charging the Deck and also use the keyboard and mouse. I'm astounded by the power of the Deck and by how miserable my PC is (I couldn't even play Hollow Knight without stuttering in certain areas with medium settings at windowed 1280 x 720p).
Man. Your house is gorgeous! Love all the decorations you have, great job!
I went to a holiday house last weekend, and took a USB-c to HDMI dongle and an HDMI lead. I was able to just plug the deck in and play with the controllers, but on the big screen only. It was certainly the easiest way to play on the tv and worked with my phone and tablet also for streaming video.
Nice! Got my Docking Station today and just now updating the firmware, have played for 20+ hours on it so far and love every minute of it!
Thank you too much for the insight on this device. I will definitely be getting it. I'm in the US Military, and I travel all over the world. This item is a must for me, since I don't always feel like playing in hand held mode. Yes, allot of hotel rooms, with decent tv's. Thank you!!
Thanks for covering how the Steam Deck performs being used in different contexts, there are not a lot of videos that go into an experience aspect instead of focusing on the raw performance of the device.
Thanks for the review! I'm thinking I'll get the official deck dock.
Great video Midas! Dock is a little pricey but still thinking of getting it. Also checked out your Apple Watch ultra. That’s the same one I picked up today 😅. Great taste man!
I literally went and bought the dock immediately after this short hearing you say that the dock supports external hdd i was instantly hooked i was already watching videos on how to do it with a 3rd party dock u have to go into settings and extra stuff
Did you mention the price for the Valve's Dock includes an extra charger? I wish Valve would have an option purchase without the charger. In addition, I wish Valve would include upgrade options at purchase for things like the no drift joysticks. I don't have a Steam Deck yet. I have to wait until I transition into my computer career.
Was definitely waiting on you to do this review. Good video 💯🔥
Thanks my bro!
I’m loving my steam deck duck loads. One thing the steam link never allowed was voice chat, I’ve yet to test this with a docked deck but I presume it would work fine with a headset + usb dongle.
Nice video! I've had my Dock for about a week now. It's an excellent addition
Totally agree!
Hey man, I’ve noticed at 3:30 that you are rocking a skin for the back buttons, what is that? Do you mind sharing a link?
Good video. One thing. While it is true the dock doesn't boost gaming performance by itself. Due to the deck being tethered to the charger you are no longer restricted by its battery and can boost the steam decks visuals and frame rate without worrying about a dead battery. This is essentially what the switch does by downclocking itself in handheld by 60% for battery life but removing that limitation in docked mode. You just do it yourself with the deck.
Try it out. Instead of playing a game at 720/30fps set it to 1080p with a un capped frame rate and higher graphical settings. the little device will surprise you.
You’re absolutely right! I thought it capped at 720p but I’m glad there’s more to it
If your still active on this post, what was the resolution you were outputting to the tv ? Or did you just hook it up and let it use default settings ?
If I purchase geforce now ultimate subscription (rtx 3080 and 120fps) can I play games using the docking station with resolution of 1440p and 120fps?? I got the required monitor given that is possible.
What were you using when playing Civ on the couch at 1:45? I wanna play CK3 on my steam deck on the TV but it doesn't have controller support so if there's a good hardware option I can get for mouse like gameplay laying down, I might have to pick it up!
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Hey midas I don’t know if you’ll read this but if I get a dock will I be able to play retro games from emudeck 2 player mode using 2 dualsense controllers?
Nice Video about the Steam Dock. Thanks. I consider buying the official one. But before that I will take a look 3rd Party ones.
I have questions about material and if it'll leave residue on my hands? Is this silicone or carbon fiber I don't like residue on my hands? I noticed it said rubber in middle of dock? Do you also recommend it?
With the power, 45w is enough power to charge the battery and run the deck on the charger alone. Once the battery is charged. You will run the deck off the 45w charger alone. So you dont beat up your battery.
Yeah, I agree. The dock is designed to be used with 45w. Valve prolly added it for the user's sake and simplicity. Otherwise, people would use their phone charger and complain if it doesn't work. Why complain for getting an extra charger? Smh
Can I transfer pc files like rom and bios from an external harrdrive to the steam dock to the steam deck?
Great video. I just subscribed. Have you tried any games that weren’t deck verified because text is too small? How do those scale with the dock?
Thanks! Civilization VI isn't deck verified and I had no issues with small text or scaling :)
I've got the official docking station and I really like it. I like extra power pack. I set it up on my desk with the extra power pack always plugged in so it's always good to go. I leave the original power pack in my travel bag so I always have that handy too. So it's great IMO.
I have a technical question. If I hook up a USB thumbstick drive can I access it from game mode or do I need to use desktop mode?
I'd like to have the ability to have installed games on a USB thumb drive - not to play from but to use to help me move games back and forth between different microSDs and also between the SSD too. So for example if I want to copy from one microSD to another I would first move the game files from the 1st microSD to the USB drive and then swap the microSDs and then move the game files from the USB drive to the 2nd microSD.
Hello! what brand of TV and monitor? Thank you.
Gonna get this to stream my ps5.
The only thing I wish the Steam Deck had support for was the external GPU's, that would allow the performance to sky rocket exponentially, but... Beggers can't be choosers. The aggressive pricing of the Steam Deck and soldering it or modifying the pcb probably wasn't seen as worth the hassle.
That would of been crazy. Plugged in you can have it as your full size gaming rig plugged into a 4k tv full power with a 3070,3080,4090 etc. Then unplugged it can still run those games on medium settings 800p screen.🔥 what a missed opportunity.
How long can you game on it?
I wish the Deck officially supports external gpus like imagine the RX 6400 xt low profile gpu with the Deck
What was the game at 1:59 ?
Здравствуйте!А какая марка телевизора и монитора? Спасибо.
I think the spigan case works with the dock.
Does it work with a Mac?
Can I use PS5 controllers and play with another person?
Where can I get this Steam Duck?
I prefer it come with the power brick because if it doesn't, you know the price is barely going to change if at all.
Same thing happened with the Surface Pro line, reviewers kept asking for MS to sell the pen separately. Well, now they do, Surface is the same price as it was and the pen is $130 separately.
Better to get the extra cable in case you want to use it when traveling or if it one of the cables break
Can you use a ps5 controller as its controller? It would awesome cause while you’re in your house, just use ps5 controller, then use the steamdeck when you’re away playing
Yes
You are a prodigy of Marquice Browni
i seriously don’t understand what valve was doing marking this at 90 bucks . that is far too expensive imo so i’ll be going third party
What do you do for a living?
Do I need the ethernet cable? We've been trying to set ours and it's been a headache.
Only if you need wired internet connection. You can use it with WiFi. Where are you having problems during setup?
@@midasgamespace Oh okay. Well all in all there is zero display on the tv. I have the display port cable, hdmi connected but it doesn't transfer to my tv ;c idk what I'm doing wrong lol.
You need another power cable so you can leave the dock plugged in all the time and don't have to get behind your TV stand every time you need to take your cable with you. I feel like that's pretty obvious.
A second charger comes with the dock
Can i play Warzone using Keyboard Mouse in dock mode?
Sure.
It would be nice to be able to follow your channel on Odysee! I hope I'll see you there soon! ^^
It's good
so, the steam deck doesn't support ultrawide?
when i get the steam deck, all i'm concerned with is docking it. i just want a PC to play average games in the living room. steam deck is great for what i want.
But the dual monitors setup I saw other ppl using the official dock works.
Must have come through an update like they said. When I used it at the time of this video, multi-screen didn't work.
Ah ya look different
Yo no disrespect I'm so curious about your accent lol , where from brother
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Calling an extra FORTY FIVE watt USB C charger "redundant" is absolutey hilarious
I think the power supply inclusion is nice, not redundant.
For me, the power supply included with the original purchase is for charging and the power supply for the dock stays connected to or with the dock
Fair enough :)
Steam Dock.
I'll get a 3rd party dock way to expensive
Those work perfectly fine too :)
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no, i don't know...
Watches your video and stopped watching after a 15th "you know"
somebody count the amount of times this guy said you know 😭
And the problem with that?
@@midasgamespace i still don’t know
@@ShatMedia13 Well you can keep wondering