Yes, The Steam Deck Is That Good! The Power Of Ryzen In The Palms Of Your Hands
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- The Steam Deck Is Finally here and Yes It's Awesome!
In this video, we take a look at the all-new Valve Steam Deck Hand-Held Gaming PC.
WE do an unboxing, Overview, Go over the Specs, Test some PC games on The Steam Deck like Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite, Elden Ring, Project Cars 2, Doom Eternal, and the New God Of War PC port. And of course, we see how well it handle emulation like PS2 using PCSX2, PSP using Retroarch, and even PS3 using the RPCS3 emulator.
We even test out the built-in KDE Plasma Desktop on the steam deck to see if it could be used as your Everyday PC.
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00:00-Intro
00:20-Unboxing
01:35-Overview
02:28-Steam Deck Specs
04:00-Steam OS 3.0 Overview & Steam Deck features
06:06-Game Scope Steam Deck
07:15-Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite Steam Deck Test
07:55-Elden RIng Steam Deck Test
09:05-Doom Eternal Steam Deck
09:27-Project Cars 2 Steam Deck
09:48-God Of War Steam Deck
10:45-STeam Deck Emulation Test
11:05-PS2 EMulation PCSX2 Steam Deck
11:46-PS3 on The STeam Deck RPCS3 EMulator
12:35-Steam Deck Desktop Mode HDMI Out
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I really love that valve made the desktop of it Readily available, just like "Yeah it's made for steam gaming, but it's pretty much a computer so do what you want with it"
Yeah compared to sony Microsoft and nintendo Microsoft do let the user play around with the system but not the same level as steam deck
Not only making desktop available, but LINUX desktop. It's going to be a gamechanger for Linux!
@@muhammadazim4563
No company would compete by making a proprietary product for gaming anymore, it started with Nintendo, Sega and Playstation, then Xbox, and never more, because then it wouldn't succeed by the limitations, and no one would count on a company when their product is running closed-sourced software when they're new in the console market nowadays. Valve made a great move with SteamOS 3.0, making it for everyone and not limiting by just giving a few aspects of it and actually supporting Windows 10.
Companies like Nintendo is always gonna go closed-source since they're a long time game-only company and trusted anyway, who'd want to give your software when you could make more money by limiting it and making game exclusives.
@@merthyr1831 well linux is what the original Steam OS was based on so it's not really surprising but it's amazing that they still are giving unlimited access to the full capabilities
Software dev on the go.
Wow this steam deck looking really beautiful. Def excited for more emulation vids
Thank you
@@plaistowjames6792 is 0
I've been wanting an All-in-one machine for awhile now. My modded switch has been a great replacement for my modded Vita, but the Deck just blows them both out of the water for my needs. All the emulation I've been wanting plus my steam library, Xcloud streaming as well and even Moonlight streaming from my beefy PC, the future looks bright for handheld gaming. Great first video!
This is exactly my use case as well. Lol. First it was modded psp2000. Then psvita, then switch. Also do gaming on my android phone with a PNY controller but I want the power to play something like halo infinite and also have pretty much a mobile computer to do things like SOLIDWORKS or whatever else I may need on the go without lugging around an extra laptop on top of my work one.
Honestly it probably works well as an entertainment travel companion. Once you arrived in the hotel you can just connect it to the room's tv and uses the desktop to watch Disney+, play games, and even use it as a temporary workstation
The fact this thing runs Elden Ring is amazing
The FSR in the Overlay is only for the system wide FSR and that only applies if you set the render resolution of the whole game lower than 720p. So it basically is off the whole time and even wasn't running for your Elden Ring testing. 😅
Damn. That's impressive.
It would actually decrease the framerate due to having to run the FSR algorithm which would increase rendering time
@@TheTrashman147It would not since I have tested it in a large amount of games one of them being Cyberpunk 2077.
The FSR algorithm is faster at upscaling than the GPU is at rendering the g
higher resolution directly.
So you're telling me the Deck ran Elden Ring at complete 30fps... Damn okay that's amazing.
@@nikkoa.3639 Yep it didn't use any of the FSR upscaling Performance boosts.
At least for Elden Ring. In God of War he used the games FSR implementation tho which if available is always favorable because it keeps the UI at it's native resolution and only renders the world in lower resolutions and upscales them. The System wide FSR you can do with the Steam Deck also upscales UI Elements which is not always desirable but is a fair tradeoff imo for games that don't have integrated FSR but could profit from the performance boost it offers.
Hey eta prime I can honestly say you changed my life and for some reason 24 years of my life I e always been a gamer and a fan of tech but until I came across your videos I didn't know I was in love with technology as much but now I know things about computers
Definitely interested on installing emulators on the Steam Deck.
I doubt it'll be any hassle on the emulators since the games like cyberpunk and such are much more demanding. Since it's limited to 1280x800 at 60 fps, emulators should be ezpz.
Perfect device for emulators really, most run fine on Linux anyway, and the 7" screen will be kinder to retro graphics than your fancy 4K TV.
Retroarch is a must have here
@@gateopssss they're so easy nintendo is already taking down emulator videos for "copyright" :^)
@@gateopssss Emulators are cpu bound, so not as easy as you think for everything
The review we’ve all been waiting for!
Right.
I've been wanting something like this for 15 years. I remember playing Wind Waker back on the Gamecube in the early 2000s and thinking it would be so cool to play it on the DS. This is about the closest thing to fulfilling that wish
Loooove wind waker lol. Nice to see a fellow enthusiast
@@MsDragonbal776 Fellow portable Wind Waker enthusiasts unite! (E3 Switch re-release??🤞🏻)
Super glad to see you finally getting your hands on it! One of the content creators I was most excited to see make videos on it
Wow! Out of all the steam deck videos I've watched this one isthe best so far! I learnt so much, thanks!
Cant wait for the dock, and I hope there is a Steam Controller 2.0
@@obvious_giraffe8386 Tech, tock, tuck.
Can't just buy a cable for it?
@@QuanLovesGaming I like sticking to OEM stuff
Doubt they're going to do a new controller, the first was a bit of a disaster.
I can’t wait to see more Steam Deck content :D I’m incredibly stoked to play my favorite rpgs on it. Time to enjoy the tales of Symphonia games once again and Skies of Arcadia plus my steam library 😌
Your take is the most valuable! Thank you. It's nice to hear what someone with a lot experience with these devices has to say.
Can't wait! My 64 gig unit won't get here until at least July, but the benefit of that is I'll be able to see all your great videos of what I can do with this thing.
just get a nice SD card, from what I ve seen load times are surprisingly very close between SSD and SD card, like in under 10s fast. Great buy :d
@@ademiravdic I saw the same, thank you for verifying.
Also You can upgrade it to a higher ssd.... there are videos of it now
Q3 512GB BABY!!!
How much did it cost?
You're probably very aware of the situation but I would avoid talking about or showing any Switch emulation. Nintendos been going batshit DMCA-ing those. Look forward to the extensive emulation video though since that's a big reason why I want a Steam Deck
I figured that's why he didn't mention Switch in this video. 😅
The steam deck can run most switch games at 60 or 30 fps
This beats basically any laptop for the price. Even for normal use I'd say, with the dock. If I didn't already have a decent gaming PC I would go for this
Always said this is more of a gaming laptop replacement then a switch! For gaming on the go this type of form factor just makes more sense for me :)
Really that depends. You can definitely find laptops with better CPU's and GPU's for $600. Typically the budget gaming laptops with a 1650 in them. That being said, they arent nearly as portable or pick up and play as the steam deck. I think for the price, compared to its competitors like the Aya neo, its a no brainer
@@jimmymac2292 Thats the thing you can get the steam deck with the same performance for $400 USD its only the most expensive model that's over $600 and with no performance difference other than load times
@@skillfuldeep4552 Exactly!!
I dont care what anyone says, as someone with a limited budget, the Deck is really appealing as an upgrade from my potato laptop
@@skillfuldeep4552 The second you have to do something about increasing storage, there are $399.99 same, bigger screen, 64 GB drive MSFT surface pro, 1 example. Steam Deck is for primary use has to be gaming where you can't use a laptop. Or as he said, you can get better everything else for browsing, productivity, CPU, GPU. The other handheld pcs do have utility (they can hold larger storage, fit smaller places, higher spec, etc. ) or just availability that the Steam Deck doesn't, for some people.
Can't wait for that emulation video! Watching you play the few that you did got me so excited!
Woot! I've been anticipating your Steam Deck videos! I can't wait to emulate on my Deck when mine comes in!
HE GOT ONE! WOOOOO! Great stuff as always man. I'm still waiting on my 'order now' email for my 10:08a PST pre-order.
And my Odin Pro 😞
Great……I’m 10:31 so it’ll be months most likely. If the frickin site didn’t crash over and over and claim my 11 year old account was too new, I could have ordered at 10:00.
Man, I ordered mine at like 10:13AM, site wouldn't load for me properly. Had to refresh so many times, while juggling office tasks at work! I went 512GB and it says I'm in Q2, but some Reddit thread had a bunch of people posting their order times(there's a Steam page showing the exact second you ordered yours), which quarter they're in and their order number, and I'm less than 100 orders away from a 512GB guy who's in Q1. Means it's pretty likely I'll get my email on the first or second Monday of April. So hyped! Haven't been this hyped for a system since the PS Vita back in 2012.
@@gdot1803 I'm working on installing SteamOS on regular hardware right now ;-)
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@@I_SuperHiro_I ❤️ b
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! PLEASE LIVESTREAM GAME TESTING ON IT IF YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR HANDS!
IS THIS SARCASM?
KEEP YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN OFF OF INTERNET!
@@woldemunster9244 bruh?
I always think of a game to ask you to test and bam it's already in the video. Love your vids man
of all the reviews online, yours is the one i always trust the most. Thanks for all your videos!
I would love some full tutorials for setting up each emulator! The steam deck is going to be my new gaming go-to and would love to know how to set it all up!
just adding if someone is looking for tutorials for emulators, 'the phawx' and 'gaming on linux' have videos of running emulators on steam deck, also other stores like epic or gog.
That feels like illegal
@@MyBoyGohan Emulation is not illegal. Just FYI
@@MyBoyGohan it isnt illegal. If a game you wanna play isnt on the market and cant be bought, emulation is your friend
@@MyBoyGohan This comment feels like simping for multi-billion dollar corporations
"The power of Ryzen, in the palm of your hands." -ETA
"The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand." -Otto Octavius
Coincidence? I think not.
ETA, your videos are cathartic. Love em'. Looking forward to the emulator tutorials!
Your videos are always great man! You deserve that Steam Deck! I already know you're going to make a great emulation video on it you always bring a unique aspect to the videos in high quality and you never forget about the emulation! Much love! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I'm only commenting this as a Linux gamer, not as someone who has a steam deck, but if you want to enable FSR at a system level (basically to the point where mango HUD would show FSR enabled), you need to have the game set to a resolution that is lower than native.
Of course FSR needs to be enabled in the system settings when you are doing that. If a game does not support a lower than native resolution, you can force a lower resolution by going into the advanced option for the game and adding some commands. The commands can be found on the official gamescope GitHub repository.
If you enable FSR through in-game settings, it will activate but it won't show on Mango HUD. In-game FSR generally should be better but the phawx did a video explaining the differences. Limiting FPS through steam settings, that is through game scope, generally seems to be working better than limiting in-game. Having the system level FSR controls is a great boon especially for games where native FSR is not available.
I would love to get a tutorial on custom resolutions. Many games on Steam support 720p as the lowest widescreen setting. Below that you will likely only find 4:3 settings. Maybe 540p if you're lucky. I'd like to see a widescreen 480p setting in all Steam games. That would make FSR shine!
I have a kick ass PC and I still pre-ordered this, super hyped!
Dude the community for this thing is going to go crazy!
EVERY single emulator and mod is going to run on this thing with community tweaking and optimization!
yeh i have a 3090 and im still buying this cause amma go native and stream to this right now i got a young kitten so i cant be at my desk all the time and shes got super energy so ill just be playing the simplist of games..
I was waiting weeks for this exact video.
Thanks for actually showing the software in your review. I wish other reviewes were like this.
Nice, thanks! At 720p I'd rather drop settings than go below Ultra Quality FSR. Most games don't really need anything but Ultra Texures, 8x filtering (both should be basically free on an APU) and basic shadows to look good, rarely any other setting will be worth the hit to render resolution.
Love my steam deck. Went back to No Man's Sky, works great. Love that I can switch from my steam deck to my pc with cloud save. Can't wait for your emulator videos, I have been hesitant to go to desktop and install any emulators, was waiting for someone like you to guide me. Plus, like most, 10+ years of a steam library gives me quite a bit to play without emulation.
I believe the Steam version of Retroarch has cloud save support as well so that could be a good start.
@@MustacheMerlin Went to desktop mode for first time since getting this thing, install was easy enough. Think phawx has video of how to get roms over, and hopefully there is a way to use the sd card rather than the internal harddrive. But it was pretty easy for the install portion.
How does it run Yuzu? That's what a lot of us really want to know.
@@ilikereason I am more of a retro console person (PS2 and lower) and tend to stay away from emulating modern stuff I can easily play on original hardware.
@@billford171 The thing is that the Steam Deck is an emulation dream machine. Not only can get run so many games in your steam library, but it can also run emulation. Not only older emulation, but even more current emulation. When it comes to the order stuff it is already known that it can do that with ease. More modern stuff, like Yuzu, is where performance is more questionable and less known since the Steam Deck only just came out. A lot of people want to know how it runs Yuzu. The reason for this is because Nintendo did everyone dirty and never came out with a newer Switch model with more powerful hardware. So there are a lot of people interested in the Steam Deck wondering if it could act like an unofficial Switch Pro that offers even better performance than the actual switch. I'm not saying that *is* the case. I'm saying that is a question that a lot of people would like to know.
I would like to know this as well as I am curious. My Steam Deck reservation time has changed 3 times now. It originally said later end of 1st quarter 2022. It changed to "after 2nd quarter 2022". It has this time frame for many months. Just a couple days ago it changed again to "after 3rd quarter 2022". I reserved the middle model. The one with 256gb of internal storage.
Your channel is the best steam deck channel, your videos are concise, helpful and in depth , thank you
This was a highly anticipated video. Waiting for the emulation video.
Yes waiting for your review 👌, sadly i still need to wait for mine 😅
All of them come with a carrying case, The 512 gigabyte just has a different color scheme.
They're going to continue providing them with the units instead of using cardboard inserts to secure it while it ships.
I don't know where he got the idea that this was something special or limited. They advertise it everywhere they can that it comes with a carrying case. Perhaps he misunderstood the 512GB version coming with a slightly different one as being some sort of limited edition or something?
@@elecjack1 from the steam deck website "Fastest storage
Premium anti-glare etched glass
Exclusive carrying case
Exclusive Steam Community profile bundle
Exclusive virtual keyboard theme"
other two editions say "carrying case"
@@TheLogicalphycopath yes, but nothing indicating it was for a limited time or only going to the first ones to reserve as he mentioned he was unsure of in the video. It is just exclusive to the 512GB version.
I was waiting for your steam deck video. Hope to see more desktop experience of it in the next video.
Nice to see emulation working awesome on it. Think I will be getting my hands one when the are readily available.
Cant wait to make my whole launchbox setup portable, great times for emulation fans!
I tried with Launchbox, it's not really optimize for Linux yet. It does work but it's a hassle to setup.
Emulationstation works perfectly though.
@@moister3727 I have my hopes up that there will be a compatible launchbox version in the near future though.
@@Stigt69 Yeah, me too. The main dev said he has to make everything from scratch to make it work properly.
We probably will see an alternative to Launchbox that works with their database someday in the future.
EXACTLYYYYYY
@@moister3727 I'm hopeful for LaunchBox over Windows. Of course, then you get into configuring dual boot which isn't availably YET. Windows drivers were just released hours ago, so we'll see how performance goes, but hopefully it's as smooth as we all hope. If it runs well in Windows, I might just stick with that because I can just copy my build easily and I can continue to use my Google Drive to sync up game saves/states between my devices.
Would love to see the process of switching to Windows 11 then formatting back to Steam OS and the emulation performance of one OS vs the other.
Windows 11 doesn't work right now
@@brandon_nope and probably never will since it's still unconfirmed if this cpu has a tpm module
@@ransacked it should have tpm since its zen2. but even so, u can still install w11 without tpm
Disabling the TPM check will make windows 11 run just fine. It's running on my Core2 based MacBook after all.
@@wafdsjhnszfgdgjesawetr yeah good luck with actually doing anything with that though. Soon the TPM will be enforced and required especially if the whole windows DRM thing becomes a reality.
Thanks for sharing! Mine should arrive the next days, and I am planning, beside of a nice selection of my Steam pile of shame, to install Dreamcast, PS2 and Gamecube emulation. Can´t wait for your emulation vid!
Nice, I was waiting you getting one to see how this can emulate!
It would be interesting to see unreal engine or another 3d engine like godot. It may be good for developers that want to test their games, if they want to port It to steam deck/linux
That part with graphics design software is amazing. Exactly what I was hoping for. This machine is incredible for 400 dollars. I just hope there will be adobe package for Linux one day.
Unlikely. But it might be made to work with wine/crossover
The World has been waiting fo your review ! thx !
This is the review I was waiting for!
Yes I'm so excited, please do that deep dive into the desktop mode and if you recommend us using it over Windows, Chrome OS or MAC OS.
Basically I'm curious to know if it can truly be my all-In-one machine, I'd love to get rid of my tablet and laptop.
Yes please this
I mean, it’s a Linux desktop environment. Though apparently, under SteamOS, you’ll only have 4 threads available instead of 8, so it won’t perform as well as in DeckUI for games that need many threads. But for just web browsing and basic office needs, you’ll probably be fine.
@@johnbuscher Do you know if you're able to run most apps on Steam OS, especially because it's got a touch screen.
There's a couple of apps that don't work on Windows and I would love any excuse to stop using windows
Just quit using windows @barry
I did that a few years ago
I'm looking forward to how mature all the software will be by the time I actually get mine close to the end of this year
the copium is strong with this comment lmao
@@Anon1370 you got anything better to do? Of course not.
@@apostolos8734 no i dont i love too tease that im q2 too much what about it?
@@obvious_giraffe8386 its probably gonna be next year if we all make it that long and if there isnt ww3
@@Anon1370 I don't get your first comment
This is the review I was waiting for and trust! Love your videos!
i have been waiting for this video, it's great!!
Valve knocked it out of the park with the Steam Deck. It's a monster machine that nothing can touch at the price point.
I'm hearing rumblings of a Switch 2 kicking around recently but honestly, Nintendo have a mountain to climb to come anywhere close to what the Steam Deck offers.
Nintendo has it's exclusives. I'm sure nintendo will make a more affordable console than can be produced on mass. I don't criticize nintendo, I live nintendo games, but also I love my pc(linux), but simply nintendo aims for a more wide market. So, it will be less powerfull, less expensive, but with greater battery life.
@@jordicoma go play your pokemon 234 mario 124124 and zelda 234234 like a kid.
I´ll stick to my pc and emulate the games you keep re buying every year.
@@kaanozkuscu5079 Sorry, but the only pokemon that I played it's the first and emulated. I don't like pokemon, and I only bought 2 marios and 2 zeldas on my life, and I have had nintendo consoles for almost 20 years (since gba), and the last zelda bbow it's the worst of all.
I probably have been emulating consoles much before you did, about 25 years. But I think when there is a good developer that releases a good game it's worth buy it.
I don't understand why so many people continues buying fifa and call of duty every year. The fifa it's the same every year, and cod it's not worth the price, as the campaign it's slim.
And I have been a linux user for about 20 years already, and It has improved every year. I would prefer that it has more native games. But I think every developer that has tried.
Steam Deck Master Race! This looks beautiful. Also can you test GBA, DS, and 3DS on this? Haven't seen testing for it yet.
I’m thinking he avoided Nintendo because of the “emulation on steam deck issues on RUclips” he mentioned, ie Nintendo is getting those videos taken down
nintendon't like people emulating their game on the deck
You're the review Ive been waiting for thank you cannot wait to get mine haha
Thank you for this overview video. Its nice to have a better understanding of all these options. This thing has a lot of optimizing options which is great for saving battery life. I can enjoy a game at 30 fps just fine if it means an 40 min + of a beautiful PC game on the go without a bulky laptop.
The one thing we all want to see: The Steam Deck running LaunchBox and BigBox!
And Playnite! Wish it wasn't a Windows exclusive
Launchbox port is on the way
@@filipjovanovic8138 You can run Lutris, which is way more useful IMO
Will you be doing a comparison video for onexplayer, aya neo, and steam deck? I know that price makes it an easy choice but with availability our choices are limited and I'd like to see what the spec comparison will show.
There are some comparisons out there, LTT, Phawx, though not complete. If they don't have RDNA 2 & 16 GB DDR5, well they're behind the Steam Deck. If Steam Deck isn't in your region, you want windows, will install larger m.2 storage, 1080p screen, etc, those are where the other handheld pcs differentiate.
@@bipbop3121 Wrong. the 1195/65 has yet to be compared by anyone so far. Nonsense typing on your behalf life "16gb ddr5 and RDNA 2" mean literally nothing.
@@Dan_Lynch my point was, in spite of of those things Steam Deck has as "better" (that you call nonsense), one can get a better laptop for the same money for productivity or gaming purposes. And you're at least adding a budget for a hub & keyboard to this $399.99 for the comparison. Dock, mouse, SD cards, as the budget climbs to try and make it compete with the laptop, the laptop just gets better.
16 GB RAM is far from nonsense, when you need or are just impatient. 4, 8 GB single stick RAM in the under $400 price point. If you don't know what difference that has made over the decades, then you simply need to get more informed, before continuing this discussion. I agreed with the person replying to me with that obvious statement. Apparently, that's not obvious to you, though.
DDR5 is a mixed bag. APUs, which is in Steam Deck or an integrated graphics competitor, benefit the most from DDR5 RAM extra speed and channels. Software is still last gen, so in some cases, games run worse on DDR5 than DDR4. That's real data and comparisons that you can easily find yourself.
There's already benches and other side by side comparing Steam Deck out there to other hardware, so I don't know why you you'd say it doesn't exist. One of them by ETA Prime no less, where the higher TDP Vega beat the Steam Deck.
Since when is the generation of architecture of the graphics part of the APU, nonsense? There are both very quantitative claims that AMD makes about RDNA2 vs last gen Vega in terms of performance and efficiency & people already putting those claims to the test. RDNA2 is in PS5, Xbox & Steam Deck. Now they differ in how many RDNA2 CU (compute units) they have, speeds, TDP, etc. Of course Steam Deck doesn't pack the equivalent of PS5 Rtx 2060 super performance, just because of the RDNA2 architecture. I haven't read, heard anything contesting this gen vs last gen as nonsense, before you. The hardware is already out there and speaking for itself. For someone that finds more utility in the Steam Deck 15W TDP, than a better performance but higher TDP under $400 laptop, that RDNA2 makes a difference.
There are definitely some under $400 laptops that look over priced next to the Steam Deck, even with their form factor or battery life advantages. But the people I was replying to, had to insist it was the best pc for all under $400. You really have to have gaming as your primary use or find it more portable, imo to prefer Steam Deck. Even strictly gaming, you can get a laptop with a better dgpu, than Steam Decks APU, in this price range. The Steam Deck's advantage is that additional portability. In my case, someone stealing a Steam Deck would be less of a loss than my phone or laptop. But a switch is even cheaper and more portable (but I already have an extensive gaming library I could leverage on SD). Not that it matters, because I am not buying either, though I'm glad they exist.
Been waiting on this! Can't get a review like this from any other RUclipsr lol
decided to preorder because of this video! thanks, cant wait to get my hands on it! :D
I would really like to see Blender running on the Steam Deck. A couple of my buddies are getting Steam Decks as their first real gaming PCs and one of them is really interested in 3D modeling and other such things. A video about that to show them would be awesome.
I'd also personally like a Dolphin emulation video if you have the time for it. I am sure you're going to cover that anyways, but that is the emulator I use the most by far lol.
Seriously if this thing handle 3D modeling and animation than it would be awesome. Just imagine having gaming console and powerful machine on the go woow
I think he won't show nintendo emulation because nintendo is hunting down any videos about emulation on the Deck that shows nintendo games.
yeah, bunch of assholes.
@@LucasCunhaRocha really!? I thought it was only switch emulation they were shutting down
@@LucasCunhaRocha facts nintendo take down any their machines emulation 💯
@@azivt5115 for real! While I’ll mainly be using the Steam Deck for gaming on the go, I am looking at it as a potential replacement for my work laptop (I develop games) as it is even more convenient to lug around when I need to work on the go. I’m excited to test all that out!
I think this is going to be the ultimate emulating machine for me, anything outside of that for PC gaming is just a bonus.
I was SO tempted to pick up an Ayn Odin Pro but I held off because I had already preordered my Steam Deck. I'm glad I waited though, because the Steam Deck absolutely blows all the other handheld emulator devices away.
Good stuff ETA. Can’t wait for the full emulation video. Side note, Launchbox devs need to answer the call 🤙🏽
I waited for this video of yours since I first saw the Steam deck. It was amazing 😍 Luv u man
A tutorial on how to install emulators would be awesome! I hate that Nintendo is taking videos down for showing their emulated consoles because that’s what I am most excited about.
the only real wish i had for the steam deck based on it controllers is i have come to like my joycons.
That would actually be pretty awesome
So use your joycons. Steam supports nintendo switch controllers.
I should be getting an email about mine at some point before September. I am SO excited. I really cannot wait.
Benn waiting for your steam deck video for so long!!!
I love my steam deck so far, some gripes I have with it though:
-Desktop mode needs improvements when using it in handheld mode. The steam keyboard is unusable, and requiring steam to be open in order to use the built in mouse or keyboard isn’t not good enough.
-I love emulating on this thing, but it would be really nice if they included a gui task manager that ran through steam. I find that sometimes dolphin doesn’t like to fully exit when prompted by the user.
Otherwise, I love it. The experimental branch of proton lets me play Black Ops 3, and GTA 4 at 60fps.
Gabe Newell reads all his emails. Tell him about your experience and ideas!
For the price though, if you were considering building a gaming PC, would this be a good choice to go with instead? I mean considering the prices we're dealing with today and just overall avoiding headaches. Or is it really just great for what it is which is a handheld?
To be more specific. If someone wanted to build a PC purely for playing games. At today's prices, does this cover everything pretty well, or would you still be getting that much more by putting together a desktop game machine.
If you’re specifically playing PC gaming I would recommend just getting a desktop because the battery life is definitely going to be on the weaker side as you’re playing demanding games
I'd be interested to hear this opinion as well. But based on Gabe admitting hitting this price point was painful, I'm guessing bang for buck is very worth it. Especially how open it is to modifying OS and such. Early tear downs suggest upgrading the internal memory should also be fairly doable.
Seems like it covers modern stuff pretty well (not counting the anticheat games), only thing is you'll have to wait awhile to get one
This does not replace a good gaming PC.
If you want a gaming PC, do it properly and spend the money and build one, at least you can easily upgrade later on.
it really depends on you if you want that portable form factor, if you dont mind seating on your chair for too long pc gaming, then just build a pc, yah prices are at skyhigh right now so devices like laptops or this steam deck are considerable. Just note that other pc handheld like aya neo or onex are 3x more expensive than this so that's a big plus to the value you get here. Sadly no thunderbolt for the steam deck so no hope for high end egpu desktop mode kind of thing.
I can't wait for launchbox big box mode tutorial / showcase video, keep up the great work ETA PRIME!
Mine arrives on Monday or Tuesday and I couldn't be more excited.
OMG this is like the one review I've been waiting for so long. I hope I can get my steam deck soon.
I'm excited for the next version of the steam deck which hopefully has USB 4.0 so that we can use external GPU's.
@@Jokerwolf666 even if it did Nvidia wouldn't work well lmao
@@acwbit2368 To be fair AMD is not very far behind so I'm not sure why it would matter, just get an AMD external GPU. I still run games in 720p/1080P on my desktop
@@Jokerwolf666 oh man that would be dope honestly.
@@Jokerwolf666 I'm saying Nvidia gives 0 fucks about linux with their awful drivers vs AMDs being built in by default
I wish the Steam Deck came in white too. Will you test Windows on it? The drivers were released yesterday.
Yes making a video now and I also wish that had another color
I'm so happy you finally got one!!!
Finally, I've been waiting for this video!
Some Switch users will trash talk about SteamDeck so hard
"Elder Ring" haha. Glad you got your Deck, homie!
Oh yes. I've been waiting for a video from you :)
I remember my first gaming PC which had a AMD A8-6600k and it just was able to run all the games that I liked, it really struggled with most of the games that I threw at it, even the "easy to run" sort of games. Seeing the Steam Deck running at amazing frames rates for handheld makes me really think how much PCs have evolved.
The Steam Deck is a great addition, it will not only allow us to play our PC games on the go, but it will also push developers to start focusing on developing their games for Linux as well. Especially at the time we are in right now, with PC parts are still extrememly high, with a £349 base price, it's absolutely amazing!
Fantasic review, can't wait to get mine soon!!
Hoping it'll emulate Dreamcast, saturn and gamecube well.
I'm glad it feels lighter than it looks because as a travel gamer that's kinda one of my biggest issues next to physical size.
I was waiting for your review and as i hoped this thing is definitely amazing and i want it even more now. 😃 I hope i would be able to import one deck to my country in some near future.
Great video. Been waiting for your steam deck reviews. Won't be getting mine till q3 :(
Great video, looking forward to lots of content with this device. I'd love to see some of my favourites tested on it such as Ratchet and Clank or Jak and Daxter running on PCSX2, as well as other emulators and games running. I think this is a great platform for playing older games.
What a great video. You do amazing work, thank you!
Finally! Was hoping you would do a review on the Steam deck.
Been waiting on your review! I would like to see more tinkering like upgrading the storage and running games from an SD card. Also more of playing games on an external monitor. Thanks for the review.
Yes, please do a full tutorial on how to set up the emulators. Also, you mentioned Blender...now that would be awesome to see. Keep up the great work. Thanks!
The Steam Deck looks better than i expected. BTW I love your channel ETA Prime your videos are always great and i like how you have videos out daily
My pre order is now showing Q3 instead of Q2 I ordered the same version I am so jelly you got this already can’t wait for mine.
Finally, the only Deck review I've been waiting for.
I don't know if it has been said already or not, but yes, all units come with a carrying case. The top tier comes with an exclusive carrying case with a different interior material and logo, but they all come with the case. I don't know if that will change after all of the pre-orders finally get shipped out, but I would doubt that it would change. It is a very nice inclusion from Valve to have first party case right out of the box, and I suspect that they will keep that.
Boy the thought of having Launchbox/Big Box running on the Steam Deck. Only one can dream :-)
i want every Steam Deck tutorial you're willing to do, Prime.
Congratulations, I can't wait for mine.
What a year for portable gaming. Steam Deck and the Odin Pro! Can't wait to get them both!
This device is the most flexible hand held ever! What a beast 💪 can’t wait to get mine
Been waiting for your opinion, your videos are great. Looking forward to more. Will help me decide when I finally get an email… still Q2 luckily. Exciting hardware.
Thanks for showing a Fighting game like MvC and SF in your reviews lol. Your camera is incredible to capture those shots when playing with no interlace I can see
I was waiting for the ETAPrime take on the steam deck. Looking forward to your content. Keep me busy until Q3 when I get mine 😥