Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I only had the one res. I was tempted to look at one for the Mrs, but I don't know if she'd get enough use out of it to really justify the price tag. She very specifically likes to game at her desk.
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Steam Deck |OT| Nintendo Switch 2
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BadBurger
Banned
A plug-in to manage active CPU threads and frequency.
Loader:
GitHub - SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader: A plugin loader for the Steam Deck.
A plugin loader for the Steam Deck. Contribute to SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com
PowerTools:
GitHub - NGnius/PowerTools: Moved to
Moved to. Contribute to NGnius/PowerTools development by creating an account on GitHub.
I could see this being used to save battery life with less demanding games, but could also benefit emulation.
Just responding to myself: I used this on my last playthrough of Journey. I noticed that for whatever reason the game was consuming massive compute despite being rather undemanding, one would think anyways. I reduced the clockspeed to half and reduced threads to six, and it went from an estimated 1.8 hours of battery life to 2.4, and the performance or presentation didn't suffer at all.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Finally got my email today 
How long did it take to ship for you guys?
How long did it take to ship for you guys?
BadBurger
Banned
Finally got my email today
How long did it take to ship for you guys?
It seems to vary wildly. I was in the very first batch, Fed Ex delivered mine exactly two days after I paid. Meanwhile I have friends who were in the second batch and it took about a week.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Nothing yet.
Honestly, I'm surprised they're even going to bother with one considering that the USB-C connector is on the top of the unit. So, unlike the Switch, this won't be able to seat into / click into anything. It's just going to be a basic universal USB-C docking station, and it's going to look ridiculous.
I'd imagine something like this would be comparable, though I haven't tried it personally:
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Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I had mine that same Friday, if memory serves.Finally got my email today
How long did it take to ship for you guys?
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
It was shipped on the 6th and delivered on the 12th for us.Finally got my email today
How long did it take to ship for you guys?
BadBurger
Banned
Damn, sorry. It seems like there's some model of fan out there in some units that never should have made it past QA. I hope Valve does ya right.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Fuck. That's not normal. You can't even hear the fan on my son's unit over the game audio unless you point the vent towards yourself and get it within a foot of your ears.
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CrustyBritches
Gold Member
You end up doing a custom fan curve, or what?Update fixed a lot of the fan noise problem, but it's still really bad when it ramps up. iFixit needs to source silent replacement parts. I'm going to mod the shit out of it ASAP.
Extremely disappointed in Volvo.
That's what has me so confused... I'm lucky enough to have a Steam Deck and I don't hear any annoying whine but the fan is LOUD. I've opened it and it's the "bad" fan (Delta) but I'm not sure if mine is defective or these things just sound like jet engines even when just sitting at the menu, etc.
It's so loud that's it's distracting and makes the experience much less enjoyable...
Velcro Fly
Member
Got my email for my 512. All along I've thought about just not getting it but I think I am and it is going to be a portable jrpg machine. Very excited to see what I can do with this thing.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
I don't think these louder fans are defective in the sense that they are probably functional, but highly annoying. I went into a completely quiet room in the house, and I can hear it kick on in the menu, but it's barely audible above the sound of sticks and buttons, and navigation sound effects. Tried out DOOM(2016) with the sound muted and it definitely kicked into a higher performance state. It's still not distracting or annoying. With the sound on I can't really discern it unless I point the vent towards me and move it closely. Mine is more like the sound of blowing bubbles with an unlimited breath. You can hear the air moving, but it's not loud or unpleasant.That's what has me so confused... I'm lucky enough to have a Steam Deck and I don't hear any annoying whine but the fan is LOUD. I've opened it and it's the "bad" fan (Delta) but I'm not sure if mine is defective or these things just sound like jet engines even when just sitting at the menu, etc.
It's so loud that's it's distracting and makes the experience much less enjoyable...
All that's to say that it seems there's a fan lottery of sorts with the Deck. I feel for you, man.
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kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
Anyone have a microSD recommendation for me? I'm looking to put Win 10 on the card so I can play Lost Ark and Vermintide 2 on my deck.
I think I read win10 will need ~10GB so I was thinking 256GB should be enough but I really just want to only buy 1 and not have to bump it up later so maybe I should buy a 512GB?
I was looking at the Kingston Canvas Go! Plus 512 GB Class 10-UHS-I (U3) microSDXC but it is around $100 and I would prefer to spend around $50 instead.
What do you think? I have a couple of slower smaller cards lying around but was hoping someone could advise.
I think I read win10 will need ~10GB so I was thinking 256GB should be enough but I really just want to only buy 1 and not have to bump it up later so maybe I should buy a 512GB?
I was looking at the Kingston Canvas Go! Plus 512 GB Class 10-UHS-I (U3) microSDXC but it is around $100 and I would prefer to spend around $50 instead.
What do you think? I have a couple of slower smaller cards lying around but was hoping someone could advise.
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I've got a 256GB Sandisk card in mine. The 1TB model is on sale on Amazon this week for $125, and I've been tempted
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kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
Do you use it for expanding your steam library storage or are you also booting Windows? Do you feel 256 is enough and just want more?
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I haven't tried Windows yet (but probably will this weekend since they just added fTPM support). I've also been worried about the audio issues, as there is currently no audio driver that I'm aware of (although bluetooth headphones work I'm told). It's all felt very "beta" on the Windows side so far, and I've actually really come to love how easy the SteamOS interface is.
My go-to rule of thumb is to account for Windows taking about 40GB of space these days. The current system I'm on now, the Windows directory is 26GB. Windows likes to download and cache updates and make them available for rollback - which is cool but takes up a bit of space. There are ways you can clean up and consolidate old ones if needed, but it's a pretty slow process and something you'll need to stay on top of more and more the smaller size SD card you'd have. Also, keep in mind that a 256GB card formats as 238.419GB (due to them marketing 1KB = 1,000 bytes rather than 1KB = 1,024 bytes like it's supposed to be) so it's even less storage than you think.
It's all going to depend on what games you want installed at once. You mentioned Lost Ark and I belive that game is about 60GB by itself. Vermintide 2 says it takes 85GB! With just windows and those two games installed, that should give you about 40GB of additional space to play with. Some applications like Steam itself or a web browser will eat into that too.
Personally, I'd go for the larger card. The Sandisk I linked to above also had the 512GB card on sale for $59.99 if you're in the US, which is close to your $50 price point.
kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
Thanks
jshackles
I'll take a look at the one you mentioned. I was looking at the Kingston because of the advertised speed, which I figured would be pretty important here. I think you're right and my gut feeling that 256 wasn't enough is correct.
I do really like the native steam os as well and am very comfortable on the Linux desktop mode since it's not too far off from my work setup. But both the games I'm looking to play have anticheat that isn't yet compatible. Hopefully it gets there one day and I can just convert this card to overflow storage.
jshackles
I'll take a look at the one you mentioned. I was looking at the Kingston because of the advertised speed, which I figured would be pretty important here. I think you're right and my gut feeling that 256 wasn't enough is correct. I do really like the native steam os as well and am very comfortable on the Linux desktop mode since it's not too far off from my work setup. But both the games I'm looking to play have anticheat that isn't yet compatible. Hopefully it gets there one day and I can just convert this card to overflow storage.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Installed a amFilm tempered glass protector on my son's 256GB unit last night using the steamy shower method. Came out really good. I've always been happy with the quality and clarity of amFilm's screen protectors. Been playing DOOM(2016) which runs fantastic on the Deck. This area in The Foundry is really heavy, so you can't hit 60fps at Ultra settings. Switched to Vulkan, dropped to High preset, disabled DoF, reduced motion blur quality, and used Ultra lighting. Looks fucking awesome and maintains a solid 60fps with rare, unnoticeable drops to mid-high 50s, even during barrel explosions with multiple enemies.
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The coolest part about this is that you can tweak the settings to meet your preferencesInstalled a amFilm tempered glass protector on my son's 256GB unit last night using the steamy shower method. Came out really good. I've always been happy with the quality and clarity of amFilm's screen protectors. Been playing DOOM(2016) which runs fantastic on the Deck. This area in The Foundry is really heavy, so you can't hit 60fps at Ultra settings. Switched to Vulkan, dropped to High preset, disabled DoF, reduced motion blur quality, and used Ultra lighting. Looks fucking awesome and maintains a solid 60fps with rare, unnoticeable drops to mid-high 50s, even during barrel explosions with multiple enemies.
My favorite parts of PC gaming come to a handheld, and I agree it's absolutely fantastic.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Spukc
compared to the Game Boy Micro, almost every handheld gaming device will look like a beastThe Steam Deck is a chunky boi though, to be sure.
I saw my brother a couple of days ago for the first time in a few years. He's a DOTA 2 nerd, so I asked if he wanted to check out the Steam Deck. He thought it was awesome, but his first impression was "this thing is a lot bigger than I thought it'd be".
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
I love the size of the Deck. I'm 6'4"(193cm) and 260lbs(118kg) with decent sized hands. This is a manly-man's handheld. And besides, anything beyond a GBA isn't pocketable anyway, let alone a handheld PC this powerful.
It looks like I have the bad fan problem:
At first I thought it was just loud, but it's actually the high-pitch whistle that is driving me crazy and is literally making me not want to use it.
It seems like quite a few people are dismissing this as a non-issue and I have PLENTY of experience with loud fans (ie. PS4 Pro, 3080 Ti, overclocked CPU, etc) but this is different.
I'm going to try for an RMA but I wish Valve would just send iFixit some "good" fans and I would even spend my own money to purchase a replacement.
At first I thought it was just loud, but it's actually the high-pitch whistle that is driving me crazy and is literally making me not want to use it.
It seems like quite a few people are dismissing this as a non-issue and I have PLENTY of experience with loud fans (ie. PS4 Pro, 3080 Ti, overclocked CPU, etc) but this is different.
I'm going to try for an RMA but I wish Valve would just send iFixit some "good" fans and I would even spend my own money to purchase a replacement.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Just for the fuck of it I ran DOOM(2016) uncapped, 960x540, FSR5, 90% res scale, low settings, and behold! 120fps DOOM on a handheld. The HUD elements suffer a bit, but this surprisingly doesn't look too bad otherwise.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
As I've said above, the more I look at 512gb videos, the less I like the matte screen.
I prefer glossy screens like old glossy monitors, phone screens or lg oled.
On matte screens, the light gets diffused and reflection turns into blob... contrast while the same, can be perceived as a bit worse.
o the 2nd hand, the 64gb model is only emc memory. I wouldn't want to open it, so 512gb sd card is a must but I've seen that you cannot install shaders on it ?
Anyway - wtf. The last moment I've checked, I was getting for my nephew, not me
I prefer glossy screens like old glossy monitors, phone screens or lg oled.
On matte screens, the light gets diffused and reflection turns into blob... contrast while the same, can be perceived as a bit worse.
o the 2nd hand, the 64gb model is only emc memory. I wouldn't want to open it, so 512gb sd card is a must but I've seen that you cannot install shaders on it ?
Anyway - wtf. The last moment I've checked, I was getting for my nephew, not me
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Quoting myself (and also paging
kingpotato
) because I just realized that the Deck currently doesn't support dual booting to Windows. Yet.There go my weekend plans...
EDIT: apparently it's possible if you manually edit the EFI boot settings from the Linux side after installing Windows on the Deck. Hmmm....
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CrustyBritches
Gold Member
I can handle what I guess you'd call generic fan noise, but that high-pitch shit would drive me nuts. That sucks ass, man. Here's a quick clip I shot with the phone about 18-20in away from the unit, playing Burnout Paradise. First with sound on max volume, then muted. I initially shot this with my iPhone, but the mic was picking up the sound much louder than you'd hear irl, so I switched to an older LG phone instead which was a better representation of the type of noise coming from the unit at playing distance...
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kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
Someone on Reddit mentioned they got it to work and was playing Lost Ark, but I misread their comment and realized they weren't using a microSD card, but a USB C Thumb Drive. I guess it's possible on the SD card, but there are many more hurdles and performance is a real issue. I am going to keep looking for now, there's bound to be some good videos.Quoting myself (and also paging
There go my weekend plans...
EDIT: apparently it's possible if you manually edit the EFI boot settings from the Linux side after installing Windows on the Deck. Hmmm....
Side note, I've been using my deck in desktop mode with a bunch of peripherals to play Warhammer 40k using table top simulator and it's been amazing. I love the deck! I keep my browser, discord and a few other apps on the little screen and play on my monitor. It's obviously not the absolute best performance in TTS, but it's not bad either. In handheld mode I've been playing Valhiem and it's great how it "just works" in that configuration as well.
Fess
Member
First impressions:
I’ve been playing Elden Ring. On a handheld.
I just went with the default settings, iirc it was 1280x800, high. Some stutter but still awesome.
I’m impressed!
Screen looks great too.
Wi-Fi maxed out my internet speed.
Controls feels tight. Very nice.
I played some Legend of Grimrock too, not ideal controlwise using the analog but I got to try the trackpad, feels really nice.
Fan sounds kinda like a jet, not in loudness but in sound character. I can see this being a problem for some, something to improve for Deck 2.
I’ve been playing Elden Ring. On a handheld.
I just went with the default settings, iirc it was 1280x800, high. Some stutter but still awesome.
I’m impressed!
Screen looks great too.
Wi-Fi maxed out my internet speed.
Controls feels tight. Very nice.
I played some Legend of Grimrock too, not ideal controlwise using the analog but I got to try the trackpad, feels really nice.
Fan sounds kinda like a jet, not in loudness but in sound character. I can see this being a problem for some, something to improve for Deck 2.
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Sleepwalker
Member
This thread gives me so much fomo. I passed on my reservation back when it was announced. Moron
RobRSG
Member
Did somebody manage to play USFIV with proper cutscene playback?
Just for perspective: out of the box, the game works fine but most of the intro cutscenes in the arcade mode are either missing audio or not playing. After the last update there is a bug where the video playback runs outside of the game if you don’t force Fullscreen in the config files.
I did some tinkering with GE Proton, but the recommended versions on Proton DB seem to be incompatible with the Deck.
By using the latest GE Proton, all cutscenes run but without audio.
Just for perspective: out of the box, the game works fine but most of the intro cutscenes in the arcade mode are either missing audio or not playing. After the last update there is a bug where the video playback runs outside of the game if you don’t force Fullscreen in the config files.
I did some tinkering with GE Proton, but the recommended versions on Proton DB seem to be incompatible with the Deck.
By using the latest GE Proton, all cutscenes run but without audio.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
BadBurger
Banned
Yea, I am a hair over 6' with I guess pretty typical man-sized hands, and the Deck is just about the perfect size. My hands come to rest on it naturally, so that all of the buttons are easy to press while I have never accidentally hit the back paddles.
It's also important for people to remember that this device is a full-blown PC. It's not a glorified phone / tablet like so many other handhelds in this price range are. That comes with both benefits and drawbacks, but I think Valve really managed to get the size into a respectable place considering what's in the internals of this baby.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
And a lot of the extra width is due to the trackpads. Switch is a great little system, but the Joy-cons and the flat back profile makes my hands cramp. The visual impression that’s it so big belies the fact that the Deck is actually really comfortable.
Mr Branding
Member
Mine should be here in a few days. Can’t contain the hype.
PhaseJump
Banned
Steam Deck is a magnificent beast.
The only problem I have without the noise issue is that some games don't have updated posters in my UI, the icon you pick from. There is no easy way to change that in the game mode UI.
A bigger issue from that is how illegible some of the art actually is, and you can't see a title on the screen while hovering over it. Even clicking on the game, going into the sub menu with the "Install" button, there is a banner of art, but no clear game title without going to the far right, and clicking on the wheel cog icon for settings.
An example I see in my library: the game Astebreed: Definitive Edition. Weeb art, heavily stylized title logo, my eyesight is already half shot to shit... I didn't know what the fuck I was even looking at until I went into the menus.
The only problem I have without the noise issue is that some games don't have updated posters in my UI, the icon you pick from. There is no easy way to change that in the game mode UI.
A bigger issue from that is how illegible some of the art actually is, and you can't see a title on the screen while hovering over it. Even clicking on the game, going into the sub menu with the "Install" button, there is a banner of art, but no clear game title without going to the far right, and clicking on the wheel cog icon for settings.
An example I see in my library: the game Astebreed: Definitive Edition. Weeb art, heavily stylized title logo, my eyesight is already half shot to shit... I didn't know what the fuck I was even looking at until I went into the menus.
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