Steam Deck Tech Specs, Full Unit Layout Revealed

The full Steam Deck tech specs have been revealed! Take a look at it along with a full unit layout of controls, ports and more.

[darthv72]

Looks like a WiiU on steroids. Damn... this thing will play XBO games on the go.

[excaliburps]

Yep. Price isn't idiotic too. I can see myself buying this for Xbox games. Of course given the chip shortage, scalpers will be the enemy again. Sigh.

[Neonridr]

I mean the top option is $819 here in Canada. Thats almost $200 more than a PS5 up here and nearly double a Switch.

[Lionsguard]

I don't know how Valve is going to handle it but if they only sell it through their steam storefront, they may only allow one per account. It won't stop scalpers from making new dummy accounts but it'll slow them down.

[Teflon02]

Tbh no one should buy that top one anyways. The second option or first should be everyones choice imo. Add your own storage for games that don't benefit from fast storage

[CaptainHenry916]

I like the fact you can mod things on this handheld. This is a PC. Not to mention you can play all of Microsoft exclusives *day one*

[DaCajun]

@Lion

You have to have a stream account and have purchased something on steam prior to June 2021 to pre-order within the first 48 hours starting tomorrow. After that it sounds like a free for all which sucks.

Sounds like even if you pre-order you still might have to wait to get one as stock becomes available. So essentially you get put into some type of pre-order reservation queue limbo.

[crazyCoconuts]

xbox? this is way better. Steam, epic, etc. It's a PC

[darthv72]

Yup, if it can be bought through steam (or other services) it can be played on this. psnow streaming and xcloud streaming as well as gamepass and the xbox and ps games available in the steam service.

[Asuka]

Stereo... Just install Windows on it. Then steam, epic, origin, gamepass. Done.

[Asuka]

@Stereo if you know how to wipe a PC you can do it.
https://youtu.be/oLtiRGTZvG...
IGN hands on 4:22 minutes in "you can even wipe SteamOS completely and install fresh copy of Windows if you want."

[crazyCoconuts]

@stereo Valve is claiming they want to keep this open so that Windows would be possible. Knowing the limitations of Proton/SteamPlay on Linux, this would be a requirement imo. Honestly I think they'd be better off just giving in and making Windows their default OS, as much as I hate windows.

[Teflon02]

One problem. Doesn't Gamepass work through the MS Store options because who's to say it'll officially support the control functions in that case. Because it surely didn't let me use a PS4 control to play Cuphead, Super Lucky's Tale or Forza Horizon 3 or 4 when I tried it and that was an immediate drop when that was the case as I prefer that control. But the Steam versions for Cuphead and Super Lucky's tale had no issues with the control. Same with PSO2. MS version didn't work with PS4 controls and the steam version did natively

I wouldn't be surprised if you're forced to plug a Xbox xontrol in to even make it work

[gamesftw250]

I can't wait to order mine tomorrow!

[specialguest]

I got mine reserved earlier. The damn checkout part kept on crashing after entering my billing info, but I made it through after 20 mins

[Timzster]

XBO AND PC Games on the go. Definitely something to look out for.

[badz149]

I wonder why they don't go with the asymmetrical analog config? don't they care about "muh ergonomics" and "the best controller ever made"??

[Sitdown]

Yeah, because holding a controller would be the same as holding this. Try harder, as the space and weight don't allow it to really mimic any typical controller setup.

[Magog]

Seems huge and awkward.

[Vizigoth04]

That’s what she said.

[InUrFoxHole]

Awe someone is mad they got a small peeps!

[Neonridr]

reminds me of a Game Gear on steroids.

[BrainSyphoned]

Maybe I will actully play the hundreds of steam sale games I've gotten the last decade. Or maybe just FFXIV farming on break at work, not that I ever have a good connection.

[jznrpg]

Like I said in the other comment section , is this a streaming device?? If you can download games and play them I’m all about it . If it’s streaming only f it I don’t want it . I hope it is downloadable because that’s fing cool if it is . That’s all we wanted from Nintendo and they gabe you an unnecessary screen upgrade and that’s it .

[Asuka]

Yes it's downloadable. You download the games onto the steam Deck and play the games from there. But since it's also running steam you could use steamlink and remote play games if you choose so

[elazz]

Your question has been replied to almost immediately after your comment. That was more than 20min before this one.

It's a dedicated handheld with 4c/8t Zen 2 CPU and 8 RDNA 2 cores. About similar power as a base PS4 GPU and faster CPU than PS4/Xbox One. Additionally you can install any operating system you want. It comes with Steam OS 3. You can download a lot of games and play them from the internal memory 64/256/512GB (only last 2 are NVME btw). You can also use USB or micro SD storage.

[ABizzel1]

It's actually better than a PS4. 1.6 TFLOPS of RDNA 2 is not the same at 1.84 TFLOPS of GNC. And as you said the CPU, NVMe, and even having 16GB of memory are huge benefits to this. Hopefully you can overclock the RAM as it will allow the system to squeeze out even more performance since APUs and Zen 2 are highly reliant on fast RAM.

This thing is a beast, and easily the best of the handheld PCs on the market.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Better than switch OLED.

[Neonridr]

still uses an LCD screen though :P

but yeah, this is pretty remarkable. I wonder how comfortable it is to hold for long sessions, it looks massive.

[ABizzel1]

It's almost 2x the weight of the of the original Switch, and about 2 inches longer 🌝

[MadLad]

This thing definitely has my interest.

[JTShiny]

This thing got me interested again in portable gaming.
Step aside Switch, the deck is coming.

[northpaws]

the buttons placement seems a little weird to me.

Maybe it is comfortable, need to try it to know.

[Iceball2000]

I’d take this over the Switch OLED.

[QSPR]

To be honest, I get to preorder the Switch OLED on Target..... as soon as I saw this, I cancel the preorder. this make the price of the Switch OLED look bad.

[Brazz]

This thing packs some solid power, way ahead of Switch.

[Elda]

Interesting. I would rather have this than the new Switch for all my indie gaming,seeing it's more powerful than the Switch.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Not the most aesthetically pleasing but it takes an absolute dump on the Switch specs and feature wise with a very reasonable price for what it offers.

[WheatBread]

I'm buying this.

[SSmoke]

they could have made the display 1080, thats BS... 720, what is this 1999?

[fitofficial]

Very cool concept, but that DPad looks atrocious.

EDIT: Now that I look a bit more I bet hitting the touchpads with the area below your thumbs is going to happen frequently too. That controller needs a huge redesign.

[bloodymeatballz]

Will it have game pass? If so count my arse way in

[bloodymeatballz]

Even better will it have ps now?

[bloodymeatballz]

And will it overheat? Murder the battery? Is this a sega game gear but now with miserable batt life? Looks a bit too beefy for longevity. Might have to walk around with a car battery in a backpack to keep on playing

[Starman69]

It's a handheld superior version of PS4 with shit loads of ram and a way better CPU 👌. That's a beaut! 1080p 60fps easy!! Maybe 1440p!