Quoting: benstor214

Quoting: MohandevirBruce Gardiner just said[...]

Bruce Gardiner the professional ice hockey player [External Link]?! :shock:

Oh crap! Yeah! That guy must have left an eternal imprint in my subconscious! I meant Bryant Gardiner. Sorry! :grin:

Thanks for correcting me!

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Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: BrokattWhat I would want is a version of the Steam Deck without the screen, a Steam Brick if you will. I think that could be really popular both for desk and couch gaming. Sure you can get a dock a get almost the same experience but not entirely.

Make one yourself. There are quite a few dinky NUC-like machines available, or you can just plug any computer into a TV or monitor. Install Linux on it, autolaunch Steam Big Picture, and pair it with a PlayStation controller. Job jobbed.

I could and I have done so in the past but I don't want to anymore. I work in IT and when I get home I just want stuff to work with minimal setup, with support from a stable company/organization so everything doesn't break after 6 months. That's why I love SteamOS with EmuDeck. That to me is an acceptable level of setup :)

I feel like setting up a Windows PC and installing Steam on it is not that much work. Especially Steam has long since had the ability to launch on startup of the PC into Big Picture Mode (which now has a Deck-like interface). I know this is a Linux-focused website but if your main issue is compatibility/stability, that's your best bet.

I get the point, though. Holoiso and ChimeraOS are great, but they often have to catch up with new bugs. This is what happens when you try to support all the pc configurations available. If Valve was selling an official Steam Machine with a fixed hardware, it would be easier for them to support, maintain a bug free experience and all that with an agressive pricing. I've said it before and the Steam Deck is a good example of that: Linux shines in the dedicated hardware market.

Edit: Just imagine a Steam Machine priced like a Rog Ally or Lenovo Legion Go, but much more powerfull... Mhmmm... Could be a jab at these "power cord required handhelds". It would add the option to play AAA games via In-home Streaming, when possible, with a 6hrs+ battery autonomy, even on the 400$ Steam Deck with better performances than these other handhelds. I like that too.

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Could it be both? Steam Deck refresh and the same refreshed board in the Deckard?

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I posted too fast on the initial article...

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/linux-updates-tease-valve-galileo-and-sephiroth-steam-deck-refresh-or-new-vr/comment_id=249460

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Just leaving that here... FFVII spoiler.

Spoiler, click me

Bryant Gardiner just said, in a youtube video, that Sephiroth is the character that killed Aerith, in FFVII...
Don't know if it has any importance, but found it interresting. :grin:

Edit: Bruce... What the... Bryant!

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If you have space left on your drive:

Swapiness = 1
Swap file = 16gb

Did that with CryoUtilities and my CP2077 experience gained a lot in smoothness.

No need to raise the "dedicated" VRAM it proposes, it just artificially limits the available ram for no reason (shared memory between cpu & gpu. The system will automatically take the amount of VRAM it needs, anyway).

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Just a wish and I'm probably totally wrong (I know nothing about the logic behind these codenames), but...

A Steam Deck hardware refresh (storage? Screen? Battery?) including an upgrade to a usb4 port and an egpu docking station to go with it...

One can dream...

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I'm wondering what is the roadblock that Valve hit that stops them from releasing 3.5 (new feature? Kernel bug? Something else?)...

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They skipped the second "E". :grin:

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Just out of curiosity, what prevents Valve from upgrading Gamescope's integrated FSR with FSR2.2 or FSR3?

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