BUT Valve presented its new portable console, dubbed Steam Deck… It is a new competitor to the popular Nintendo Switch with a similar shape and high specification, and will hit the market later this year, in time for Christmas.
The biggest benefit of the Steam Deck is access to all titles in a Steam user’s game library in a portable and relatively compact product. Inside it is the first AMD Van Gogh APU and over 2 TFLOPs.
All games from the Steam library are available on this handheld console
Valve disclosed on your page Specifications for your new Portable Steam Deck. It is the first device to feature AMD Van Gogh APU with Zen 2 processor and RDNA 2 cores delivering over 2 TFLOPs of power.
This new handheld console uses the Steam OS 3.0 operating system and will allow players to use their entire library of Steam games on a single device. portable… As Nintendo Switch shows, this format was very popular.
Looking at the official spec list, we see that the new Steam console has more processing power than the original PlayStation 4 (PS4), for example. It achieves this even with one of AMD’s most affordable next generation chips.
Its heart is AMD Van Gogh APU with Zen 2 processor and RDNA 2.
This is an AMD Van Gogh APU Accelerated Processing Unit) with a Zen 2 processor and RDNA 2 graphics architecture. According to the company in charge, this “new switch” will be able to run all AAA games with good performance.
This bold promise becomes realistic when we look at the maximum screen resolution. In fact, it is limited to 1280×800 pixels with a 16:10 display format. Added to this are optimizations made by the Steam OS 3.0 software.
Given this combination of factors – good hardware, optimized software, compact format and measured resolution – we think its graphics performance can be really good. However, this premise has to be verified.
All games from the Steam library are available on the Steam Deck
It’s also important to note that because the Steam Deck uses AMD’s Van Gogh APU with RDNA 2 architecture, it can take advantage of AMD’s FideilityFX Super Resolution (FSR) technology. In theory, this will guarantee you even better performance in games that take full advantage of the console.
After taking a close look at the specs, we’ll take a look at the AMD Van Gogh APU, which has 4 processing cores and 8 cores. streams… The base processing frequency of the CPU will be 2.4 GHz, up to 3.5 GHz (in Turbo mode).
Graphics (GPU) is distinguished by its RDNA 2 architecture from AMD with 8 processing cores and a maximum clock speed of 1600 MHz. This CPU will be capable of delivering 448 Gflops, and graphics – 1.6 Teraflops of power (FP32).
Thus, the total computing power will be 2 teraflops, and may even exceed this value. This makes it more powerful than the PS4 or the original Xbox One.
The list of technical specifications is as follows:
- CPU: Zen 2 4c / 8t, 2.4-3.5 GHz (até 448 GFlops FP32)
- GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6 GHz (1.6 TFLOPS FP32)
- APU power / wattage: 4-15W
- ram: 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT / s)
- Storage: 64GB eMMC (PCIe Gen 2 x1)
- 256 GB NVMe Solid State Drive (PCIe Gen 3 x4)
- 512GB High Speed NVMe Solid State Drive (PCIe Gen 3 x4)
- High-speed microSD card reader on all models
The Steam Deck starts at € 419.
The three Steam Deck variants will have the prices shown above in the image. The cheapest one – with 64 GB of storage – will cost 419 €. Then the intermediate option – with a 256 GB SSD – will cost 549 €… Finally, the top version – with 512 GB SSD storage – will cost 679 €…
The booking phase for the new Steam Deck has already begun. Interested can access the official store, with more information about the pre-booking period.
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