Friday, March 11th 2022
Steam Deck Gets Windows Drivers
If you're one of the lucky few that managed to pre-order a Steam Deck and have had it delivered, you might be interested in knowing that Steam has now released its promised Windows drives. For now, Windows 10 is supported, but Valve is promising support for Windows 11, as soon as the company has incorporated fTPM into the device UEFI. Dual-boot isn't supported at this point in time, but this is something that Valve is also working on and is promising to deliver in SteamOS 3. In addition to the Windows drivers, Valve also added instructions on how to do a system recovery to get SteamOS back on the device, if Windows isn't for you on the Steam Deck.
The driver release includes drivers for the GPU, WiFi and Bluetooth, but audio drivers are missing for now. Valve suggests that those wanting to use Windows on their Steam Deck either use Bluetooth for audio, or rely on USB-C until the company has finished the drivers. This means that no sound will come out of the speaker or 3.5 mm audio jack for the time being. Valve will not offer any kind of Windows support, so it's up to you to get it installed and working on the Steam Deck.
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The driver release includes drivers for the GPU, WiFi and Bluetooth, but audio drivers are missing for now. Valve suggests that those wanting to use Windows on their Steam Deck either use Bluetooth for audio, or rely on USB-C until the company has finished the drivers. This means that no sound will come out of the speaker or 3.5 mm audio jack for the time being. Valve will not offer any kind of Windows support, so it's up to you to get it installed and working on the Steam Deck.
19 Comments on Steam Deck Gets Windows Drivers
If SteamOS gets its shit sorted, i wonder how long before i ditch my W10 install for SteamOS
I want this little device to succeed, so more companies enter the market creating devices of this type (an UMPC renaissance of sorts, mostly geared towards gaming) and hopefully some of them find their way to South America... I don't think Valve cares or bothers enough to make their hardware available worldwide. We didn't receive the Steam Machines, Controller, or the Index here in Brazil, and they have not lifted a finger to make it happen in any step of the way, either. To add insult to injury the pages are often clearly translated into the local language but all they do is add a smarmy line saying that they "don't allow reservations in your region" :shadedshu:
I am not sure what others consider a success, but selling a million units of a niche handheld Linux gaming PC sounds successful to me. I don't think anyone actually expected anything resembling Nintendo sales numbers.
One day :(.
Where's the club does anyone have one yet?!
Really cpu bound games like cyberpunk perform as much as 18% better on Linux.
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