Valve Steam Deck SoC Detailed: AMD Brings Zen2 and RDNA2 to the Table

[JLHack7]

Another flop from Valve. Their contribution to PC gaming is zip thus far.

I think you need to step outside and touch grass because you don't know a thing about Steam.

 

[ValenOne]

The Switch has half the processing power of a Samsung Galaxy S6 so I believe a potato can emulate it at this stage, especially with the latest Yuzu updates.


Look it could be, we just need to wait for benches. Regarding memory width, where are you getting 64 bit from? It wouldn't make any sense for Valve to fit 16GB but keep it single channel. All we know from the specs that Valve provided is that the LDDR5 runs at 5500MT/s, or around 70% faster than DDRr-3200. So unless you can confirm it is running single channel, it should have considerable more bandwidth than the current APU's. My experience with my 4650G is that even it with 7CU Vega is massively bandwidth constrained, so I'd expect it to outperform current APU's even at the lower clockspeeds (especially given RDNA2 has a higher IPC than Vega). We'll obviously see once it releases and benches come out, but I strongly suspect it will use some sort of SmartShift tech to dynamically scale TDP to maintain 60fps (and no more, makes no sense to waste power to drive a higher fps than the screen can support). Assuming the rest of the system uses~5W (screen, speakers, SSD, etc), the only way it can go beyond ~2 hr run time is if the SoC can run under 15W for the majority of the time. Maybe running Cyberpunk will push it to 15W, but you would need to compare it to how Cazenne or Lucienne run Cyberpunk currently (ie. not well) to see if Van Gogh is showing genuine power efficiency improvements. Van Gogh could well be more GPU focussed from a power sharing perspective, so we need to wait until benches come out before comparing to current APUs.

RDNA v1 has Delta Color Compression (DCC) improvements when compared to VEGA GCN.

Steam Deck

Available now.

www.steamdeck.com

64GB version is eMMC
256GB and 512GB is nvme
However, even the nvme drives are not upgradable

IGN: Is the storage upgradable?
Lawrence Yang: The internal storage is not, but every deck will come with a SD card slot. So you can put an SD card slot, whatever size you want. Whenever you want.



plot twist-- HL3 will be a launch day exclusive for Steam Deck in order to drive 150mil unit sales.

Personally I think it looks awesome. Not sure if I will own one, but it's very cool none the less.

Steam Deck :: Tech Specs

Available now.

www.steamdeck.com

All models use socketed 2230 m.2 modules (not intended for end-user replacement).

 

[Vayra86]

It should’ve been Gabe Boy all the time

You won the internet today.

 

[Readlight]

Impressive for a tablet with buttons. 512 stream processors is 24 FPS

 

[ValenOne]

Impressive for a tablet with buttons. 512 stream processors is 24 FPS

GCN or RDNA 2?

 

[windwhirl]

GCN or RDNA 2?

Rdna2

 

[medi01]

Come on now, that's old news ~

GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton: Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components - ValveSoftware/Proton

github.com

Meh. That's basically wine.

 

[ValenOne]

Rdna2

What do you mean by "512 stream processors is 24 FPS"?

 

[mtcn77]

What do you mean by "512 stream processors is 24 FPS"?

Tablet displays aren't particularly fast. Rapid paced transitions generate more smearing artifacts.

 

[ValenOne]

Tablet displays aren't particularly fast. Rapid paced transitions generate more smearing artifacts.

Prove it for Deck's IPS screen.