Okay friends, let’s check who has a Samsung OLED panel, and who has the BOE OLED panel inside his Deck.

Steps to check:

  1. Go to Desktop mode

  2. Open Konsole

  3. Paste the following command into the terminal:

cat /sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/edid | hexdump -C

You will get the output like in this screenshot:

https://imgur.com/a/Y1jdjmr

The marked number is relevant and means the following:

01: 800x1280 @59.998545 (BOE, LCD)

02: No longer present

03: 800x1280 @90.003892 (Samsung, OLED)

04: 800x1280 @90.061454 (BOE, OLED)

So my results are:

Model: Steam Deck 512GB OLED

Panel: Samsung OLED

What’s yours? Please also don’t forget to post the model, so we can analyze if there’s some correlation.

  • Panda_hat@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    The fans were objectively a big difference though. This is hopefully negligible.

    • Assignment_Soggy@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I think not too much with later revisions. I got Delta, replaced it with Huaying. Didn’t noticed difference in noise levels. But in turn Huaying made my Deck vibrate at high speeds, thus I’ve put back the Delta fan.

    • Khalmoon@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      It’s still annoying. The reason we buy a specific product is so we can all get the same experience. There never should be a difference in one to the next unless there is a sku change or public announcement.

      I love my Steam Deck, and I like Valve, this is not the move. I understand they probably did this to send more units out faster but its frustrating.

      Imagine spending 600 bucks knowing someone else spent the same 600 but got the better one. even if its a small difference its still a difference.

      • OhThereYouArePerry@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        At least one model of iPhone has even had two completely different modem chips you could get. It’s not valve cheaping out, it’s them having to order from multiple suppliers to meet demand.