Im curious if anybody uses their steam deck for something other than gaming? I saw a dude use it as a kareoke machine. I also saw a dude use it as a teleprompter (weirdest by far). With all the software you can buy on steam, what are creative uses for the steam de k that isnt gaming related?
This is encouraging to someone who may switch to steam deck 2 as my primary gaming platform instead of upgrading my pc again.
Depending on network availability and your phone, another option would be to buy OLED AR glasses.
You can install Moonlight/Sunshine on your pc&phone for remote desktop, using the AR glasses connected to your phone as the screen for a big, crisp display anywhere.
But again, it’ll really depend on your situation.
Steam Deck 2 why not get a current steam deck and just use it now along with your current computer?
I thought that my graphics card was getting long in the tooth but I got the steam deck instead of upgrading it and I never touch my computer unless it’s to play something that I want to play on my computer mostly FPS.
I’m sure most of them could run fine on the Deck but I just want to play on the PC at 1080p max settings at least 60fps with a Steam controller.
There are games that I can’t get working on the Steam Deck and so I usually just give up and don’t play them even though I could play them on my computer. Lol.
The only game I can’t run on my computer is Fortnite because Epic updated it in such a way that it doesn’t support my graphics card anymore (not that my graphics card is weak r9 390). I’m talking like flickering flowers and framerate that jumps from 144 to like 13 etc. It doesn’t matter though cuz all my friends stopped playing.
TL DR You can get a current Deck and play on that instead of upgrading your computer and you can keep your current computer and just play whichever one you want depending on the game or just the vibe you are in at the moment.
Oh I agree! I was more implying when I hit that personal inevitable upgrade window (typically when consoles switch gens) I get a new rig but maybe just not depending on how the steam deck 2 looks all of this is obviously wild speculation. I currently own a steam deck lcd and a fairly modern gaming pc (3080 / 5600x)