Hi all!

I’m playing on an old PC and cannot play on new games due to performance issues. issue.

I like to play with keyboard and mouse.

I see a lot of good feedback about SteamDeck and I’m doubting now.

Should I buy a gaming PC or better buy a SteamDeck + dock station and relax?

I like the idea that I can take SteamDeck on trips + I don’t need to think about what PC to buy (you know. select motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc)

But my main concern is SteamDeck performance

Can I play new shooters, CyberPank, etc

Games that need a high-performance PC.

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What do you think?

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thanks!

  • xmBQWugdxjaA@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you want to play Cyberpunk, a gaming PC will be much better, although probably a lot more expensive too.

    The Steam Deck’s main advantage is portability, if you don’t use that then a PC will be the better option for performance (especially the CPU). Hopefully one day Valve will release a home console version too.

    I still prefer to play shooters (first person and third person) and strategy games on the PC. Like anything that is mainly mouse driven and / or needs a very powerful CPU. That said I finished Sniper Elite 5 and Hitman 3 docked to the TV (before I bought my PC) - so it is playable.

    And you can’t play Crosscode, Hades, etc. while waiting in an airport or train with the gaming PC…

    If you really want to dive into it you can also stream from the gaming PC to the Steam Deck at home (e.g. to use the OLED screen and play in bed). But it’ll depend on your network setup.

    • HalifaxSamuels@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Hopefully one day Valve will release a home console version too.

      Well, technically…

      I really hope they release a SteamOS installer/image to install on other devices and make them into Steam machines. I’ve got an old laptop with an i7-8750H and an RTX 2070 that already doesn’t have a purpose anymore outside of gaming, so being able to drop Windows and dedicate the hardware to Steam would be great. Opening up SteamOS to all hardware is sure to be a driver nightmare, though.

      Between being able to dock the Deck, the existence of Steam Link/streaming from a PC, and the complexity/cost of releasing a simultaneous second console I’m sure Valve won’t be bothering with a home console anytime soon, unfortunately.