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Cake day: October 29th, 2023

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  • I don’t have the official dock, but do have a Anker 565 dock as well the Dell WD19 dock.

    Both docks work completely fine and have had zero issues with either.

    One thing a lot of people forget or don’t think about is that third party docks usually do NOT include a power brick/plug-in that is needed. For my Anker 565 dock I ended up buying a Baseus 65w charger so I could power the dock(usually up-to 15w for that alone from what I could find online) and have 45w for the Steam Deck to charge with. So my Anker dock actually costed me $100 for the dock and $35 for the 65w charger.

    The official Valve dock includes a 45w charger with it already, which according to iFixit costs $25, so the Valve dock is actually $55.

    The Deck can reach 120fps+ on older or lower spec games. I was reaching 180fps on Battlebit Remastered on my Deck.

    I think $80 for the official Dock+a charger is a steal.


  • Honestly Switch games in general.

    Trying to play any Switch game on an actual Switch is…disappointing. Consoles lags and chugs, barely passing 30fps in most titles.

    And then you throw a Switch emulator on your Deck, and throw any random Switch game on it, and BAM! 60fps stable.

    Honestly can’t go back to my Switch, it is an inferior version, which is hilarious to think about.

    Also the OG Pokemon games are fun to do some runs in on the Deck.





  • If you don’t already have a Deck, then I would whole heartedly recommend the OLED instead.

    OLED, 90Hz, bigger battery, more efficient overall, etc. it’s hard to pass up.

    If you can score a 64GB LCD Deck on eBay or elsewhere for $200ish and the upgrade the SSD, then sure, but I wouldn’t bother with a 512GB LCD personally unless you can get it for under $250.