And it's not just the Linux gamers that are benefiting from their work. They also seem to be doing good work on lower-level parts of the stack (e.g.: graphic drivers, Flatpak, etc) that are improving the Linux desktop in general.
And will buy it as a thank you to Valve for supporting us all these years. I think this will pay off for them in the long run.
It should be great for debugging random server problems while on vacation though.
Perhaps I’m atypical, but I type more relaxed, smoothly, and faster on non-mechanical than mechanical.
Point of comparison is 150-175 wpm on laptop keyboards as opposed to 120-145 on mechanical. I’ve owned many mechanical keyboards, including very high end ones, and remain mystified about their aura.
Obviously not going to try be productive with an onscreen keyboard and 7" screen - will use it with peripherals in those cases.
I got myself an Anne Pro 2 from banggood for 65 euros and I take it everywhere. It connects to my laptop, tablet and phone.
And 30FPS is just fine, especially for an ultra portable, and when you can probably get more than that out of it with customized graphics options. When I played Witcher 3 years ago it was actually on a machine that barely kept it going at 30FPS w/ low-medium settings. It was fine. One of the best games I played, and the lack of high quality textures too nothing away from that. Do you think people don't know they're making a quality trade off when they play the Witcher 3 on a Switch? Of course they know! NOW they'll be able to play it on a more powerful device that can serve as a full PC and has access to an enormous library.
You're complaining that this isn't good enough to be a primary gaming PC, and that misses the point: That's not the market target. This is setup to be a secondary device for existing gamers and an entry to PC gaming for others that want a wider selection than on a console or a Switch.
>Same. I already have $1,100 saved for a gaming PC, but since that might only buy a GPU right now I’ll just jump into this and hopefully wait out the GPU crunch.
I guess if you're holding out though, maybe the Deck will scratch the "buy new gaming shiny object" itch, and play games reasonable well at it's native resolutions, but if you have $1100 and it's not getting you what you want in a gaming rig, the Deck doesn't fill the gap.
Also I'm not confident that GPU cards will became easier and cheaper to find for a while. Someone that is related to the general chip industry told me 1.5 years. Until then constrained supply will probably make demand even more frantic.
Heck, just on cars alone: I just traded in a car for 2x the value it was listed at about 6 months ago. It was 12 years old and I knew I'd need a new car sometime in the next 1-3 years, and a new car today has massively more safety features (I have kids to worry about that for too) so I wasn't going to hold out and hope the used market went even higher.
And if car manufacturers whose electronics don't need the latest fab methods have these bottlenecks, I don't see the high end chip market getting much better, especially with Apple & Samsung eating any capacity TSMC can provide.
> For Deck, we're vastly improving Proton's game compatibility and support for anti-cheat solutions by working directly with the vendors.
Would be interesting to see how this does on Zen 4 with the 5nm upgrade.
The fact that the Zen 2 is 7nm vs the Canyon's 14nm means the performance/watt will be much better. It also has significantly more RAM, and better quality: LPDDR5 instead of DDR4. This also lowers power requirements while at the same time that it improves performance.
But no, I don't think this will be as powerful as a Hades Canyon. Although it also won't have to push pixels to a 2k display like my Canyon does. It doesn't need to be nearly as powerful to provide a similar experience on a small display. (in terms of smoothness. Also higher quality gfx setting will be wasted on this display size, so there's no point worrying about it not running well on "high" textures when the difference between "medium" won't be noticeable on 720p @ 7")