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Exciting indeed. And if it still runs Steam I doubt Valve will blink an eye.

A hardware refresh is not on valve's list unless there is a significant performance gain.

I totally could believe that in another year or 2 there will be sufficient performance uplift. steam Deck with 50% more performance at the same battery life would be great.

I think I read somewhere that extending battery live is Valve's main priority for next Steam Deck

That would be the right priority. Double the battery would make it even more competitive with Nintendo.

especially because if you half the tdp of the CPU, you can cut the cooling a bunch which reduces the cost and noise.

I hope a dynamic 120Hz screen (like in the iPhone but obviously not as screamingly expensive) is also in the pipeline.

With a 120Hz screen, you can run the UI and overlays at 120FPS, run cinematics at 24FPS or 30FPS and the game at 40FPS or 60FPS. All fits neatly into 120Hz.

> you can run the UI and overlays at 120FPS

How does a 99% static UI or overlay benefit from 120 fps?

They are going to need more performance by then too though. They are tied to the PC gaming universe and the games people want to play will keep getting more demanding.

They have it a lot harder than something like Switch.

I don't see anyone demanding desktop graphics on handheld.

The basic system requirements for most PC games has barely budged in years mostly due to high GPU costs and lack of killer features that would require higher requirements. Neither factor seems to be immediately changing.

if it makes the battery last 30% more, you can bet it is

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