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OPINION: The Steam Deck is a Switch-esque portable PC slated for launch in December 2021. Despite being a few months away from release, a “leaker†has apparently released benchmark results for the portable console – and they have look fantastic.
a early examination (marked by PC player) from the Steam Deck was posted by someone in China who apparently got their hands on a development kit detailing the performance of the laptop. Of course, there’s no way to know how accurate this data is without testing the Steam Deck for ourselves, but it’s still very interesting.
We already know that the Steam Deck has a display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 and a refresh rate of 60Hz, while also packing an AMD APU with a Zen 2 processor and an RDNA 2 GPU. But at what kind of performance can you expect with these specs when playing in portable mode? Apparently it will be something like below …
| Game | Graphics settings | Frame rate |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Highest / High / Custom | 30 FPS / 36 FPS / 60 FPS |
| Loss | Medium / Custom | 60 FPS / 46 FPS |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | High | 20 FPS – 30 FPS |
| DOTA 2 | Highest / lowest | 47 FPS / 80 FPS |
The leaker claims that Steam Deck was able to run Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Doom, and DOTA 2 with smooth performance – only Cyberpunk 2077 seemed to show performance issues at the highest graphics settings, but that’s not really a surprise since many consoles and graphics cards struggled to run this game.
It’s worth pointing out that none of these games managed to hit 60fps at maximum graphics settings, but that’s forgivable for a laptop. Additionally, the reviewer was able to hit 60fps and above for every game except Cyberpunk by playing around with the settings.
Okay, this may not sound too impressive to anyone with a next-gen gaming desktop or console, but you have to remember that this is a laptop. And while the Nintendo Switch is also capable of playing Doom, it’s limited to a performance of 30fps, which isn’t ideal for a fast-paced shooter.
If these Steam Deck performance results are correct, I would be confident to suggest that the Steam Deck should be able to play almost any game in the Steam library with smooth performance, as long as you are willing to compromise on the settings. graphics.
That’s a huge improvement over the Switch, which was forced to use cloud streaming technology to run Control, Hitman 3, and the upcoming Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
But what about the battery life? The reviewer says the battery went from 100% to 46% in three hours. This is a surprisingly good result considering the games tested, which matches the battery life figure cited by Valve of 2-8 hours of playtime.
Of course, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these performance results, especially since they have been provided by a single source at the time of writing. But it’s still hard not to be excited about this portable PC system, especially in a year where PC gamers have struggled to purchase new CPU and GPU upgrades.
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