Valve Publishes New Steam Deck FAQ, Confirms Lack of External GPU Support

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Valve has shared a new FAQ on the official Steam Deck page that answers many of the burning questions that the company has been receiving from prospective owners of the handheld PC. The FAQ confirms that the Steam Deck will not have any sort of external GPU support, leaving all of the work up to the AMD APU with Zen 2 CPU (4C/8T) and RDNA 2 GPU. Valve also confirmed that the Steam Deck can be used as a PC controller, which might be kind of weird due to the length of the device. It does feature a comprehensive set of controls that include square trackpads, additional grip buttons on the rear, and a six-axis gyro, however.



The FAQ in full:



Can you have multiple Steam accounts on one Steam Deck?Yes, and each account on a Steam Deck will keep its own local save data and settings.



Can I run non-Steam games through Proton on Steam Deck?Yes...

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