Valve Says There's No Reason to Release a New Steam Deck Every Year: "We're Waiting for a Generational Leap in Compute Without Sacrificing Battery Lif

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Steam Deck, the handheld gaming computer from Valve that allows players to access many of their favorite PC titles on the go, is about to celebrate its second anniversary this February, but a successor may still be a long ways off, according to the latest news from Lawrence Yang, one of the portable's chief designers.

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I wouldn't be surprised if the AMD Ryzen Z2 Series is on the table for the next one.
 
So, there is a wide gulf between
“Can play the game”
And
“Can max out every setting in a game”

You don’t need much for the first, as Valve well knows

For the second you can never have enough
 
2027? what the, fake AI crap?

We know for a fact that a Steam Deck 2 will becoming. It's the Steam Deck 3 that everyone should be questioning anyway.
 
Is AMD even bothering with RDNA4 in laptops/mobile settings?

I figure RDNA5 (UDNA whatever) is when we get the next top to bottom graphics refresh from AMD which will make stuff like Steam Deck 2 possible.
 
GodisanAtheist said:
Is AMD even bothering with RDNA4 in laptops/mobile settings?

I figure RDNA5 (UDNA whatever) is when we get the next top to bottom graphics refresh from AMD which will make stuff like Steam Deck 2 possible.
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AMD is completely out of the discrete laptop gpu market

What they'll have in 2027 is large APUs with igpus powerful enough to make a separate laptop gpu redundant

But that multi-chiplet solution will still be too costly for valve

In 2029-2030 (zen 7) you can finally expect decently powerful monolithic APUs at a reasonable price

There is also a chance that valve can try qualcomm, off the shelf mobile APU. Lets see.
 
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