Steam Deck: Thread 01

[RuBiQ]

Deck Docks (official stylee) are up for pre-order. £79.99.

ordered yesterday :O

[nonny]

I see the official one comes with its own USB C charger.

There's a new brand reviewed by ETA Prime and on Amazon here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7Q9LJZ5/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_FVDYDMEXDY7V5064N24V_0

[fuse]

I'm surprised that I've not seen any with a similar design to the Switch dock, where the unit stands up straight and the screen gets protected.

I've ordered an official one too, will report back once it's arrived.

[nonny]

Doesn't the steam deck need a bit more airflow given its fan cooled? Not saying an upright design wouldn't work but I think what they do have as an official design is fine and 3rd parties are obviously just imitating it.

[hudson]

Yeah it has a vent right at the back. That one ETA Prince reviews might be the route I go. Cheers for the heads up.

[Asura]

I see the official one comes with its own USB C charger.

That's good, as it charges up pretty slow from a standard one (though it does charge, if you've got all night).

I used my charger for the JSAUX dock and that works for me, but having a branded additional one would be useful.

[nonny]

That's good, as it charges up pretty slow from a standard one (though it does charge, if you've got all night).

I used my charger for the JSAUX dock and that works for me, but having a branded additional one would be useful.

Given the JSAUX and iVolver ones are £50 I guess an additional £30 for a 45w rated charger identical to the console one is well worth it.

[Ouenben]

Some decent quality SD cards are on Amazon deals just now!

Samsung evo select 256gb micro SD £16.99
Samsung evo select 512gb £36.99
SanDisk 512sd card £32.99

Prime only


Edit - 512gb are already back up in price. 256gb still £16.99 at this time

[nonny]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B9RBLBQS/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_3QSM9PK2HSH9RXJ5YDX6_0

Early prime deal, £10 off

[Ouenben]

Decent sized 65W powerbank for £30

This sale is basically a SD owner sale

[Neon Ignition]

Went for the Dock, it's not something I'd get loads of use from but the price point is decent as well as having the extra USB's to use it as a method of using the Aimtraks on the main TV.

[hudson]

What games are you digging into on your Steam Decks?

[huxley]

What games are you digging into on your Steam Decks?

Been working my way through wolf old blood.
Been having a play with batocera for emulation but keep getting bios errors for ps2 games. Has anyone had any joy with this ?

[nonny]

I've only just got mine so I'm still at the tinkering stage working out what works.

I've installed heroic launcher to access my Epic/GoG titles easily and I've tried The Witcher 3 and Hades through that, both of which are really impressive.

I've installed EmuDeck as I wanted to figure out how to use Yuzu for Switch titles and it turns out that is fairly straightforward but the results have been pretty disappointing. I tried Mario Odyssey which has audio stuttering in cutscenes but plays fairly decent once in game, Mario Kart feels ok but not hitting a stable framerate and Breath of the Wild runs at around 15-20fps no matter what settings I use.

I hear Cemu and the Wii U version of BoTW is the better way to go but I can't find the game anywhere.

Other than that I setup Xbox cloud streaming following the guide in xbox.com and played some Grounded which actually ran perfectly with almost no real latency. It's just a pity you can't run Xbox natively without installing Windows.

After two days of use I think it's fair to say it's an amazing console and Valve hit it out of the park but I can't help but feel it's a jack of all ecosystems and a master of one... that being if you're fully invested in Steam this is exceptional. Unfortunately for me I'm not, I own 6 games on Steam right now...

[Dogg Thang]

What games are you digging into on your Steam Decks?

Spider-Man runs and plays beautifully on it. I enjoyed going through that and I will go back to the DLC stuff at some point. I’m currently playing both Mad Max and Sonic Racing Transformed, both of which run perfectly on the Deck.

Battery life issue aside, which I seem to have sorted, I absolutely adore my Steam Deck. It has opened up a whole world of gaming to me, often games I owned from old Steam sales but never really enjoyed because I associate my PC with work and so rarely game on it.