HANDHELD GAMING
VALVE STEAM DECK
What if the Switch and your gaming PC had a baby? Well, we’d have questions, but it might look like this…
T he Switch has a lot going for it, but you wouldn’t catch one boasting about its specs in a bar. If we’re going on raw power, Valve’s upcoming handheld crushes Nintendo’s without breaking a sweat. The idea is that any game in your Steam library, from mini indies to AAA blockbusters, will be playable on the Steam Deck.
To ensure this was possible, Valve partnered up with AMD to design a custom APU that pairs a Zen 2
CPU with an RDNA 2 delivering the graphics. Factor in 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 512GB of fast NVMe SSD storage and you’re looking at a serious rig for your backpack.
Into the rate wide open
Valve is targeting a solid 30fps for any game you choose to boot up, but you should expect to be able to get higher framerates without giving fidelity too much of a pounding.