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New Steam Deck just passed through the FCC — but is this Steam Deck 2? | (Spoiler No) (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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...as spotted by Brad Lynch and TVKilledMi on X/Twitter, this model does support 6GHz triple-band Wi-Fi — suggesting that it has either Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7. The original Steam Deck doesn’t even have Wi-Fi 6.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A home console only slightly more powerful than the Deck (as reported) would be a flop. It would be less powerful than the PS4. People will be plugging this into 4k 120hz TVs.

I'd be very surprised if it was a home console unless they have some kind of magic upscaling they've built into Proton.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If they manage to put in a 7600 class GPU and sell the whole thing for under $500, it would be a winner. You could build a PC like that, so given the economies of scale, that should be doable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wonder if there is so many 4k tv around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Some 32" TVs are 4k, 99% of 43"+ TVs are 4k. Most people can afford them because they are very cheap. Usually 90Hz, mostly 100Hz, sometimes 120 or 150Hz