Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: MohandevirDo we have any sales figures for these Windows handheld? Judging by the Steam hardware survey, they may be cannibilizing one another for a small fraction of the handheld market, leaving the Steam Deck untouched with the vast majority of that market. Not sure it would make sense to Microsoft to invest in a custom handheld os, if that's the case.

The estimates I've seen are that the Deck has sold its "multiple millions" and the Ally has sold ~500k - but they might have had 499,999 returns. None of these other devices have enough users to show up in the Steam Hardware Survey, but the Deck does.

The value to Microsoft isn't in hardware sales (just like it isn't for Valve); it's to say "Windows is a gaming OS, honest!" Same as for the DirectX-box.

No doubt, but with minimal investment up to this point. I don't know if they intend to change strategy, but hardware sales doesn't seem to be a reason to do so, yet.

Like you said, Xbox handheld make more sense. That's where they would probably invest, imo too.

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Quoting: lejimsterWith all these Windows handhelds being released I wonder how long it will be before Windows introduced a custom OS that competes with SteamOS

Do we have any sales figures for these Windows handheld? Judging by the Steam hardware survey, they may be cannibilizing one another for a small fraction of the handheld market, leaving the Steam Deck untouched with the vast majority of that market. Not sure it would make sense to Microsoft to invest in a custom handheld os, if that's the case.

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Might get tempted by the R5 5600gt or R7 5700, at some point. Let's see the benchmarks, but it could be a nice upgrade to replace my R5 3600.

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Take care Liam!

I wish you happy holidays and a happy new year. Let it be as much rest as possible and plenty of good times with friends and/or family.

Read you in 2024!

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Quoting: hardpenguin

Quote'Until Morale Improves'

What kind of code name is this 🤣

Updates will continue until morale improves?

Probably a nudge to Tim Sweeney's "Fortnite on Steam Deck" news.

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On the fence between Spider-man: Miles Morales and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves... Can't decide. 40% off, both of them.

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Sorry! Late to the party! First time sunshine user.

Got questions... Anyone been able to use a Steam Controller on such setup? It seems to be recognized as a mouse only (Android TV client).
I also read that sunshine supports AMD GPU... Is it working well with the RX 6000 series?

Edit: Just had a look at your PC Info... RX 7900 XTX and RX 6700 XT. Seems it works well with AMD GPU.

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Quoting: Liam DaweIt's really clear :)

I see what you just did!

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Wake from Bluetooth :

To be enabled in Bios? Thats's where I would look first. Similar to wake on lan from pcie device.

I used to start my computer from complete shutdown, thus. It was for my Steam in-home streaming with the Steam Link app. It worked well.

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Quoting: sarmad

Quoting: MohandevirWow! Awesome!

Can we expect the ram speed boost to give a couple of additional fps?

Yes, just a couple. Digital Foundry did a review of the unit and confirmed this.

Just a couple is already good. This couple of FPS will probably make some games more enjoyable, when in the 25-30-35fps range.

Edit: Around 5% to 8% better, in average, depending on games. From 2 to 5 fps. I heard right? Not bad. I'll take them. It aligns with some videos I found, when I searched for the performance difference between DDR4-3200 & DDR4-2666, couple of months ago.

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