Valve Steam Deck Hardware Review & Analysis: Thermals, Noise, Power, & Gaming Benchmarks
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Our Valve Steam Deck hardware review & benchmarks test for battery life, power consumption, gaming performance, thermals, noise, and more in this in-depth video.
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This Steam Deck review (or initial review, anyway -- we're still waiting on ability to review SteamOS) looks at the production-ready Arch Linux-based handheld gaming PCs for the first time. The video includes methodology notes for our in-depth testing approach and demonstrates the basics of the more advanced principles we apply behind-the-scenes in testing. The benchmark sections follow those, with a heavy focus on Steam Deck battery life, thermal testing of the memory, ICs, APU (GPU/CPU), and more, and acoustic testing alongside RPM ramp and hysteresis.
We're looking forward to a review of the UI and OS for SteamOS in the future. We didn't test Windows yet because the drivers were incomplete, and so the data would not accurately depict a version with GPU drivers.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Steam Deck Overview & Testing Notes
03:01 - Schlieren Imaging Setup Explained
04:35 - Steam Deck Schlieren Imaging Analysis
05:48 - Thermals (Gaming Load)
09:53 - Thermal Design, Chassis, & Analysis
14:06 - Fan RPM & Hysteresis
15:25 - Noise Testing Methodology
17:44 - Steam Deck Noise Level Tests
18:58 - Battery Benchmarking Methodology
20:38 - Steam Deck Battery Life Tests
22:03 - Charge Time & Charging Behavior on Steam Deck
23:54 - Power Consumption on Valve Steam Deck
24:58 - Game Benchmarking Methodology
26:55 - Control Benchmarks (Dx11) on Valve Steam Deck
27:39 - Ghostrunner Steam Deck Game Benchmarks
28:34 - Forza Horizon 5 on Steam Deck
29:03 - Devil May Cry 5 on Steam Deck
30:03 - Latency Testing on the Steam Deck
31:14 - Latency in Control (Steam Deck)
32:13 - Latency in Dead Cells
33:11 - Conclusion: Steam Deck Review
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Host, Test Lead, Writing: Steve Burke
Testing, Writing: Patrick Lathan
Video, Schlieren Setup: Andrew Coleman
Video Production: Keegan Gallick - Ігри
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awesome test. i would definetly buy steamdeck someday.
@GamersNexus at about 15 minutes into the video there's a typo at the bottom of the screen... The part in question reads partially "stainless steel shield can remained)"
If I'm not mistaken, either "can remain" or "can be retained" would be ok fixes, depending on what exactly you meant to say
Takes some serious confidence in your product to give one to GN to teardown and deepdive on. Especially seeing how they gave access to the engineering data on things like memory module temperature. Props to Valve. Congrats to Steve and team, this feels like every tool and bit of knowledge in the arsenal sharpened and focused on an exciting new product class.
Thank you! Completely agreed - Valve's transparency here was amazing. We normally have to really push companies to share their internal data (to validate against ours), and Valve was very open in the whole process, and we also mostly agreed with their testing.
@@GamersNexus refreshing to see a companie act in a responsible and transparent manner.
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Crazy to see what can be accomplished when a company works with GN instead of against them hahaha
This level of quality and thouroughness in coverage is every good manufacturer's dream, and every bad manufacturer's nightmare.
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My thoughts. GN outdid themselves again :) .... was a pleasure to listen to it in the car :) (didn't have 35 min to watch it fully, but watched 15 of it and more or less used the rest of it as a podcast - still extremely nice :D ;) )
@Eduardo Pinto Jimenez It's not actually the battery they measured as getting too hot (and it didn't exceed limits), it was a part related to while the battery is charging. FYI
GN is always a masters course on how to test.
I love that Valve gave you all of their internal data, it's shows a level of trust and also confidence in their design.
@らてちゃん ??? Something unclear with what the man said? It shows a level of trust and confidence in their own design to hand over data that could very much bury them if they were intending to hide deficiencies for marketing purposes. As most gamers know, Valve is legit and this review by Tech Jesus is evidence of how legit they have always been.
It sure feels good to see competent people testing competently designed gear. It's not commonplace in tech anymore.
As someone whose job requires me to do noise monitoring for a living, I was extremely happy to see them be very logical with how they took their measurements.
Overall, this was superb testing methodology.
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Gamers Nexus: WE ARE SPLITTING LIGHT WITH A RAZOR TO SEE HOW WELL THIS IS MADE!
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Can't praise you enough for the effort and love for details you put into those reviews. Great work!
Thank you for that! I love working on this stuff and so does the team. Patrick and I enjoyed having this challenge to work on!
GN is the benchmark for real world thorough hardware reviews.
@@GamersNexus Your love for testing and proper testing methodology really shows in your videos and I am really glad you guys are doing so well! To me you are the gold standard of hardware reviews by a very wide margin. Keep up the good work! :3
🤔 ... Would it be efficient in the engineering of this portable console to replace part of the plastic on the back plate with metal to help transfer heat out ...
@@theethicsofliberty4642 it would probably help with thermals yes, but then you would have to deal with users complaining about it feeling too hot most likely
Me and every tech enthusiast can say this is the DEFINITIVE Steam Deck's hardware review, with this level of detail we are jumping from gamer feeling of use and benchmarking to engineering analisys of hardware. Thanks to the whole GN team for the hard work, i think even the newest people in gaming could apreciate a work so well done.
Expectation: Gaming console review
Reality: Consumer electronics engineering design 101 class
And I loved every minute of it.
When Steve showed fluid simulation of the airflow over the board that Valve provided THEMSELVES, I goshed! They are so confident and transparent about this product, it almost feels suspicious haha
They need an affordable PC on the market to sell games for, and they're doing their best to make one
@@PavelShevchuk We need an affordable PC on the market to...actually we just need an affordable PC on the market. :D
They need an affordable *Linux* PC on the market to convince more users to adopt Linux and more devs to develop for it, because Windows is owned by Microsoft and Microsoft has become a massive threat to Steam. Relying on a fundamental product owned by your most powerful direct competitor is begging to go out of business.
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@@Malisteen Microsoft is such a massive threat that they are one of the best selling publishers on Steam. What a crackpot.
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This is now an extreme engineering channel and I love it. Should be rebranded to Engineer's Nexus lol
Yes, even LTT is sort of copying GN in this front since they are building The Lab. Though they will have much more funding and man power to test products than GN has. In the end we all win since there will be more high quality testing and analysis. I am quite excited to see who LMG is hiring on for The Lab.
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Indeed, even though some of your replies are rather... Useless.
But I totally agree, next up I want the Steam deck to go through a Right to Repair review, especially for battery replacement and a few other components.
If they ace that, then we have a solid winner!
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I wouldn't expect it to do too well in a repairability check due to being so compact, but Valve did release a teardown guide so that helps.
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Just amazing that Valve has the confidence to allow this level of scrutiny on a pre-production unit. It really, really bodes well for us consumers.
Well, not really. What we know about Valve is their staff have a short attention span when it comes to projects and a boss who hasn't cared for decades - just look at the guy, zero self respect to walk around like that. He will let his staff walk away from a project kidding himself and anyone that will listen this is some kind of enlightened management style rather than the crock of shit it is.
Whilst that is annoying for a £30 multiplayer game you enjoy, it's the death knell for hardware. Do you really want to buy a games system from a company who can't run a few servers for a multiplayer game without bots, cheaters and scammers? And imagine as and when games are as unplayable as TF2 is today on said hardware some fat unwashed guy from the company tells some school kids a pile of BS that they are fixing it when they clearly have no interest or intent to doing that. Good luck getting problems sorted once Valve lose interest, you'll have an expensive paperweight.
Only an idiot would buy this given Valve's lack of commitment to their existing hardware and their lack of commitment to their gaming franchises. This will fail firstly because they are still trying to beat the long dead horse of linux gaming. Half the games or more either won't work or will work with bugs and caveats. That might be ok if you install linux + steam on your PC for fun but it will be a nightmare for people expecting to buy a handheld console and have it just work. These people are going to learn first hand too just how useless Valve are at support and how uninterested they are in the problems once they've got your money.
Gabe BS for making his games free to play was that the free players would add value to the paying customers. The reality however is these players are free because they are worthless. They cheat, they scam, or they fill servers not even playing the game. The multiplayer servers slowly got worse and worse and Valve have done precisely nothing at all to address this - other than a few bandaids to stem negative press about bots being racist etc. They didn't remove bots that made the game unplayable, they just removed their ability to generate headlines.
Make no mistake. This is what will happen to this product. Valve will fail and Gabe will just BS and lie when asked about what they intend to do. Other Valve staff will rationalise and say how failure isn't failure at all.
Secondly because their staff will quickly want to move onto something else leaving the same kind of team consisting of "one intern and a halfwit" they've had working on TF2 for the past 5 years or more. Or worse, like the steamlink / controller / steam machines, they will just let it die completely and stonewall customers. Ok, the controller and steam link were next to useless and pointless anyway so few dismayed customers. This, on the other hand, will have a much more public failing.
You'd have to be stupid to hand over money to valve for this product.
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Valve has always been pretty consumer friendly. That's why I always fight back when developing complain about the 30 percent fee they charge. They do your customer service, they roll out your updates, they advertise your game for them etc, 30 percent is a steal.
@@Noodlepunk No they haven't. They've literally been fined millions for their bad consumer practises around the world. Their refund policy was only introduced because of pressure (i.e fines and legal issues) from consumer-friendly nations. They're diseased. They literally lied and said that wallet funds are not currency to avoid gambling issues with the crappy crates and keys they use to scam children into gambling.
props to the editor for the “No sleep (us too)” comment in the battery life test, this whole thing was just very very impressive work, nothing short of what we’ve come to expect from GN, props to the whole team!
It was bold of Valve to add DX12 titles in their lineup of games allowed to review. For those unaware, the Steam Deck will use vkd3d for translation of DX12 games to Vulkan. vkd3d is not near as mature as DXVK, which handles DX9 to DX11 titles. The Steam Deck overall should see better performance in DX11 titles than DX12. If the game gives you the choice of renderer, go for DX11. Source: I am an Arch Linux user that often plays Windows games on Arch.
you use arch, btw? (sorry, had the do the meme)
Announcing you are an arch user feels like when a convicted child molester moves into your neighborhood and is legally compelled to inform you.
It really depends on a game. Ghostrunner for example runs better using vkd3d (DX12). And I would imagine by the time most users get their hands on Deck this will only get better and better.
@@JohnSmith-fq3rg more of a "im a vegan" moment.
Ah yes, the typical "I use arch btw" user
20:52 “No Sleep (us too)” I love the little small add-ons in this video. Thank you Steve and the GN Team for this kind of testing!! 😌
everybody gangsta till they add a "Hours till dead" bar for their own team
Shoutout to Keegan for upping the subtle editing humor.
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Wow, what an in-depth hardware review. Thank you!
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2D PC sidescrollers like dead Cells are exactly why I pre-ordered one. 8 of battery life hours is killer.
Yeah my switch has maybe 2 hr battery life when out. Lol
You guys really upped your lighting game. All of those shots away from the presentation desk where phenomenal.
Now he truly looks like tech jesus with the light coming in his hair
I dunno, the new lighting looks worse. It is inconsistent and not as bright as the old location. Plus that gray wall isn’t helping other.
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Take note, other hardware manufacturers. This is how you work with reviewers to help them get the most accurate data. I’m also assuming Valve will be receptive to feedback provided by reviewers (especially GN!) and implement what they can to improve.
Awesome video, very in depth, A++++++++ would watch again ;)
Other hardware manufacturers know already, but they just don't really want you to find out everything. Valve knows what a good product they have.
@@mbvglider I agree. After the flop of the steam machines, they made absolutely sure this one was right. They are probably making quite the loss on the hardware side, but hardware is not their business. They invest into a whole new gaming ecosystem, which they can profit from with software.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 Yeah, they must be losing a lot of money on this one. It's basically a portable PS5 but with twice the RAM, added screen and battery, and yet the price is still very affordable. There will be a lot of people (like me) who buy it and don't even really buy new games for it. As a Mac user, I'm buying this to be sort of a part-time portable Windows device that can run some X86-only software and RTS games on that I've purchased over the years, as it's waaaaay cheaper than any laptop or even a mini PC that has similar capabilities. Valve has done something amazing here. I have a feeling a lot of DIY users will find creative things to do with their Steam Deck that have nothing to do with gaming because of its specs and price. For instance, you could hook up a USB-C dock and run a very capable home server on it. The possibilities will be endless.
@@mbvglider it's not a portable PS5 at all though?
@@detoi4371 Hardware-wise it basically is?
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Who isn't watching this channel? Honestly, why go anywhere else for gaming performance reviews. Y'all killin' it as usual, thanks for the extreme work and effort!
Unlike others, i bet he wouldn't fall for a hoax like Hyperloop,...
Because for a lot of people there is just too much data! Don't get me wrong I love these video's and Gamers Nexus, but for the majority of gamers these videos just aren't interesting to them. These people just want to game and want to know if the components they are buying deliver a good gaming experience for the money. Going all in on frametimes, the temperature of the power delivery chip and exact power usage during every thinkable scenario just leaves these users confused because they don't care. The work Gamers Nexus does is very interesting to me, you and the other subscribers of GN and is very important for the industry, but it isn't for everyone!
Because for the average person looking to buy this, they just want to know how well it runs games
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As an embedded software engineer who works with RT OS', the game testing with user input is imo a much better testing method as it includes the OS interrupt, context switches and driver overheads. It may not be much but it's more representative of a real user experience.
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Not to be rude Im sure you are a smart dude and all but Im pretty sure the system is not being interrupted with input tasks but rather always processing input no matter what.
@@Nobbie248 i think he is referring to interrupts which is a term in processors that allows a CPU to take inputs, multitask, etc
@@mumtahidakash the only system interrupts that are going to actually drain battery in a testable capacity is if you are pressing the steam button constantly, other then that its not worth testing
You guys are the ONLY ones who do anything close to this level of detail. I'm glad to have been able to be a very, very small part of the support that lets you guys do this.
Really interested in 3 things:
1. Gaming performance of SteamOS vs Windows on the Steam Deck
2. Gaming performance of the Steam Deck vs a very similar PC setup
3. Gaming performance of the Steam Deck vs various PCs at the same price point
agree with 1 rhough for 2 and 3 do remember the steam deck exists as a handheld device, as linus says, it's like comparing a BMW to a tesla
I don't think comparing this device to any PC is really apples to apples. You can't carry a desktop tower on a plane. Steam Deck is cheaper than any gaming laptop, cheaper than most latest-gen GPUs, and half the price of "competing" handhelds.
No 400$ PC will come close to this tbh.
This is the same price as the oled switch. But far more capable and offers over better quality.
I too would still be interested in windows performance. Most people who buy a PC do other things than just game. If this thing can give me decent performance for some basic PC needs, it makes it an even greater value. I would get this over, say, an MS surface even as someone potentially considering a surface (obviously not for gaming).
People always like to say "apples to apples" but I don't think that's always how a person shops. If you have to pick ONE tech thing to spend money on, you might very well put this up against a laptops, a tablet, etc. I wouldn't even mind a comparison against PCs/Laptops at double the price point. Having a good idea of exactly where this sits and deciding for yourself if the portability is worth giving up XYZ just makes sense from a consumer standpoint.
@@alexcrowl yeah, comparing the steam deck to a similar PC desktop is just useless, 1 every gpu right now is expensive AF and portability cannot be done with a desktop specially running on a battery, it's a totally different product, and honestly at 400 dollars not a single PC can have those features at that price right now, the cheaper RDNA 2 card is 200 dollars and is a waste of money because of the PCIE lanes and the VRAM, and the Steam deck yeah just has 8 CUs but it has a 800p screen, a CPU and 16 GB of Ram, is insane
Honestly, I respect Valve's bravery in sending a review model to Gamers Nexus, considering how brutal Steve has been known to be.
This also highlights my general methodology when watching reviews. I watch reviewers like Linus to get a general feel for the device, then I watch GN to get the deep dive into the facts and figures of the device.
Over all, all of this is well within my expectations of the Steam Deck so far.
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Pretty Impressive Review! I love the fact that GN explains their methodology. It would be awesome if the same was done for game benchmarks (if not built in benchmark, what section was used to measure).
Yeah, most content creators are just alike " it was a smooth experience."
@@michaelcorcoran8768 Most people don't need such an autistic deep dive for literally everything.
@@neondemon5137 Yeah, most people have low standards.
@@neondemon5137 most are fools and fools are easily parted with their money. Research big ticket items before you commit to a purchase.
@@Chance57 it’s harder to research these days because products are given to influencers instead of independent journalists. This is a major problem w/ vehicles at the moment. Some journalists are talking about it but most aren’t. Long story longer cars are being given to influencers first and they get to journalists when they get to them if ever.
Great in depth review. For some reason this is the first GN video in a while not to show up as a suggestion on the front page of UA-cam. I knew this was coming today and went specifically to your channel to find it. I watch almost every video you put up so it was surprising this wasn't recommended.
I've been following the channel for many years now, and this is by far the best video edit so far. Not only because the amount of data, but the cuts and the methodology explanations are spot on. A step up in GN's game. I know this quality level takes a lot of time to achieve, but this is really setting a new standard for the channel. Incredibly well done.
Finally ! Can't wait, thanks in advance for all the hard work I'm sure the GN team has put into this
I can speak to the quality of the coasters, they look great and are really well built. I was a bit concerned the odd shape would make setting cans and such on them unstable, but somehow it doesn't. I've been very happy with them.
This guy is a paid actor. 😏
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@@pekirt well damn sign me up for getting paid in coasters!. if I didn't have to pay a plumber tomorrow, I'd check out right now. Until I know how deep in the hole I am....i've got 2 sets waiting in the cart
Y'all are really on point with how much of a breakdown you gave this thing.
I saw other reviews and their segment of looking at the heat just came down to putting a heat sensor on the deck and not actually breaking it down on what exactly is causing the most heat generated.
Thank you, Steve and the whole GN team, for the obsessive attention to every detail in every review you prepare and post. And it's only been getting better, day after day, year after year.
You guys are an absolute gift to the community! You have my utmost respect!
Im extremely excited for the steamdeck. I don't even travel that much, but I still would enjoy it all wrapped up in such a package. Lazy couch gaming!
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I like how computer hardware reviewers have now the same tech as engineers that design fighter jets lol.
"Spared no expense"
Seriously though it does give some cool insights into the hardware that I couldn't otherwise get
They cant hide BS if the reviewers have the same or better testing then the company who made it.
I love the new angles at the workbench and that you are putting that space to use!
just getting into your channel and this is the typa analysis we need in the lands please make these forever!
Such a great little piece of engineering. Especially the balancing act they've gone through to keep all of the components reasonably cooled.
I'm excited to get one, assuming it won't get scalped.
It's really cool (hah) that GN showed the reasoning behind the cooling solution. I have already reserved a deck, the first emails are supposed to go out at the end of the month so hopefully I'll have one soon
Depends on how many they’ve made but no matter what, it will most certainly be scalped at least in the first few weeks after launch. But the reservation process they came up with does seem to make a lot of sense.
@@Icetea-2000 yeah, they made it harder for scalpers as you can only reserve one deck per account plus a $5 required deposit is a great way to reduce scalpers.
@@Icetea-2000 Since it's a "want" and not a "need" I can simply wait for normal prices if it comes to that.
@@junko4166 just place a pre/back order with Steam, the sooner you do the sooner your wait will be over and you'll avoid scalpers. I've heard people say they think it will take people who order now a year wait
As someone who has worked in a Failure Analysis lab for an aerospace circuit board manufacturer, I am pretty impressed with your testing methodology in this video. You have really upped your game recently and you should feel proud. The only thing I can think of that I would have done differently (I am making some assumptions about data collection) in my lab would have been to conduct the thermal tests in an environmental chamber where I could very precisely control temperature and humidity.
Using a thermal chamber could also allow you to add another real world test like gaming outside during the summer.
I have no idea if any of the above is something you would be interested in, but the thermal chambers I used in the lab were almost all made by Espec. The one I have in mind right now would be a bench top chamber in their SU/SH line.
@Tony Ostrich
Or he can do it the real world way, and set up his test lab in his backyard during.summer. True real world test conditions.🤯🤔
Absolutely rocked it out of the park with this review. Really interesting seeing all the new review tools being applied. Good job GN!
Thank you for not just throwing numbers at the audience. You actually help digest some of the more technical aspects, and explain if something is relevant or not. This is much appreciated! Even small details in the review are well executed.
For anyone thinking about picking up the coasters: They're really nice. Made well, vibrant colors, grippy so drinks wont slide. I was a little worried drinks might tend to tip on them, but not at all... they were designed well! Get em!
Seconded, they are awesome. Only flaw is for coke-like plastic bottles with the nubs on the bottom, instead of a flat surface. Then the bottle can tip.
@@bdiddy77777 Yeah, that's probably true... like for the fan shaped one. Some of the other shapes would probably be ok.
@@FandangoJon The fan shape is actually completely level and has flat banks. Works great!
You deserve more upvotes but you're stuck on 69... so internet etiquette forbids me from doing so.
The production value of this vid was off the charts again. Really nice transisions and jam packed with informations and data. Hats off to the whole team!
I also loved the new camera angles of the teardown bench, power testing, etc.
Big red arrows too. No need to reinvent the wheel!
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I really like the more open style of filming in this episode; Instead of standing at the same set like 95% of the time, this more open approach filming kinda everywhere makes the video a lot more organic to watch
Omg, that heat analysis thing was so interesting! Thank you for this!
21:21 "no sleep (us too)" :D
Love the in depth review, and it gives me a better appreciation for the type of company valve is positioning itself as. I don't know of many other companies that would give reviewers access to its own internal testing data, as well as simulation visualizations.
Great job on the review!
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I hope the deck is really successful. I’m a switch owner and would love the market pushed to make devices like these better and more common
Except nobody wants devices like these.
@@iankemp2627 speak for yourself. Been waiting for handheld pcs that doesnt cost $900+ for having mid performance. having 1 grand will just make people save a little bit more and get themselves an actual gaming pc.
Techs like steam deck is absolutely sought-after these days lemme tell ya. and NOPE, deck wont replace your gaming rig, that defeats the purpose of it in the first place
@@iankemp2627 you're tripping.
@@iankemp2627 The thing has preorders well into next year and you're saying nobody wants them? There are a lot of people putting their money down to prove you wrong.
@@RAHelllord yeah? In a world where scalping is so prevalent, you think pre-order numbers are a legitimate metric to gage interest?
When you first launched your coasters, I ordered immediately because I knew they'd be sold out for months; to hear that they had sold out in only 36 hours! Your coasters have remedied the coaster lifting with the glass and clattering on the floor. I love them so much honestly
I just use thermos, but I'm built different.
Just ordered the coasters to support work like this. You rock! Keep up the great reviews :)
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I know GN doesn't really have any interest in VR but I would love to see a thermals and airflow breakdown like this for the Oculus Quest 2. It amazes me that the thing produces the graphics it does with no visible vents, and the thing not burning your face.
Yes! Would love to see how to optimize thermals/battery life and if liquid metal would be practical or not.
well that's mostly because it runs on a mobile soc, a tweaked sd 865 if i recall correctly
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Great work guys! Really appreciate yall going the extra mile. Pretty stoked about this release!
God bless you Steve. I was hoping for some in-depth coverage after the embargo lift, and you more than delivered. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these after launch!
35 mins of Gamers Nexus oh boy, about to have great time, loving the effort you guys put in every video you make!
The DEFINITIVE Valve Steam Deck review. Incredible stuff as always.
They have even tested RT. More reviewers should do this. Very impressive its running 30 FPS in Ghostrunner. Especially considering that UE4 RT implementation destroys performance.
WOW this is crazy in depth, I never expected to see a review like this, this is very interesting
As soon as I saw your coasters I ordered some! Thank you for all of the work that you put into your videos.
I'd love to see a performance comparison between Windows and SteamOS on the software video!
I would be seriously interested in OpenGL benchmarks considering how bad AMDs support of it on windows is.
@@lordmoose213 Mesa's OpenGL drivers are very good so I'd expect SteamOS to be better there than Windows.
@@teddyfrozevelt im expecting that too, but i would am interested in seeing actual numbers.
@@lordmoose213 Can you remind me of any games that aren't so laughably old they'll run on a mouldy potato that actually use OpenGL? Last time I recall having to mess with OpenGL settings was in Descent 3 because the DirectX (called Direct 3D back then) implementation was buggy... That was 23 years ago...
@@andersjjensen the main things I can think of off the top of my head are modded Minecraft, (which admittedly won’t run incredibly no matter what but still runs a lot worse on AMD gpus), a lot of emulators and older games also use OpenGL. Doom 2016 used OpenGL until it was ported to Vulcan. IIRC blender also uses OpenGL. Though it probably should not be, it’s still relied on for many things.
I really love all the reviews from your new location, but especially this one! Taking us into all the different rooms and testing setups, walking through it and referencing everything, and the changes in scenery marking changes in the review is really nice. One thing I would love for you to do for case, fan, and console reviews is to add a boosted audio of the sound profile of the devices. A louder fan or system can actually sound way nicer to a person depending on the pitch and timbre of the fan and wind. It would be great to get some insight on this considering how in depth the rest of the review is. Thanks for all you do GN, and congrats on the new location!
Great stuff as always! Thankful to have an outlet so focused on verifiable data.
Got my GN 3D coasters in the first run and they are absolutely fantastic. May order more in the future. Great video, Steve and team!
Dead Cells is the exact type of game, along with older and Emulation stuff, that I'd play the most of the Deck. Great review guys.
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Would this be good for Switch emulation?
@@xinniethep00h No.
Yeah, I have a Switch and really just for 2 reasons:
1) Nintendo exclusives
2) games that specifically lend themselves best to the form factor's low-spec. Lonely Mountains Downhill, Darkest Dungeon, Axiom Verge, Undertale, stuff like that.
@@xinniethep00h switch emulation like Yuzu takes a LOT of horsepower. You might get away with some Wii U games (Cemu has gotten pretty good) but it's best to stick with emulating older stuff on this guy.
Despite the time crunch you guys had to be under you still made an extremely well shot and put together video. Very excited to get a Steam Deck myself. You guys rock
Thanks for all the hard work and long hours on this one!
Oh damn, this is really awesome! All the work you poured into this detailed analysis is just fantastic. Just as well as the degree of cooperation you apparently achieved with Valve! This is seriously impressive and really interesting! Thanks guys!
This methodology and completeness is why you guys are so important. You are doing thankless work and is the reason I watch your videos. Keep up the fantastic coverage.
Not thankless, they can afford a massive office, they do good work and are rewarded for it
Really liking the newer style of discussing the chapters in the respective areas. Felt like a keynote. Anyway, back to you Steve.
Every time I watch a GN video I'm amazed at the quality of the editing. I see you, editors, and you're appreciated!
The thermal design walkthrough was incredible, I'm blown away by the quality of this piece
Thank you for this Steve, glad to know the hardware is competent and enjoyed the lesson on negative pressure setups. Looking forward to hearing about the memory expansion thing touted from the beginning and hearing the entire staffs opinion on its ergonomics and ease of use.
Incredible effort Steve and team. Thank you for all you do!
What a great hardware review, good luck to every other outlet. Really like the new format of going to the different sections of GN headquarters and explaining the process there instead of talking heads or 3d generated images.
Fricken cool beans! I love how you explain the validity of your testing techniques and their limitations. I got 2 T-shirts OTW. I need a set of coasters!
You've summoned me?
Nice work on the improved communication format per 'scene' with on-location A-roll with each subject.
Keeps you engaged more. Not that I wasn't before, but it could draw in some more watchtime with newer viewers.
Also, I almost forgot as we are used(spoiled) to it by now, excellent work and reporting!
The steam deck is such a nice complete package. All its missing is variable refresh rate to allow frame caps at 40 or 50 fps
@Tomoe even an SD card slot would be noice
Now I know there is an SD slot
@@ryanvandoren1519 boy do I have some good news for you
@@ryanvandoren1519 there is an sd card slot
@@ryanvandoren1519 that was one of the main pitches
There are many PC games that also have frame rate limiting options in the game menu but it would be nice for games that don't.
I'm just incredibly impressed with the rigor and attention to detail here. Wow!
Now, this is the kind of testing that I subbed for.
Awesome work GN team.
As far as 8 hour claims go, Linus mentioned (as a positive) that the brightness for the screen can go super low (and still look nice). I expect that's going to be part of the different test setup valve got higher numbers on.
They didn't test it with solitaire. That's gaming too.
I'm someone who doesn't play full brightness so this is nice, I usually have my devices at 30-60%
Who's Linus?
@@PianoBlackTrimRep. Linus is the main personality and owner for Linus Media Group which runs the Short Circuit and Linus Tech Tips UA-cam channels amongst other things. They are one of the three media outlets (and the biggest of those) to get Steam Deck's with authorisation to make preview content. There are multiple videos from them, presented by Linus, with hands on hardware preview coverage of the Steam Deck. Linus specifically is afaik the biggest techie UA-camr and is an engaging host with a tendancy to drop things. He's also smart enough to have filled his business with lots of other very talented people. Who spend a lot of time yelling "Linus no!" right before he accidentally breaks something. In this case he managed to snap in half the SD card Valve sent with the Deck.
@@cbot375 I'm honestly intending to use it on minimum brightness, locked to 30 FPS on low intensity games on a regular basis so I'll be interested to see if I do get the full I hours sometimes. (Not to say I won't also run high intensity stuff at 60fps on high brightness too.)
wow very impressed by the detailed analysis and also really liked the input of information from valve!
I love this channel so much, like cmon. You guys are insane!!
Millions of kudos for preparing this video. Absolutely fantastic.
Nothing against Linus and im most certainly going to watch his video right after this, but I want to watch Steve’s analytical coverage first. Then I can fanboy over how cool it is with linus afterwards!
Same, im on the same boat
The fact that Linus has uploaded about the same thing almost about the same way on 2 different channels, tell me he really wants all them views.
Everything against Linus
i did the opposite love them both
I just unsuscribed from all the ltt channels. I don't want to be called a pirate for using adblock for security and privacy purposes. Also i just got tired of their childish videos and community.
Just wanted to comment that we LOVE the coasters, have ordered for home and office and everyone that has seen them thinks they are amazing!
Man you go all in on your reviews. That's why we love you guys
this channel has really come a long way. really happy for you guys at GN!
Amazing in-depth review on a console that would potentially change the gaming space, as Valve has done time and time again! Wonderful job done!
I feel lucky to have GN doing such intensive testing on a brand new device!
Fantastic content as usual. One addition I might like to see on thermals is a set of thermal imaging shots of the device to really illustrate where the heat generating components are located in relation to other components.
This is what i call a genious of testing. Great work man, great work!
This was a really well filmed review, engaging and exciting, not to mention more in depth than I possibly could have imagined. Thank you
Seeing the airflow has to be the coolest part of these reviews
The schlieren photography is so cool, you really don't find that woth any other reviewer. Awesome 👍!
I absolutely love the coasters, very cool how they hold the drink at certain points within the texture
I didn't expect you to have THIS much info!
I'm genuinely blown away by what Valve has accomplished here. The Steam Deck is quickly shaping up to be the best handheld on the market.
Wish I could get one lol. I should just pre-ordered.
@@Noodlepunk
You should definitely preorder. You won't get one as soon as a lot of people but it's definitely going to be a device worth having at the very least.
When you get the notification for LTT but you run to GN because you know that means the embargo is lifted
I excpected overkill testing ... and you didn't disappoint. Jood job.
Though I am a little surprised that you guys were amongst the few outlets to receive a unit.
Amazing work , congratulations to the entire team. Thanks a lot for this coverage
You guys always go into way more detail than anyone else, but you've really outdone yourselves here. This level of in-depth review is awesome. Keep it up!
As someone who majored in Aerospace Engineering and longtime fan (pun intended), I'm really excited that y'all have expanded your data collection to Fluid Dynamics topics! Its a nice to see Schlieren, Bernoulli and PQ charts being brought into your analysis. Keep up the fantastic content.
love how hard these guys work and getting details right