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The default behavior of the Deck in game mode is to output a native resolution signal to the monitor but still run games at 1280x800 and upscale with FSR.

You can alter the resolution the games will run in via the properties for each game. Naturally what resolution you can run a game well at is going to vary *wildly* by game.

In desktop mode it will behave more like a normal PC and just output at the resolution you select just like on any other desktop PC.

The frame's foveated streaming is a separate thing from foveated rendering. Foveated streaming does nothing to reduce the rendering load on the hardware running the game, it just reduces the network bandwidth required.

You might be interested to know that when connected to a PC and using Steam you can turn off the controller quickly with PS+Triangle.

The issue with just using the geometry from the 3D engine/api and rendering it as stereoscopic is that not everything occupies a specific location in space.

Most notable are UIs which are going to vary wildly in exactly how they're drawn. Also anything that works on screen space or per pixel basis is going to behave in strange ways.

None of it is unsolvable, but it's definitely nontrivial.

Alright, my bad, though you still haven't provided a link to any of these.

Also, from what I can see that 8645HS iGPU does not match a PS5 in performance and has exactly the same iGPU as the 8700G. It's not even close to a PS5's performance.

...none of the processors you list seem to exist? The only "7800" ryzen is the 7800X3D which retails for more than that by itself, let alone in a complete system, and I highly doubt you mean the A10 7800 which is over a decade old. No AMD CPU or APU that I can find has ever been branded as 8800 or 8900.

The closest and highest end match to any of those numbers, the 8700G, falls well short of a PS5. There's no way it counts as close unless you're talking astronomical scales and "within an order of magnitude" is considered "close". The iGPU on the 8700G being a newer architecture than the RDNA2 in the PS5 doesn't make up for the fact that the PS5 has *three times as many* compute units.

I'll happily eat crow if you can link to one of these alleged $300-$400 PCs.

I think you misunderstand. It was painful *for Valve* to cut the margin so thin, assuming they kept one at all.

According to Valve's messaging at least the Deck launched at the lowest price they possibly could manage.

I'd like to see a link to a parts list that provides PS5 level performance for $300 in *any* form factor.

To your last point, back when the Steam Deck launched they described its price point at the time as "painful" but felt it was necessary. Turns out they made the right call and it was wildly successful, so hopefully they stay the course on "painful" pricing.

The place I work *says* they do this and will claim with a straight face that our sprints are budgeted to allow approximately 20% slack time.

This is of course not even remotely true in any practical sense. I have not received an explanation for how it's even *possible* when sprint targets are intentionally set at slightly more than was done in the previous sprint, every sprint.

Steam may share shaders between linux users with the same GPU, but I'm not sure.

It does.

What are the nature of the complaints? Just the game compatibility issues mentioned above, or something else?

You're going to need to be more specific. You can use installed GE versions of proton in game mode without any plugins at all.

What, exactly, are you trying to do?

I'm from Canada and had to explain to border officers what my accommodations and means of personal support would be for a two week stay in the US. I was almost denied entry because I wasn't carrying sufficient cash on hand.

That was almost twenty years ago.

... I'm struggling to understand what you mean by "wider". As in the physical size? It is slightly larger, but even so why is that a factor?

Yes

I have a suspicion that was omitted purposefully to prevent people from just sharing their raw saved replays. Since if you *have* to clip you'll never end up with people sharing full minute videos where the interesting bit was the last five seconds.

This is of course just my own supposition from assuming they had a reason for the omission and thinking about what that reason might be

Windows on a handheld is just bad. It's that simple. A Steam Deck competitor needs a handheld friendly controller focused interface that is at least as good as Valve's. Our just straight up ship with Steam OS and *use* Valve's.

SteamOS still has many instances of awkward UX and some frankly broken behavior, especially while trying to use community features, it's just that every other offering has been *worse*.

95% as soon as I unplugged it

This is normal for the Deck and is done to help extend battery life. Keeping a battery at 100% charge for extended periods accelerates its degredation. The Deck will charge to 100%, and you should see this if you immediately take it off the charger as soon as it finishes charging, but then lets it drain down to about 95% and maintain there if you just leave it plugged in.