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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not to mention you can just toss a 1tb SD card in, with no skills needed and only minimal cost difference.

Yes, accessing your data off an SD card is marginally slower than off an NVME ssd.... but we're talking, iirc, milliseconds. If it really bugs you later down the line, then you can upgrade the SSD.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Well, sometimes load times matter. In Borderlands 3 going off SD card instead of disc drive caused a minute or more of loading time when launching the game.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does it have a USB port to plug in my external hd filled with games?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Usb-c port, so yes, though you may need an adapter.... And a long cord.

Unless you also grab the dock, but then you also need a controller.

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

I'm a PC couch player, I've played with a controller for the last decade with my 75" TV.
I'd definitely get a dock for it.

You guys are selling me big time on this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I've been told (haven't done it myself) that the ps5 controller pairs extremely well with the steam deck + dock. I would ask around though- I have an actual Steam Controller that I use, myself, but I don't think you can buy those anymore.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You think a microSD is only marginally slower than an nvme SSD?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/x0wdd8/disk_benchmarks_results_emmc_vs_nvme_vs_microsdxc/

Found some benchmarks. Load times appear to be influenced by the CPU doing decompression. It's not the SD being as fast as a SSD, but rather the SSD bring as slow as a SD because of this. That's... interesting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Load times have always been bottlenecked by the CPU, so it's not a massive surprise that the SSD is about on par with a decent SD card.

On the PS4 an SSD was faster than a HDD, but not by a massive amount. At least it was quieter though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yep. At some point maybe Valve will change that, but for now, it's a great way to get a steam deck. And even if they do change/fix that later, you're not really missing out on anything- everything will be the same speed it always was for you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

In the steam decks case yeah.