“I think there will come a time when we’ll be able to enable that feature,” say its developers.
Steam Deck will arrive in homes this Christmas with the promise of offering access to all Steam games on a portable console with hybrid capabilities. Valve’s proposal won’t be that “Nintendo Switch Pro” that many crave, with a resolution of just 800p, but it will have enough power inside to ensure that all games run at least 30 FPS. Ultimately, Valve believes that Steam Deck is a console “future-proofed.” of video games, something that translates into the presence of certain technologies with a lot of potential.
In an interview for IGN, developer Pierre-Loup Griffais states that the use of a next-generation APU from AMD is. “an important factor.” In Steam Deck’s performance, as well as its memory speed. “We are employing the LPDDR5, which is completely new. in the industry,” adds engineer Yazan Aldehayyat. “I think this may be one of the first products to showcase this new memory technology. So, in that sense, this makes it very future-proof.“.
I think there will come a time when we can activate. [ray tracing]Pierre-Loup Griffais, ValveBut back to the brain of the beast, the hardware. RDNA 2 AMD’s Steam Deck is supposed to be technically capable of employing ray tracing. It’s a very intensive technology that right now is somewhat outside the console’s performance target, but Griffais believes that there will come a time when ray tracing can be employed on his console as its requirements are lowered. “I think there will come a time when we can. activate that feature and see the result,” says the Valve programmer.
Of course, Steam Deck will be compatible out of the box with. FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR).AMD’s new open technology to improve gaming performance through image rescaling. “We have been working closely with AMD in testing FSR and providing feedback throughout its development process. […] All games that support FSR work on this device.and FSR will perform just the way you expect it to”.
As mentioned at the beginning, the Steam Deck shipments will start in December of this year according to the order of reservations. A console that seeks to differentiate itself from Nintendo Switch, despite the superficial similarities, and that will offer an open platform to players. In fact, Gabe Newell has spoken precisely on this topic in his latest statements, stating that Steam Deck’s open approach is something that benefits us all, both consumers and the PC gaming market.
