I realize I’m probably in the minority here, but do they have an option at the original 1280x800? I don’t want my games performance to tank, and I find that resolution to be perfectly comfortable.
I realize I’m probably in the minority here, but do they have an option at the original 1280x800?
Wouldn’t it then make more sense to sell you LCD Deck and buy an OLED one? Whether you buy an extra screen or the added cost of a new OLED one, the price difference should be in the same ballpark. Not to mention the risk of damage and the need for a modified BIOS. New warranty on the OLED model would be an added bonus.
you can always just run the games at that resolution
Yes, but they will have to be upscaled somehow, which will noticeably reduce clarity.
FSR2/XeSS upscaling pretty much acts as free anti aliasing, making it look better. And you get better UI rendering.
I personally find the sharpened look of FSR to look really bad to the point where I prefer conventional bilinear upscaling, not to mention that using FSR also uses precious compute time on weaker systems.
FSR1 is pretty bad as it’s just upscaling the static image, I agree.
FSR2/3, XeSS and DLSS are temporal, meaning they use info from the previous frames to construct a higher resolution image that gives much better results. They also need to be implemented in the game engine, meaning not every game supports them.That might explain why I don’t have the highest opinion of FSR. I’ve only used it in Counter Strike 2 and Godot. I’ve never tried XeSS or DLSS but thanks to your comment I just learned that XeSS can apparently run non intel GPU vendors from their github page
That’s fair. I’d just rather not pay for pixels I won’t use (/s)
i think screens look blurry in the wrong resolution. i always rather use it in the native resolution. that effect will probably be more noticeable in a low ppi screen like the deck’s.
There’s also an argument to be made for the pixels not being an ideal multiple. Maybe it matters less when there are 3440x1440 of them on a traditional screen, but the blurriness caused by this effect at small screen sizes is quite noticeable on text.
Shit like this is why I won’t buy another handheld console again until they can smoothly run the latest games at at least 1440p 240hz (I was initially going to say 4K but 1440 is enough for a small screen IMO).
I don’t care if it takes a decade or more, I’m happy with my desktop; I’ll wait.
Shit like what? Someone else’s opinion?
Interesting. Something to look forward to in the future.
Now I’m also hoping for a more power dense battery.
You, and everybody else. I think everyone has been waiting on a new battery technology breakthrough for the past 10+ years.
Solid state batteries are the next leap we’re likely to see. They already exist but aren’t widely available for consumer products yet.
I don’t need any special advances in batteries, I just need “it’s possible to replace them” and “it’s possible to get them”.
I fear the price point on this will not be able to compete with just getting a new SteamDeck OLED
I think this more of test the water things, target audience are people whose screen broke and they hate e waste. that guy will spend extra not throw out hardware.
economies of scale could make it viable tho
