Chinese websites are testing and breaking NDAs for Steam Deck which is giving us some interesting insights as to how it will perform. And with the power of google... We can translate these websites!
I will post some tidbits that I found interesting but remember that this is translated and they are testing the Dev kit which is hard to tell what the difference between it and the release versions are so there could be more improvements or differences.
Shadow of Tomb Raider:
- Built in Benchmark
- First of all, we set the picture to the preset high quality in the image setting options. Through the benchmark test, we got an average number of frames of 36 frames
- Then after we lowered the image quality a bit, and then reduced the image quality a little bit, we can see that the frame rate performance in the game test has risen to more than 60 frames.
Doom:
- In the game, we set the game quality to medium in the advanced mode.
- In the medium quality, we can see that the number of frames of the game basically fluctuates around 60 frames.
Cyberpunk 2077:
- After about three hours of playing, the power of SteamDeck dropped from 100% to 46%. Agency did not explain the difference between these developer versions and the final version, but it is still being optimized.
- We set the picture quality in the game to be high. We can obviously feel the freeze, and the number of frames fluctuates between 20 and 30 frames, but "Cyberpunk 2077" The picture quality is very comfortable.
- At this time, after a long period of games, the back of the game is indeed a little hot, but thanks to the area of the handheld and the setting of the air outlet, the temperature of the entire machine is within an acceptable range.
- Through the thermometer, we can see that the temperature on the back of the back is around 42.6°C, while the temperature at the grip is around 29°C.
Other notes:
- The Steam Deck is indeed very heavy. The weight of 669g is approximately equal to two NSs, but its size is not small, but its weight is shared. After using it for a day, I don’t even feel much tired
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
