sc94597 on 28 May 2025
There are games the Steam Deck can handle (due to being more modern) that the last-gen consoles probably can't (without heavy modifications of course.)
Alan Wake 2 comes to mind. Here is it running on an RX 580 (GCN 4.0) -- a GPU that is about 2.5x the PS4's and much more modern than it.
Meanwhile the Steam Deck is able to play the game at a minimally playable state. Not the best in terms of visual quality and graphics, but it is at least playable.
There are some ways RDNA2 is just going to outclass any of the GCN architectures. Mesh Shader support, is one of them.
Last edited by sc94597 - on 28 May 2025
