Interesting.

I saw an article earlier today about the rumored new controller, and it's now confirmed to be true... like a post from MLID saying that Valve would reveal something today. 

We'll see how Valve prices it because, let's face it, the GPU isn't exactly great (what is it, a 7600M?) and those 8GB of VRAM could become a problem with newer games. But I still haven't checked the DF video.

The headset is also surprising. I thought they'd try to use the hardware of the Deck to make it easier to run games and other software, but ARM makes more sense.

I'm looking forward to the controller. I have an OG one from the fire sale when it was discontinued, should have bought two. And I have liked playing with it a lot.

It's a 7600M with somewhat more juice. Which could perform reasonably well but probably fall a bit short of consoles due to bandwidth bottlenecks.

Not that it matters much but it's odd that specs says display port 1.4 and hdmi 2.0. Does RDNA3 laptops not support DP2.1? Or maybe it's an error?

the 7600M has 32CUs  7600S has 28Cus  the steam machine GPU has 28Cus

The 7600M runs at 1.5GHz and boost to 2.41GHz the 7600m runs at 1.5GHz and boost to 2.2GHz  the Steam machine GPU will have a sustained 2.45GHz clock

The 7600M is rated at 90W The 7600S is rated at 75W the Steam Machine GPU is rated at 110W

So i say is a higher power higher clock 7600S.

Yeah, VRAM looks like is going to be the Achilles heel of the device, both in bandwidth and capacity.

I think they did support DP 2.1 but not the full bandwidth, but maybe I'm confusing it with the HDMI 2.1 port. 

It's also odd that they have an HDMI 2.1 device but they've decided to cut that to the 2.0 spec. But maybe they'll be able to fix that with a software update. After all, there's still time until launch.

TPU's database disagres with you on the CUs part: 28 https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-7600m.c4014

I stand corrected. The Steam Machine GPU is a higher power higher clock 7600M. The 7600S is a lower power lower clock 7600M.

They are all the same GPU except for power and clocks. 

Gamers Nexus and LTT have videos about the devices as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUxObt1efQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU3ru09HTng

So from the CPU perspective, it's basically a Ryzen 5 7640HS, while the GPU is a mobile Radeon 7600S/M with a slightly higher power budget (The 7600S like in my laptop has 75W TDP, the 7600M 90W and the new Steam Machine 110W.

It's a bit underwhelming, as is the 16GB RAM, but this also should allow it to be sold at a price that's very competitive to a PS5 or Series X while being considerably smaller and still more powerful then them, albeit just slightly.

Hopefully Valve will also bring out a new Steam deck soon. The current one really starts to get old and show it's age.

Speaking of Steam Deck, anybody tried installing/playing games from other stores like GOG on it?