Valve announces the SteamDeck

gadget73 · 30 Jun 2022 at 22:47

yup a big jump for the 512gb in general perhaps the doubling of production will mean i might get mine alittle earlier than i'd hoped for

it will be interesting if they have doubled production how quickly the order times increase it was a jump of around 35 minutes which is huge compared to whats gone before.

kakarott · 1 Jul 2022 at 07:28

CGrieves said:
Works for me. With the deck psu through the dock, charge time shows the same as with the psu directly attached.

Does the dock get really hot? Have you noticed any issues?

Rilot · 1 Jul 2022 at 09:06

Got my email last night. All paid and now really excited.

StarShock · 1 Jul 2022 at 11:11

jonneymendoza · 1 Jul 2022 at 11:14

First thing I did on my deck was install my coding IDE software, grabbed one of my personal projects and build compiled and ran it hehe

CGrieves · 1 Jul 2022 at 15:20

kakarott said:
Does the dock get really hot? Have you noticed any issues?

Yeah pretty toasty, seems to be BAU for USB-C devices these days. If I plug my Surface Pro 8 into it, it goes full-on nuclear. No issues caused so far though.

unKle · 1 Jul 2022 at 16:04

Mine has arrived. I really shouldn't get this excited about a toy at 51, but...

Rilot · 1 Jul 2022 at 21:50

unKle said:
Mine has arrived. I really shouldn't get this excited about a toy at 51, but...

When did you complete your order?

unKle · 1 Jul 2022 at 22:14

Completed on the 27th. Dispatch email on 29th. Parcel Force delivery this afternoon.

Edit:

Only had a quick look at it this afternoon, updated/charged up.

Installed Spelunky 2, Descenders, Vampire survivors. Had a quick go to check it all working OK before going to work.

Looking forward to putting it through it's paces this weekend and learn a bit more about it, as I'd like to install the games from my pc rather than over WiFi. Not looked into that yet.

Mull3t · 2 Jul 2022 at 07:20

I picked up the Dockteck 7-1 hub and after giving it a try performance with games is awful (feels more like sub 30fps on most games), is this normal or am I missing some setting somewhere? Also have issues where sometimes when I boot a game clean it doesn’t register the keyboard and mouse (so then have to quit and reboot the game).

When docking the deck I’m enabling desktop mode and booting everything from there.

Wizzkidy · 2 Jul 2022 at 14:34

Got my email yesterday and just ordered now, 512gb

Looking forward to trying it but I see they are going for a tidy sum on eBay!

CGrieves · 2 Jul 2022 at 16:29

Mull3t said:
I picked up the Dockteck 7-1 hub and after giving it a try performance with games is awful (feels more like sub 30fps on most games), is this normal or am I missing some setting somewhere? Also have issues where sometimes when I boot a game clean it doesn’t register the keyboard and mouse (so then have to quit and reboot the game).

When docking the deck I’m enabling desktop mode and booting everything from there.

Never tried a game from desktop mode, but obvs if you attach a 4k monitor and run a 3d game at 4k, the little deck is going to struggle whatever.

Upscaling 720p from the regular game menu seemed to work fine on mine.

Mull3t · 2 Jul 2022 at 19:00

CGrieves said:
Never tried a game from desktop mode, but obvs if you attach a 4k monitor and run a 3d game at 4k, the little deck is going to struggle whatever.

Upscaling 720p from the regular game menu seemed to work fine on mine.

Do you dock and launch from game mode? Whenever I do this it doesn’t pick up the M&K.

I’m using a spare 1080p monitor.

CGrieves · 2 Jul 2022 at 21:14

Mull3t said:
Do you dock and launch from game mode? Whenever I do this it doesn’t pick up the M&K.

I’m using a spare 1080p monitor.

Yep, I just power the deck on and attach the dock from the library screen. Deck screen goes blank and the monitor takes over.

kakarott · 3 Jul 2022 at 05:06

Anyone using any skins? Gonna try the yellow skin from extremeakins and their edge to edge TG.

Mull3t · 3 Jul 2022 at 07:50

CGrieves said:
Yep, I just power the deck on and attach the dock from the library screen. Deck screen goes blank and the monitor takes over.

Thanks, suspect I’m doing something wrong or a setting somewhere. I’ll have a look.

unKle · 3 Jul 2022 at 11:28

kakarott said:
Anyone using any skins? Gonna try the yellow skin from extremeakins and their edge to edge TG.

Yeh I ordered one, coming tomorrow from XtremeSkins, gone for the black camo.

kakarott · 3 Jul 2022 at 13:01

unKle said:
Yeh I ordered one, coming tomorrow from XtremeSkins, gone for the black camo.

Do let me know how it goes please.

kinger8938 · 3 Jul 2022 at 19:30

Are there any go to accessories yet like screen protectors or a stand that's recommended?

kinger8938 · 4 Jul 2022 at 11:39

Had my shipping email from steam

No info on it really just the tracking info which doesn't say much yet.

Hopefully a matter of days. (ordered last thursday batch)