valve, Nintendo Switch to the mobile game console market, which has become popular again with Steam Deck said hello with However, Valve, which went for a different choice in terms of hardware, came up with X86-based AMD processor hardware instead of an ARM-based processor. In this sense, we are faced with a game console that can also be used as a portable computer. This device SteamOS It has a Linux-based operating system. However, Valve Steam Deck users for Windows 10 gave the good news. Windows 11 users do not have this support yet.
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Windows 10 support has arrived for Steam Deck, Windows 11 is on the way
Valve, the next generation mobile game console Steam Deck for Windows 10 published driver support. Thus, users had the opportunity to install Windows 10 on this device if they wanted to. However, Steam Deck does not currently offer Windows 11 support. On the basis of this, for the AMD processor in the console fTPM The reason lies in the fact that the software is not ready yet.
As you know Windows 11 You need TPM hardware to install. AMD, on the other hand, does not need TPM hardware for some of its processors, but software TPM. fTPM offered support. Steam Deck if for now to FTPM support does not have. In this sense, Valve, Steam Deck will release Windows 11 drivers for Windows 11 after this fTPM support.
Valve has released it for Steam Deck users. Windows 10 driver support It covers the AMD processor as well as the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers. For now Steam Deck Sound drivers are not available yet. In this sense, users will have to use a wireless headset when they install Windows 10 for Steam Deck. AMD and Valve are working on audio driver support.
Steam Deck also does not have support for switching between the two operating systems. So for now SteamOSYou need to uninstall and install Windows 10. However, it is known that Valve is also working on this feature.
Steam Deck and its specifications
| Processor: CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5 GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32) GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6 GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32) APU power consumption: 4-15W |
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| RAM: 16GB LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT/s) | |
| Storage: 64GB eMMC (PCIe Gen 2 x1), 256GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4), 512GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4) | |
| Screen: Resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels (16:10) Size: 7 inches Brightness: 400 nits Refresh rate: 60 Hz Touch support: Yes | |
| OS: SteamOS 3.0, Windows 10 support | |
| Size and Weight: 298 x 117 x 49 mm Weight: Approx. 669 grams | |
| Connection: 1 x USB-A 3.1 Port, 2 x USB-A 2.0 Ports, Ethernet, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0, Bluetooth 5.0 Dual-band Wi-Fi radio, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, 2 x 2 MIMO, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
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| Price: 64GB version: 399 dollars (approximately 3 thousand 420 TL + taxes) 256GB version: 529 dollars (approximately 4 thousand 500 TL + taxes) 512GB version: 649 dollars (approximately 5 thousand 600 TL + taxes) |
Starting with Gameboy mobile game console The story came to a different level with the Sony PSP. However, it was Nintendo Switch that revived this market. Valve, on the other hand, is pursuing success for the first time in the field of hardware, where it has not been successful until now. Steam Deck is a custom AMD APU system that incorporates a quad-core Zen 2 CPU and an 8-core RDNA 2 graphics unit. This powerful hardware structure allows the console to play many high-end games at high performance.