Can install Windows 11, crack games and even Epic Games Store on Steam Deck

Steam Deck will create a new revolution.

As we reported, after a lot of leaked rumors in May, Valve officially announced the Steam Deck, a handheld game console that will be released later this year, promising to rival directly from the newly launched Nintendo Switch and Switch OLED handheld game consoles.

The Steam Deck has a similar design to that of the Nintendo Switch but is slightly larger with the features of a complete PC Gaming. It runs a version of Valve’s operating system called SteamOS, complete with an interface similar to today’s other consoles and easy access to Steam. It can output to a removable screen as well as allowing users to install any 3rd party application.

In terms of hardware, Steam Deck has a 7-inch LCD screen with 60HZ refresh rate, 1280×800 resolution, equipped with AMD’s custom CPU with 4 cores, 8 threads, 8 RDNA 2 compute units for GPU and 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Practically speaking, that makes it significantly more powerful than the Switch, allowing it to run impressively current titles. In the introductory video, the Steam Deck can play Jedi Fallen Order at High Settings.

It has a control button system on the sides including two main scroll buttons, a D-pad and a four-button layout. There are also two touchpads – one on either side of the machine, under the thumbs – for added precision. The Steam Deck has eight triggers on its back. The Steam Deck will run the games in the user’s Steam account’s game inventory. Players will simply need to log into their account, and their friends and catalog will follow them on the handheld. The Steam Deck is capable of running titles like Baldur’s Gate 3, Crusader Kings 3, Disco Elysium, Hades and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order smoothly.

In an interview with IGN, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said: “Steam Deck can run pretty much anything that you can run on a regular PC when you can both play games and work, web visits and online video viewing.”

During the Steam Deck experience, IGN also said that gamers can completely remove the pre-installed SteamOS and replace it with Windows. While that will likely affect the Steam Deck’s gaming performance (since this new version of SteamOS is optimized for Steam Deck hardware), it means gamers can install any what applications do you normally use on your PC (even installing crack games). Gamers can even install the Epic Games Store (Steam’s rival) to play the free games that the platform gives away every week.

The Steam Deck will be available in three different capacities and prices, with the same size and configuration. The cheapest version costs 399 USD (equivalent to 9 million VND) with 64 GB of storage. Next is the 256GB version of storage that costs 529 USD (more than 12 million VND) and the most expensive version costs 649 USB (nearly 15 million VND) with 512 GB of space and an anti-glare screen. The Steam Deck doesn’t have an official release date yet, but it’s currently set for a 2021 holiday release.

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