The Steam Deck is a brilliant gaming handheld from Valve. But it might not be right for everyone. In this video, I pose several questions that should help you decide if the Steam Deck is right for you and your gaming needs.
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# What are your machines specs?
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00:00 - Do I need a Steam Deck
00:27 - What kind of games do you play
01:41 - Sponsored Segment
03:21 - Are your favorite games compatible with the Deck
05:27 - How can you tell if an "Unsupported" game will actually work
05:48 - And what if your favorite game truly is incompatible
06:38 - I've already got a good gaming rig
07:30 - I'm a PC Gamer and I already have a Switch
08:14 - Conclusion
#steamdeck #valvesoftware #pcgaming
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# What are your machines specs?
Office Rig:
* AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
* MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
* AMD RX VEGA 64
* GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
* Fractal Design Define R9 Case
* Manjaro GNOME
Living Room Gaming Rig:
* ASUS X99-E-10G WS
* Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.2GHz
* NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
* DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)
Backup Rig
* System76 Thelio Minor
* AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
* DDR4 16GB RAM
* Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB
Home Server:
* ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
* AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
* Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
* DDR3 20 GB RAM
Funky Choon (a.k.a. The Linux Gamer Theme Song) by Brothers Nylon https://youtu.be/njrIkXpB7oU
This Work is protected under the Authoral Integrity License (AIL): https://github.com/heavyelement/ail/
00:00 - Do I need a Steam Deck
00:27 - What kind of games do you play
01:41 - Sponsored Segment
03:21 - Are your favorite games compatible with the Deck
05:27 - How can you tell if an "Unsupported" game will actually work
05:48 - And what if your favorite game truly is incompatible
06:38 - I've already got a good gaming rig
07:30 - I'm a PC Gamer and I already have a Switch
08:14 - Conclusion
#steamdeck #valvesoftware #pcgaming
