The Steam Deck’s 7-inch screen is an LCD with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 60 Hz refresh rate at a 720p resolution of 1280x800. The system packs 16 GB of RAM and a microSD card slot, allowing users to expand upon the built-in storage.

The GPU contains eight RDNA 2 compute units running at up to 1.6 GHz, delivering peak performance of 1.6 teraflops. Its CPU is based on the company’s Zen 2 microarchitecture and tops out at 3.5 GHz. Inside, the Steam Deck boasts an accelerated processing unit (APU) built by AMD. Report: Valve making a Nintendo Switch-like gaming PC Players can also purchase a dock that allows the Steam Deck to run on a TV. Videos released by Valve show people using the Steam Deck to natively play games such as Baldur’s Gate 3, Crusader Kings 3, Disco Elysium, Hades, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The Steam Deck is capable of running PC games on its own hardware, without the power of the cloud. Players will simply log into their account, and their friends and catalog should follow them onto the handheld. The Steam Deck will run games from players’ existing Steam libraries.

The Steam Deck has eight triggers on its back: four on the device’s shoulders and four more where the ring and pinky fingers rest. There are also two trackpads - one on either side of the machine, under the thumbsticks - to allow for increased precision. It features a 7-inch touchscreen, two thumbsticks, a D-pad, and a four-button layout. Previously rumored as the “SteamPal,” the Steam Deck is a portable PC that’s slightly larger than the Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch-like device is set for release in December starting at $399. The Steam Deck is a new handheld device from Valve for playing PC games on the go, the company announced Thursday.

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