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I wonder how the power draw compares to say an Xbox or PlayStation. Could the steam deck replace power-hungry consoles using a thunderbolt cable and dock? This
by SamuelAdams 4y ago
I wonder how the power draw compares to say an Xbox or PlayStation. Could the steam deck replace power-hungry consoles using a thunderbolt cable and dock?
This could be a big win for Europe as electricity prices are going up considerably.
- vel0city 4y agoThe Steam Deck itself is like <20W. A Playstation 5 uses ~200W when playing games. That's before thinking about what your TV power usage is. A Steam Deck could use its own screen within that <20W power envelope, while a Playstation or a docked Deck is going to probably use an extra 100-200W on a TV.
- pja 4y agoIf you’re happy with 1080p PS4-ish level performance on the Deck’s 720p screen, sure. It’s probably not going to keep up with a PS4 on a 1080p TV, but Valve has done a lot of optimisation work & the output might be surprisingly “good enough”.
- dougmwne 4y agoThe steam deck on paper has higher specs than a PS4. PS4 can push 1.8 tflops on an older architecture and steam deck can do 3.3 on a more modern architecture. People’s real world experience on several games seems to put the Steam deck consistently ahead by a comfortable margin.
- therealdrag0 4y agoOriginal or Ps4 Pro?
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