Comment on Windows is Now Officially Supported on OLED Steam Deck
Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I guess it’s nice of them to release the drivers but that still won’t make it a good experience. They should have designed the deck to use full length nvme so you could get bigger drive sizes and not feel like a dual boot leaves no room for games. Not that I would do this or recomend it, yuck.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I use a 2TB Kingston SSD through the USB-C port. All the Steam Deck stuff stays on the internal drive, Windows 11 on the Kingston.
kingston.com/…/xs2000-portable-usb-c-solid-state-…
There are also docks that support NVMe:
jsaux.com/…/m-2-docking-station-for-steam-deck-hb…
jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is that faster than loading it on a microsd card? That’s how I currently boot windows on my steamdeck, but it’s a little slow to load and initial loads for some games can be painful.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, the MicroSD slot is around 100mb/s:
polygon.com/…/steam-deck-best-sd-card-micro-stora…
USB-C is anywhere from 5 Gbps to 20 Gbps. Not sure what standard the Deck supports, but even the slowest is 625 to 2500 mb/s.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thanks, I’ll have to take a look into that, I can definitely tell the microsd struggles (and it would free up my microsd slot for extra steamos storage).
potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
That kinda makes it not very portable. However, it’s true that you can get short high capacity drives. They’re just a bit harder to find.