Comment on Probability that the next steam deck is arm based?
asbestos@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s only logical that they’re gonna do it eventually. Probably not with the next generation though.
The only reason we’re still using x86 is because of app support. If FEX lives up to its expectations and machines that use it gain traction (thus taking a bigger market share), developers will notice and hopefully start compiling their games to run on Linux on ARM natively with insane performance gains, at least on power to watt ratio at first, but raw performance later once better chips get made.
artyom@piefed.social 2 days ago
I think you’re overestimating how soon we’ll see the next generation.
If you’ve used something like GameNative you know the vast majority of the library works already, today.
scintilla@crust.piefed.social 2 days ago
I’m guessing we get a similar gap between the deck one and 2 (assuming it ever comes put) as between the index and frame at minimum.