It is, using SODIMMs (Laptop form factor)
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Telorand@reddthat.com 15 hours agoIs it upgradeable? I assumed it would be soldered in.
Maybe we’ll see, “Some soldering required,” instead 😂
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Telorand@reddthat.com 13 hours ago
Cool, I tried to find the info, but obviously didn’t find that detail. It makes sense, all things considered
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 15 hours ago
Given the proclivities of Valve and their hardware so far, i woud expect the gabecube to not have soldered ram.
FishFace@piefed.social 14 hours ago
Why would it be soldered? It’s not like it’s in a laptop with space constraints.
greybeard@feddit.online 7 hours ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was soldered on because it shares the RAM with the GPU. That’s pretty common these days, and GPUs want both high performance RAM and low latency. There are solutions to significantly lower the trace lengths between expandable RAM and the CPU/GPU, but the standard never took off.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 7 hours ago
Have you seen how it looks without the casing? this thing is filled to the brim, whatever space was left has been filled with cooling, it would be complicated to place a standard d6 in there - the whole system is built around the cooling that goes through the middle. but the ram isn’t soldered and i think it’s even placed so you can upgrade it without dismantling the whole thing.
Telorand@reddthat.com 13 hours ago
I dunno. There’s probably plenty of examples where companies soldered RAM instead of installing SODIMM slots, even when they had space. I agree that it makes sense, but sense isn’t always a factor when a company starts crunching the production cost numbers.
arudesalad@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Considering how repairable the steam deck is, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is upgradable
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
They explicitly said it has user upgradeable ram. The graphics card is soldered on though. Its basically gaming laptop hardware.