Submitted 7 hours ago by TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
In terms of power,
Are Steam Decks about equal to Xbox Series S?
I got one as a gift ages ago, but never really touch it anymore.
I basically only ever used it for BG3. I assume it comes down to how well games are optimized, but if we’re looking at 1080p 30 FPS…
I think the Deck is slightly worse, but not too much worse.
Should I keep the Xbox around for more intensive games, like Final Fantasy 16 or Expedtion 33? I’ve been tempted to sell it to try and fund a Steam Machine as well.
I got one as a gift ages ago,
Funny enough I got Series S from my brother too, years ago. I also have a Steam Deck and a PC too. Series S is probably more powerful than a Deck, overall speaking, but the use case is different anyway. I just connected my Series S back to play games on it that do not run on my Linux PC or Deck. For those cases alone I would keep the XBOX around.
As for the power, the Deck is a handheld designed to run in low power, while the console can use more than 100W and should be better cooled, speak less throttling. Also on the Deck you typically play at 720p or 800p, so comparing the FPS alone against a Series S at 1080p or 1440p doesn’t make sense. It’s been a few years since this article, but I find it still useful: digitalfoundry.net/…/digitalfoundry-2022-steam-de… … also looks like the internet is a terrible place now and I can’t find good benchmarks comparing them both with same games.
Definitely not Series S level, no. You should expect something like PS4 graphical fidelity at 800p.
I think I’d agree with that. Tinkering with settings can get me a bit of a boost, but anything not exceedingly well optimized from the PS5 generation gives my deck trouble.
Unless you need HDMI CEC, want the small form factor or can’t put together a Lego kit, building your own PC will probably be cheaper and/or have better performance than a Steam Machine.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
www.techpowerup.com/…/xbox-series-s-gpu.c3683
www.techpowerup.com/…/steam-deck-gpu.c3897
The Series S is a much faster machine. Larger GPU, faster memory, double the CPU cores, higher clocks it can keep at full speed more frequently; it’s really no contest.
Not to say the Deck is bad by any means.
But if you were to sell it, and you are worried about fidelity, I’d save up until you are ready to immediately trade it for a Steam Machine.
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Sounds like a plan. Thanks!