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Will steam deck 2 be on arm? what would change? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by raicon@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Just wondering if releasing the steam deck 2 on arm would be a huge deal. I know arm is famous for being more efficient, but would it still be better, even when using FEX?

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Frankly, it seems somewhat self-evident based on the fact that Valve chose a Hawk Point 2 CPU (last gen laptop CPU with 2 big and 4 little cores) with a last gen laptop RX7600M GPU on a desktop, and also the fact that Valve calls them "semi-custom."

But here's the analysis: https://youtu.be/sJI3qTb2ze8