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Fubarberry already posted a SteamDeckHQ article about this but I wanted to highlight the direct sources.

Per Valve in their Steam Machine FAQ:

If I don't get a Steam Machine right away, is there anything else I can do?

Thanks to the openness of the PC platform, there are lots of options for devices that will allow you to run games natively or streamed to your TV. There are many PC sites and communities out there that can help you with that. For our part, we are continuing to work toward enabling SteamOS to be used on more hardware than just ours. In fact, with the newly-released SteamOS 3.8, you can run the same code and operating system as Steam Machine on your own living-room PC using whatever PC parts you want: learn more here. Right now, only AMD GPUs are supported, but we're working on expanding support for the future.

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[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't you just install Nvidia drivers since it's just Linux?

[–] moodoovoodoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wellll... yes, but actually maybe. Nvidia support on Linux is there, but it's essentially black box drivers and therefore hard to address issues around them when they arise, and they do. It's a lot more finicky.

Edit: Plus, Nvidia drops support for older video cards that still work (like the 10 series), so the distros effectively need to drop support as well.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 48 minutes ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago)

Yes, but also issues are rare so you are probably fine. I never used a non-Nvidia card and in my ~15 years of using Linux never had an issue.

I did have issues on a laptop with an Optimus card, but on a desktop it was always smooth sailing.