Beneath the 7-inch 1280 x 800 LCD screen sits the heart of the Steam Deck, a tiny 15 W APU from AMD. With only 4 cores, 8 threads, and a boost clock of 3.5 GHz, it may seem like garbage, but it is not. Even the few RDNA 2 shaders perform far better than one would expect.
When it was first released in 2022, the 256GB model was optimal, and the internal NVMe drive could be replaced with a larger, faster gaming SSD. However, at $529, it was not particularly cheap and did not have the fancy etched glass screen of the 512GB model.
With the launch of the refreshed OLED Steam Deck, this price has dropped, and Valve is now selling the final inventory of 64GB and 512GB models at a 15% price reduction through July 11. Valve is now selling the final inventory of 64GB and 512GB models at a They are selling them at a 15% price reduction. [Yes, you can get a 512GB Steam Deck for just under $382. This is a ridiculously low price and not worth wasting a cent.
But what games should I buy with it? How about one of the best roguelike action RPGs of all time, "Yomigaeri. Vampire Survivors" gets my vote too, and Steam Deck can run more games than you could ever hope to, so your biggest problem isn't one of choice.
It's just that you'll need a large amount of storage to store them all. Again, 512 GB is plenty of space to start using. Perhaps the biggest problem is the fact that eventually Valve's inventory of original Steam Decks will run out and you will regret passing up such a deal.
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