This MASSIVE Steam upgrade is the biggest change for PC gaming in a decade. (Plus more Deck news)

We have new numbers regarding Linux marketshare and it has me wondering: has Steam Deck growth stagnated? Plus, AMD graphics drivers that will increase performance by 50,000%. And a brand new stable Steam client for the Desktop and the Deck brings one of the biggest changes to PC gaming in over a decade. So let’s talk about this. That’s right, it’s Steam Deck news time.

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Steam Hardware Survey: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-January-2023
DeckMate Killswitch Adapter: https://deckmate.me/products/deckmate-killswitch-adapter
DeckMate VESA Mount: https://deckmate.me/products/vesa-mount
Mike Blumenkrantz’s blog post: https://www.supergoodcode.com/through-the-loop/
My Dead Space article: https://viewsink.com/dead-space-on-deck-is-it-possible/
My Dead Space update: https://viewsink.com/dead-space-is-alive-on-deck/
Big Picture Mode rolls out to desktop clients: https://viewsink.com/the-new-big-picture-mode-finally-arrives-on-pc/
My Steam Deck giveaway: https://heavyelement.io/giveaway/steam-deck
Steam Deck in stock in Asia: https://komodo.jp/news/steamdeck-instock.html
Steam Deck Killers miss the point: https://viewsink.com/steam-deck-killers-are-a-long-ways-out/
Steam Deck Stable Client Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3635002625425792684

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*What are your PC specs?*
My Office Rig:
❯ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
❯ ASRock B550 TAICHI RAZER Edition
❯ MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
❯ G. SKILL DDR4 32GB x4 (128GB)
❯ HYTE Y60 Case

Emily’s Rig:
❯ AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
❯ MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
❯ NVIDIA GTX Titan X (Pascal) 12 GB
❯ GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
❯ Fractal Design Define R9 Case
❯ Manjaro GNOME

Living Room Gaming Rig:
❯ ASUS X99-E-10G WS
❯ Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.2GHz
❯ NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
❯ DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)

Backup Rig
❯ System76 Thelio Minor
❯ AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
❯ DDR4 16GB RAM
❯ Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB

Home Server:
❯ ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
❯ AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
❯ Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
❯ DDR3 20 GB RAM

00:00 – Intro
00:24 – Steam Hardware Survey
01:57 – Deckmate’s Killswich adapter plate
03:00 – 50,000% performance improvements
04:40 – @OnDeckJP gets suspended
05:25 – Dead Space remaster
06:14 – Steam Deck is in-stock at Komodo
07:05 – BPM’s MASSIVE update
08:44 – “Steam Deck Killers” miss the point
09:00 – February Stable Steam Deck client

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