Following in the footsteps of both AMD and Intel, Nvidia is apparently working on a "premium" handheld PC device powered by a GeForce GPU.
  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Steamdeck = full time developers working on improving a product.

    Hardware manufacturers = subcontracted developers that are really good, but never work on the project again after completing their checklist and getting paid.

    These are not equal. One has long term value; one is made to exploit you and has no long term value.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Also Nvidia doesn’t exactly have a great track record of fair and consumer friendly business practices

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    If only NVIDIA was committed to release their software as open source and have a decent open source Linux driver.

    Plus all those Steam Deck rivals are creating mediocre products even if hardware wise they are faster than the Deck.

    • suppenloeffel@feddit.deEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Plus all those Steam Deck rivals are creating mediocre products

      While I hugely appreciate what Valve has done for Linux Gaming with Proton and the popularity of the Steam Deck, there are excellent Steam Deck rivals out there. Could you clarify what you mean by mediocre?

      • Opafi@feddit.deEnglish
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        6 months ago

        The touch pads are the killer feature, imho. They are the key to making mouse centric games playable. I wouldn’t want to touch eg stellaris with an 11 feet pole with joysticks or touch screen but sank so much time into the game on the deck.

        I mean, there’s also so much other stuff… The device running on Linux and giving unrestricted access to the desktop. The software being great. The case being screwed, not glued. Valves super relaxed stance on people modifying the hardware. It all adds up. But from a purely user centric pov, I wouldn’t buy a PC based handheld without the pads after I saw how well they work.

  • krimson@feddit.nlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Fuck Nvidia. I got myself a Shield so I could stream games from my pc to my livingroom and they just decided to pull that feature. Later they added ads to the home screen. These are things that can be worked around, but it’s just toxic practice in my opinion.

    Never will I buy any Nvidia product again.