Youtuber nicknamed Budget-Builds Official created a device that he called a budget alternative to the portable Steam Deck console. It cost him about £30 (2100 rubles) to make this gadget.
For this purpose, the YouTuber used an old Windows tablet and then attached a special docking station from Microsoft, which he describes as “weird and rare.” After that, the enthusiast added the Steam Big Picture mode to the device.
Of course, compared to the original Steam Deck, the device created by the YouTuber cannot boast of impressive features. It uses an Intel Atom Cherrytrail T 8300 processor and 2 GB DDR3L 1600 MHz RAM. Be that as it may, this is enough to play games like Skyrim (48 FPS at 480p with low graphics settings) and Minecraft (45 FPS at 720p).
In his video he launched other games:
- Half Life 2 (50 FPS on medium settings at 720p);
- Don’t Starve (60 FPS on high settings at 800p);
- GTA 5 (26 FPS on low settings at 240p);
- CS:GO (the game was very slow, even in the menu);
- Counter-Strike: Source (89 FPS on medium settings at 720p);
- Fable: The Lost Chapters (40 FPS on low to medium settings at 720p);
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (the game was launched via the cloud).
Homemade console can work for 3 hours in game mode. If you use it as a regular tablet, the operating time can be extended to 6-8 hours on a single charge.
As for the comparison with the real Steam Deck, below you can see the results of the benchmark.
As a $35 console, however, the device performed quite well, with the original Steam Deck costing more than ten times as much (the official US price is $399 for the base version with 64GB of storage).
Recall that it was recently announced that Valve is preparing to release a new version of the Steam Deck console. Bioshock 4 coming to Antarctica?
Source: VG Times