YouTube blogger from Budget-Builds Official channel collected An analogue of the Steam Deck portable console cost him £ 30 (about 2.1 thousand rubles).
An old tablet running a Windows operating system was used as a “base”. The gadget is equipped with an Intel Atom Cherrytrail T8300 processor and 2 GB of RAM. To turn the tablet into a full-fledged console, the enthusiast used a gadget-attached gamepad. At the same time, the blogger used the Steam Big Picture mode as a shell on the device, adapting the Steam interface for TVs and devices without a keyboard and mouse.
During the experiment, the enthusiast managed to run Skyrim. At 480p on low graphics settings, the game ran at 48fps, while Minecraft showed about 45fps at 720p. In addition, the blogger compared the ship’s performance with the Steam Deck in the 3D Mark Firestrike comparison. Thus, the tablet scored 87 points, while the Steam Deck – 4.3 thousand points.
In gaming mode, a budget console’s battery can run for up to three hours, while as a tablet the device will run for six to eight hours.
Formerly socialbites.ca saidthat an enthusiast created a microcomputer inside a Lego brick and ran Doom on it.