Did I Predict the Steam Deck Performance? The Six Month Experiment
I'm putting it all on the line: it's time to test my Hackendeck against the latest official Steam Deck numbers. How close was I to the actual numbers? Is there an equivalent GPU to the Valve handheld? The community voted - so let's check it out.
Featuring the GTX 1050 and RX 560. We test my simulated Steam Deck against Forza Horizon 5, Control, and Ghostrunner. This is the closest analog to the Deck on the net.
Join the Steam Deck Discord - https://discord.gg/VGrW4mUVcG
My Setup Video - https://youtu.be/0d_ZZhjFyBc
My Leaks Confirmed video - https://youtu.be/jN5SpMjFEK4
The Phawx's Initial Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKd0nr6uYw
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00:00 Six Months in the Making
1:57 Initial Spec and Thoughts
3:05 Hands-On Refinement
4:09 Validation by Leaks
5:34 Correcting the Hype
7:16 Your Thoughts on My Setup
8:29 The GPU Competitors and Sources
10:57 Synthetic Benchmarks
13:53 Forza Horizon 5
16:18 Ghostrunner
17:59 Control
19:52 Addressing the GPUs
21:23 A Conservative Result
23:06 Iterative Improvements