While we’re nonetheless years away from seeing a real Steam Deck 2, Valve has gone again to enhance the unique mannequin. The Steam Deck OLED is now obtainable for pre-order, providing a revised 6nm APU, quicker reminiscence, a bigger 7.4-inch OLED show with 90Hz refresh charge and a lighter, thinner profile.
The Seam Deck OLED’s crown jewel improve is the brand new show, with 1000 nits of peak brightness, a 90Hz refresh charge and 180Hz contact display screen polling. However, it has some adjustments underneath the hood as nicely, together with a reminiscence velocity enhance as much as 6400MT/s, a 6nm APU and an improved thermal module. The Steam Deck OLED can be obtainable with as much as 1TB of SSD storage.
Some of the enhancements discovered within the Deck OLED will make their method to the unique LCD mannequin. A brand new firmware replace will make additional enhancements and optimisations for battery life on the unique Deck, though I would not count on the Deck LCD to completely match the OLED mannequin for battery life. Some of the advance right here will come from the OLED panel itself as a consequence of its means to modify pixels off to attain true black ranges.
Some different enhancements embrace higher connectivity, together with assist for WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
The Steam Deck OLED is obtainable in a 512GB mannequin for £479 and a 1TB mannequin for £569. The unique Steam Deck LCD has additionally obtained a worth drop, bringing the 512GB mannequin all the way down to £389, 256GB for £349 and the 64GB mannequin for £309.
KitGuru Says: Naturally, refurbished Steam Deck LCD fashions may even have a worth reduce so it’s cheaper to choose one up throughout. Will you be upgrading to a Steam Deck OLED or selecting up an LCD mannequin now that they are cheaper?
