While the Steam Deck is enjoying some commercial success, other hybrid computer manufacturers are announcing that they are preparing their revenge, in particular with AMD’s Ryzen 6000U.
Even if the most gamers among you will deny Valve’s Steam Deck, it turns out that this hybrid between a laptop and a console revolving around Steam has something to please. What also overshadow console-style computer manufacturers who want to take their revenge on Valve, relying in particular on AMD’s Ryzen 6000U processors, as reported The Verge.
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The media note that ” the biggest problem for companies like GPD, Aya and OneXPlayer is that the Steam Deck was cheaper and more powerful than anything they could produce “. But these brands have apparently not said their last word.
Aya announces two new hybrids
The Aya brand announced last week two portable consoles based on the same AMD processor: the Aya Neo 2 and the Aya Neo Slide. The first uses the same format as the Steam Deck: controls on the sides and the screen in the middle. The second model is a little more original since the screen can slide to reveal a small keyboard.
To tickle Valve, Aya is equipping her next two computers with a Radeon 680M GPU, which can output 3.38 teraflops of graphics performance, when the Steam Deck cannot.that» 1.16. A graphics card that would compete according to the first tests with a GeForce 1650.
GPD wants to do better than the Steam Deck on the screen
While the Steam Deck screen has a definition of 1280 by 800 pixels, GPD wants to go further by wanting to create a console-style laptop with a screen of 1920 by 1200 pixels. A better panel at the expense of performance and therefore frame rate.
The manufacturer announced the Win Max 2 last March, a laptop with keyboard-level joystick controls. It has a 10.1-inch screen and is equipped with a Ryzen 7 6800U processor. And we know that GPD has the necessary supply of processors to manage its production.
OneXPlayer develops console computers with AMD Ryzen 6000U processors
OneXPlayer Founder and CEO Jack Wong confirmed toThe Vergethat his company was working with Ryzen 6000Us for its next computers. According to him, “the Steam Deck hasn’t completely been a problem for his company so far, but more of a double-edged sword“.
While the Steam Deck is undeniably a good product, it also attracts “the public’s attention to the field of portable gaming“. Valve would thus make OneXPlayer known. The company is said to have sold 50,000 copies of its laptops in North America.
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