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This little machine continues to surprise me (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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It honestly makes me wonder why i keep using windows on my main desktop if proton allows playing most anything i play

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (6 children)

A 1tb microSD card is a pretty good compromise. Its just as fast as ssd storage and significantly easier to install.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Yeah until you can't fill up the SD because the boot drive is full of shaders.

    256 GB deck should be the baseline tbh, even with an SD card

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    I would have to disagree that any sdcard is as fast as an SSD.

    Maybe a really fast sdcard and a really slow SSD?

    Edit: oh maybe that is a steam-deck-specific thing? It's the SSD connection over USB2 or something?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No its Just that at some point disk speed provides marginal improvments for most games, especialy since most games were designed with hdd drivers in mind . And sd vs ssd in steam deck are at that point. There are exceptions to that, but they are pretty rare ( alghtough i cant remember one right now but i know i watched one comparison where nvme disk provided actual reasonable benefit compared to sata so i imagine its even bigger with sd card ). So unless you play very specific game a lot that you know benefits from fast disk speed then it dosent really matter that much.

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