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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I'll answer my own question, according to this article from April, its slightly more powerful, but then only comes with 12GB of ram instead of 16gb like the steamdeck, so who knows what actual performance will be.

https://www.polygon.com/analysis/510197/switch-2-vs-steam-deck-comparison-specs-hardware

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

@lemmy_user_838586 , Steamdeck is also powered by a full Linux distro + Steam + Proton/Wine (+ KDE Plasma) in many cases. Whereas Switch has a leaner custom BSD-based system.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

There is definitely more overhead involved (mostly due to proton) but not as much as you might think. The Plasma session has no performance impact, because it isn't running when you're not in desktop mode. Being a "full Linix distro" really doesn't affect the gaming performance.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

@anyhow2503 , as an old Linux and KDE user, I totally agree with you. But a custom minimal UI optimised for the specific use case and hardware (and optimised kernel) will likely consume less RAM still.

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