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Valve: 'No Impact To Performance' After Steam Deck SSD Switch
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 56353" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Valve has clarified that its quiet switch of SSDs in the Steam Deck will have "no impact to performance" following concerns that the hardware had been downgraded.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-quietly-downgraded-the-steam-deck-ssd-on-some-256gb-and-512gb-models/" target="_blank">Polygon</a> reported that Valve had changed the Steam Deck specs, with some 256GB and 512GB models coming with a different SSD than what was initially advertised. A switch from the PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD to the PCIe Gen 3 x2 NVMe SSD appeared to be a downgrade, but Valve has refuted this to IGN.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Many Steam Deck components come from multiple suppliers for improved redundancy and production capacity," a Valve spokesperson said. "One of our SSD suppliers provides PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSDs, while another provides a x2 (2 lane) SSD. Our team has tested both components extensively, and determined that there is no impact to performance between the two models.</p><p></p><p>"SSD performance is currently gated by factors not related to PCIe bandwidth. In extremely uncommon cases, differences in read / write speed caps may minimally impact file transfer speeds, but OS performance, loading times, game performance, and game responsiveness are identical between the x2 and x4 drives."</p><p></p><p></p><p>The new strategy to improve production capacity appears to be working as earlier this week <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-double-production-q3" target="_blank">Valve announced that it will double the number of Steam Decks it will ship</a>. The company has otherwise had a slow but steady rollout period for its handheld PC, that started in February with Valve boss <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-apparently-delivering-signed-steam-decks-in-seattle" target="_blank">Gabe Newell hand delivering them in Seattle</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The highly anticipated dock accessory hasn't had the same fate, however, as <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-docking-station-delayed" target="_blank">earlier in June Valve delayed its launch date again</a>. The docking station – <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-dock-big-upgrade-release" target="_blank">which allows players to plug their Steam Deck into a TV or monitor and play it like a more traditional PC</a> – was previously meant to be a launch day accessory but was delayed to late spring and has now been delayed again.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-review" target="_blank">In our 7/10 review of the hardware</a>, IGN said: "When Steam Deck lives up to its promises, it's sublime, but when it falls short, it falls hard."</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-no-impact-to-performance-after-steam-deck-ssd-switch" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 56353, member: 1"] Valve has clarified that its quiet switch of SSDs in the Steam Deck will have "no impact to performance" following concerns that the hardware had been downgraded. [URL='https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-quietly-downgraded-the-steam-deck-ssd-on-some-256gb-and-512gb-models/']Polygon[/URL] reported that Valve had changed the Steam Deck specs, with some 256GB and 512GB models coming with a different SSD than what was initially advertised. A switch from the PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD to the PCIe Gen 3 x2 NVMe SSD appeared to be a downgrade, but Valve has refuted this to IGN. "Many Steam Deck components come from multiple suppliers for improved redundancy and production capacity," a Valve spokesperson said. "One of our SSD suppliers provides PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSDs, while another provides a x2 (2 lane) SSD. Our team has tested both components extensively, and determined that there is no impact to performance between the two models. "SSD performance is currently gated by factors not related to PCIe bandwidth. In extremely uncommon cases, differences in read / write speed caps may minimally impact file transfer speeds, but OS performance, loading times, game performance, and game responsiveness are identical between the x2 and x4 drives." The new strategy to improve production capacity appears to be working as earlier this week [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-double-production-q3']Valve announced that it will double the number of Steam Decks it will ship[/URL]. The company has otherwise had a slow but steady rollout period for its handheld PC, that started in February with Valve boss [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-apparently-delivering-signed-steam-decks-in-seattle']Gabe Newell hand delivering them in Seattle[/URL]. The highly anticipated dock accessory hasn't had the same fate, however, as [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-docking-station-delayed']earlier in June Valve delayed its launch date again[/URL]. The docking station – [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-dock-big-upgrade-release']which allows players to plug their Steam Deck into a TV or monitor and play it like a more traditional PC[/URL] – was previously meant to be a launch day accessory but was delayed to late spring and has now been delayed again. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-review']In our 7/10 review of the hardware[/URL], IGN said: "When Steam Deck lives up to its promises, it's sublime, but when it falls short, it falls hard." [I]Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-no-impact-to-performance-after-steam-deck-ssd-switch"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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