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512GB NVMe SSD
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7" Diagonal display size
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45W Power supply with 1.5m cable
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7.4" Diagonal display size
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6 nm APU
Wi-Fi 6E
50Whr battery; 3-12 hours of gameplay (content-dependent)
45W Power supply with 2.5m cable
Carrying case
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45W Power supply with 2.5m cable
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Is the 64gb model + 512GB SD card enough for casual gaming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by spaciouscoder78@lemmy.ml to c/steamdeck@lemmy.ml

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I'm eyeing on getting a 64gb base model since thats the only one available in my nearest store. Valve doesnt sell decks in my country so scalpers are the only way.

64gb is the most affordable option for me. I plan to get a 512gb sd card and play some casual cod zombies, deep rock galactic, fallout 76 etc.

Is it enough or will the SD card bottleneck it? There's no 256gb or 512gb model unless I take the risk of getting scammed.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I got the 64gb and swapped in a 1tb nvme later on when I found a cheap one

the 64gb is an emmc in the same form factor as the nvme so probably doesn't perform much better than the sd if at all.

[–] spaciouscoder78@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

just watched a few videos on youtube about ssd vs sd card and it isnt all that bad unless i play some fast paced game

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

the one game I felt might be affected is spiderman where you can traverse fast enough that the map streaming bottlenecks. even long loading screen games are way faster than back in the day

[–] HoloPengin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The 64GB drive is indeed rough. I had massive troubles downloading, updating, and launching games, even with a large fast SD card. The only thing that ever truly fixed it was swapping to my current 512GB SSD.

256GB would be fine though if OP can manage to snag one. It'll be a bit tight if you want to have multiple modern AAA games installed, but most everything else will run comfortably on an SD card.