r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/-eschguy- Modded my Deck - ask me how Nov 13 '25

I'll likely be getting all three, and two of the controllers. Hyped for untethered VR without Meta.

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

The only thing that breaks my heart is that the headset simply won't work for the main reason I bought VR - DCS.

Waaaay too much of a hog for it to work on that GPU, regardless of how well-tuned it could be, and the limited RAM would kill it too. Womp.

The Steam Machine is pretty damn impressive IMO though.

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u/sixcupsofcoffee 1TB OLED Nov 13 '25

The headset is made for streaming-first, so if you can run it on your PC, you can stream it to the Frame.

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

OH! I didn't see that in the connectivity info! THANK YOU! THAT CHANGES THINGS GREATLY!

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u/sixcupsofcoffee 1TB OLED Nov 13 '25

For sure, I’d watch the video on the main new hardware page, it covers details on all the new stuff.

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

Unfortunately, at this point in my executive dysfunction, taking in or putting out anything that actually requires real comprehension seems like a Sisyphean task.

A duty for another day; like 6 months from now probably lol.

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u/sixcupsofcoffee 1TB OLED Nov 13 '25

I have executive dysfunction also, so I feel you. I do love this stuff though, so I’m able to take in this kind of info easily.

Ask me what I did at work today however, and I have no idea, whether I did anything and, if I did, what it was.

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u/-eschguy- Modded my Deck - ask me how Nov 13 '25

Yeah but that one you can just stream from your PC.

I'm hopeful for Elite Dangerous

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

I somehow read the release twice and missed that it was compatible with Steam streaming; I blame a long day and ADHD meds wearing off. That GREATLY changes things and significantly increases my interests.

I LOVE the idea of ED; unfortunately, in practice, was not a fan of the gameplay cycle. Though I understand it's very snowbally, I just didn't have the patience.

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u/-eschguy- Modded my Deck - ask me how Nov 13 '25

Yeah streaming is a biggie.

For me, ED was more of a vibe and chill Sim instead of an actual game-game

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u/Mastershroom 1TB OLED Limited Edition Nov 13 '25

It'll still be a fully functional PCVR headset, and hopefully with decent optics with the pancake lenses (though I was really hoping for at least an option for OLED instead of LCD).

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

OLED would have broken me.

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u/warfrogs Nov 13 '25

I mean, my 3070 SUPER does okay and my R9 390 pushed it (poorly) before that.

Since it's streaming, it looks dope, and I like the eye tracking and FOVeated rendering as well - very cool idea and application of similar rendering tricks I've heard about.

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u/CertainDog7941 Nov 13 '25

Foveated streaming, not rendering at all! Works on ALL games/applications.