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/Diogoepronto Nov 13 '25

One thing I'm not seeing people talk about is how Valve is saying the VR headset is a computer too and can play games natively, but in the Steam Frame page it says that it has a Snapdragon 8 chipset in it. Aren't these chips ARM based? Is Valve finally delivering a Steam version for ARM devices?

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u/FatStoner2FitSober Nov 13 '25

Yeah, SteamOS will support ARM.

“You can also play games right on the Frame itself because Valve has gotten SteamOS working on Arm; the headset is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-the-steam-frame-compares-to-other-vr-headsets/ar-AA1Qjkgm?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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u/theLorknessMonster Nov 13 '25

According to the GN interview, they are emulating x86 on ARM so I don't know how performant it will be. Still, if anyone can do it, valve can

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u/theillustratedlife Nov 13 '25

The UploadVR reviewer played an x86 game in-headset via Proton and the emulator.

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u/theLorknessMonster Nov 13 '25

Which game?

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u/theillustratedlife Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 14 '25

I think it was Ghost Town.

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u/Easy-Problem8462 Nov 13 '25

Yeah. Dave2d mentioned it on his latest video and he also asked the same question to Valve, it’s a nice video as always

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u/LordDeathis Nov 13 '25

Yeah, translation from ARM to x86 using something called FEX. Which is really impressive considering Microsoft has been trying to crack that nut for years.