• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie policy (EU)
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Video
  • Write for us
Today Headline
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
No Result
View All Result
TodayHeadline
No Result
View All Result

Someone plugged an entire 4K desktop graphics card into the Steam Deck

April 14, 2022
in Entertainment
0
Someone plugged an entire 4K desktop graphics card into the Steam Deck
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


The $400-plus Steam Deck gaming handheld does not support external graphics cards. Valve has been clear on this point for months — you can’t magically plug in a dock and run Cyberpunk or Elden Ring at 4K. But ever since the company revealed that the Steam Deck’s storage plugs into a (relatively) easily accessible M.2 PCI-Express x4 socket, the PC gaming community has speculated that an eGPU module could totally fit there instead.

Now, YouTuber ETA Prime has actually done it, adding an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, one of the highest-end graphics cards on the market.

It works, it runs, it plays games at 4K with maxed-out settings at framerates a vanilla Steam Deck could only dream of. But no, you probably shouldn’t do this at home! Not only does it kind of defeat the portable purpose to have a desktop graphics card sticking out the back — not to mention an external power supply! — but a bunch of games seem to bog down due to having a relatively slow CPU and only four lanes worth of PCI-Express bandwidth for that beefy graphics card, too.

Oh, and you can’t close the Steam Deck’s case, either, which is probably not optimal for its longevity. And ETA Prime says an Nvidia GPU didn’t work.

A Steam Deck, a stand, USB-C dongle, USB stick, eGPU, power supply, and HDMI cable

That’s a lot of kit.
Image: ETA Prime

Perhaps some future Steam Deck will have a bonafide external graphics compatible connector so you could simply plug in a ready-made eGPU box? Thunderbolt is pricey and traditionally exclusive to Intel systems, but AMD’s Ryzen 6000 processors support USB 4, which incorporates the Thunderbolt 3 spec. And AMD has been working on Linux drivers specifically to allow hot plugging and unplugging of external graphics cards.

It might cost Valve more to incorporate the faster I/O that’d be required to enable a single-cable-4K-graphics-docking dream, but Valve might be up to it — it’s publicly said that it’s not only interested in working on a Steam Deck successor but that it was surprised how many buyers opted for a premium $649 model instead of the $400 base configuration.

Me, I’ll probably just stream my games from my desktop PC to the Deck inside my own home. It works fairly well.

Correction, 3:54PM ET: Thunderbolt is no longer exclusive to Intel systems, counter to what I originally suggested. Thunderbolt 4 began sneaking into AMD desktop boards last year.

Tags: CardDeckdesktopentiregraphicspluggedSteam
Previous Post

Singapore’s central bank tightens monetary policy for third time in recent months

Next Post

NFL partners with sports tech company to create fully immersive football video game

Related Posts

Prime Gaming June highlights include Far Cry 4 and Escape from Monkey Island
Entertainment

Prime Gaming June highlights include Far Cry 4 and Escape from Monkey Island

Prime Gaming has announced its...

Read more
Viaduct Showbar launches new show with a cabaret twist on hits from Mamma Mia and Book of Mormon
Entertainment

Viaduct Showbar launches new show with a cabaret twist on hits from Mamma Mia and Book of Mormon

Established in 2004 by owners...

Read more
Shanina Shaik shows off her blossoming baby bump on the amfAR Gala runway in Cannes
Entertainment

Shanina Shaik shows off her blossoming baby bump on the amfAR Gala runway in Cannes

The theme of this year's...

Read more
Entertainment

Ray Liotta, Voice Of Tommy Vircetti In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Has Died

Deadline is reporting actor Ray Liotta...

Read more
Minneapolis Renames Intersection To Honor George Floyd
Entertainment

Minneapolis Renames Intersection To Honor George Floyd

Minneapolis Renames Intersection To Honor...

Read more
Load More
Next Post

NFL partners with sports tech company to create fully immersive football video game

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Sex/Life fans notice a HUGE editing fail in Adam Demos’ nude shower scene –

Sex/Life fans notice a HUGE editing fail in Adam Demos’ nude shower scene –

Horror as goat gives birth to ‘humanoid kid’ with baby-like face

Trisha Paytas Destroyed The Internet By Posting Her Toilet Paper Asshole

Trisha Paytas Destroyed The Internet By Posting Her Toilet Paper Asshole

10 Examples of Awesome End of Year Letters to Students

10 Examples of Awesome End of Year Letters to Students

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Johnson insists he’ll survive, as ministerial aide resigns over ‘toxic culture’

Johnson insists he’ll survive, as ministerial aide resigns over ‘toxic culture’

Team develops mechanism to control actuation, cooling and energy conversion for soft robotics

Team develops mechanism to control actuation, cooling and energy conversion for soft robotics

About Us

Todayheadline the independent news and topics discovery
A home-grown and independent news and topic aggregation . displays breaking news linking to news websites all around the world.

Follow Us

Latest News

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Is a recession inevitable as inflation hammers the UK? This is Money podcast

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Indianapolis 500, F1 Monaco Grand Prix: How to watch, start times

Johnson insists he’ll survive, as ministerial aide resigns over ‘toxic culture’

Johnson insists he’ll survive, as ministerial aide resigns over ‘toxic culture’

  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

No Result
View All Result
  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Posting....