Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2
Even a 50 percent performance-per-watt improvement wouldn't be enough, engineer says.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/valve-says-its-still-waiting-for-better-chips-to-power-steam-deck-2/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica "Even a 50 percent performance-per-watt improvement wouldn't be enough?" What does that even mean?
@arstechnica if only they had access to Apple's incredibly elite, unprecedented industry best power per watt SoCs. cc @siracusa
@codinghorror @arstechnica @siracusa If FEX works as well as they say, that could be an option. But even then I am not sure Apple GPUs are as competent as the ones in AMD APUs.
@codinghorror I was thinking the same thing 😁
@stevenodb uh, yeah, because literally NO ONE IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY gets even close to Apple on SoC efficiency and power.
@codinghorror @stevenodb I honestly can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic.
@arstechnica Looking at the mobile CPU/GPU possibilities now, one can get 20-40 per cent improvement. Maybe a 60 per cent increase compared to the Steam Deck, but this comes at a very high price. I am talking 2000-2500 Euros for a powerful Mini PC for 1440p gaming with graphics on the ultimate setting, mostly. So Valve is right ...
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