WEBVTT 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:06.720 okay they said they wouldn't do this right but there was the hardware 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:10.360 certification in South Korea right then follow me here fonx caught valve 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:16.199 sneaking codeen names into the Linux kernel Final Fantasy 7 fans know that 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:18.400 Sethro and AIS had a bit of a runin and 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:21.240 then we all know aith was a valve code name for 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:28.039 the okay fine valve just launched an 00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:32.680 OLED steam deck and I know what you guys are thinking that sounds great but 00:00:30.759 --> 00:00:38.600 didn't they say not to expect a new steam deck for years well that's what we 00:00:36.040 --> 00:00:44.960 heard but it's not actually what they said we can talk about that later for 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:48.480 now this thing is freaking awesome I am 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:50.680 talking larger incredible HDR screen 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:55.480 massively better battery life three times faster game downloads more 00:00:52.680 --> 00:01:00.640 included storage and get this you guys without raising the price take that Sony 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:05.519 so get your pre-order order in now obviously but also stay tuned because on 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:09.439 top of all the improvements that they highlighted for us to talk about in our 00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:15.080 review there's more that they wanted us to discover on our own and those turned 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.320 out to be very interesting like our 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:21.799 sponsor foren PC configure your nextg 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:24.680 gaming desktop or laptop and save big 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:29.520 save up to $900 off select laptops and up to $275 off select desktops at the 00:01:27.759 --> 00:01:35.960 link below there's no other way to put it this thing is beautiful this is not 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:41.640 just a steam Deck with an OLED display this is a steam Deck with a custom HDR 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:46.880 OLED display the first we've ever seen in a handheld with a rated Peak 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:50.479 brightness of 1,000 nits in HDR a rated 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:53.320 million to1 contrast ratio and 110% 00:01:50.479 --> 00:01:58.560 coverage of the DCI P3 color space it is even bigger than the original coming in 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:00.320 at 7.4 in rather than the original 7 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.960 which they pulled off by rinking the bezels rather than by increasing the 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:09.560 size of the unit making it feel even more immersive oh and did I mention that 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:13.640 it now does 90 HZ refresh rate for smoother animations and more responsive 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:17.720 inputs I mean after the mildly disappointing screen in the original 00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:25.000 deck this is everything that I could have asked for well almost everything 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:27.160 we're still stuck at 800p resolution but 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:32.720 what blew my mind about that was how hard it was to tell I mean I could have 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:37.640 sworn that it was higher but I guess that just goes to show you how much our 00:02:34.959 --> 00:02:43.080 perception is impacted by other factors like brightness contrast and color 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:46.760 reproduction valve nailed this thing 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:48.959 like the color in srgb mode is dead on 00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:54.120 with even more impressive saturation in HDR it's easier on the eyes in low light 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:59.560 conditions and the contrast ratio is functionally infinite so let me just put 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:01.319 it this way this thing pops the only 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:05.959 thing I could ask for would be support for variable refresh rate on the 00:03:03.040 --> 00:03:10.040 built-in screen but valve says that this just wasn't possible not because they 00:03:08.200 --> 00:03:15.959 didn't do the software work it'll work on an external display but because the 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:17.840 internal display uses a mppy interface 00:03:15.959 --> 00:03:24.400 when I pressed them on why they didn't use EDP which would support vrr they 00:03:21.239 --> 00:03:26.720 were actually kind of evasive so what we 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:31.680 suspect is that valve is still not shipping the kinds of volumes that would 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:36.480 justify a completely custom screen putting them at the mercy of what's kind 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:40.799 of available in the market and by that I mean that based on the identical 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:45.720 subpixel layout we suspect that they're using the same source that Nintendo does 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:50.239 for the switch OLED which is important because most sources that we can find 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:55.239 suspect that Nintendo is using a mppy derivative for their displays now to be 00:03:53.239 --> 00:03:59.159 clear we don't have any proof of this but if we're right it's probably a 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:04.159 really good thing based on that recent video looking looking at OLED switch 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:08.519 burning yeah it will eventually but only 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:11.200 if abused so fingers crossed that's not 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:15.079 but now I'm sure you're practically yelling at your screen by now hey valve 00:04:13.480 --> 00:04:21.400 said they weren't going to make a new steam deck not for years what gives with 00:04:18.280 --> 00:04:24.080 this but that's not quite how it went 00:04:21.400 --> 00:04:28.880 down there were a bunch of Articles earlier this year after veteran valve 00:04:26.280 --> 00:04:33.720 programmer Pierre lugay discussed how valve would need to do a ton of work to 00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:38.800 re-engineer the internals to make an OLED screen work and then another round 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:42.160 more recently of him saying n he doesn't foresee the performance Target for steam 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.400 deck changing for the next couple of years which we interpreted to mean that 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:51.199 no new hardware was coming but if you read the actual quotes from him rather 00:04:48.840 --> 00:04:56.199 than skimming the headlines he never actually said we wouldn't get a mid 00:04:53.240 --> 00:05:01.400 generation upgrade we just assumed that and we all know what happens when we do 00:04:58.400 --> 00:05:03.400 that and and get this not only is the 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:08.600 new screen better it's thinner which carves out some precious space behind it 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:09.960 for a larger battery steam dech OLED I'm 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:14.720 not sure if valve calls it that but we're going to call it that boasts a 50w 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:21.800 hour battery which valve says should charge faster and last up to 50% longer 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:24.000 than the old one which seems like some 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:28.560 pretty questionable math on the surface especially given that the included 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:33.960 charging brick has identical specs but our results on both of these counts were 00:05:31.479 --> 00:05:39.000 right in line with their claims and the why of that was one of the things that 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:40.840 we got to investigate on our own you see 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:44.639 some of these gains come from the size of the battery some from a newer 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:51.160 chemistry some come from the more efficient screen and some come from the 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:53.800 new silicon that AMD spun for this 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:59.039 version now before you get too excited valve was very clear that the new 6 00:05:56.440 --> 00:06:04.400 nanometer D Shunk processor is intended to perform form just like the previous 7 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:11.639 nanm version their exact words were often equivalent never worse but that 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:13.039 doesn't sound like not better and as 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:18.039 we've learned there's as much to be gleaned in what valve doesn't say as 00:06:15.599 --> 00:06:21.560 there is in what they do say now it's beyond the scope of this video but I 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:25.840 would be particularly interested to see what kind of results the hyper Ming 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:29.919 Community can get from this new die alongside valve's new underclocking 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:33.880 features we're going to talk about out of the box performance though starting 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:39.039 with returnal running the built-in Benchmark at 1280 x800 on the low preset 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:42.520 we got virtually identical performance with only the maximum FPS being 00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:47.720 significantly different from the original deck same story going out for a 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:52.680 rip on our favorite kakistan track in f123 similar enough that most people 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:56.919 wouldn't notice it day today but an improvement that is well beyond our 00:06:54.479 --> 00:07:02.759 margin of error in our measurements I'll take it or at least I would until 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:09.360 something weird happened in cyberpunk 2077 we saw a significant performance 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:12.440 drop using the steam deck preset in both 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:15.120 cases our minimum FPS was quite a bit 00:07:12.440 --> 00:07:20.599 lower than the original deck the good news however is that average FPS wasn't 00:07:18.039 --> 00:07:24.879 impacted so what we suspect is that the new Apu was stuck in a lower power State 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:28.360 at the start of the Benchmark and then ramped up which is good because that 00:07:26.919 --> 00:07:33.560 should be easy enough to fix in the coming weeks or I mean probably days at the rate that 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:37.360 valve has been pushing out patches to take the steam deck from The Unfinished 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.360 state that it was in when I first reviewed it to the polished experience 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:45.039 that it is today now given that our focus is on the new hardware we aren't 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:49.039 going to get into a ton of depth about what valves done with Steam OS lately 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:54.520 but the incredible work that they've done on HDR and color Management in 00:07:51.159 --> 00:07:56.000 Linux is just the tip of the iceberg 00:07:54.520 --> 00:08:00.599 once you manage to drag your eyes away from the new screen you might notice the 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:05.199 thumbsticks before you ask no they're not hall effect but there's a new 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:09.520 texture and a slightly different profile that most people around the office 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:13.440 seemed to prefer when they were asked well why didn't you go with Hall sticks 00:08:11.479 --> 00:08:17.599 seems like such a no-brainer upgrade valve said that ultimately they were 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:22.159 unsatisfied with their reliability at this time so fingers crossed for the 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:25.599 future but not today other tweaks to the outside uh colors of the button labels 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:30.720 and the bases of the thumb sticks are different power button is now a nice 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:34.120 almost LT Orange the power LED is a WR wrgb diode to give you more feedback 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:38.599 about your charge State and the screws on the back of the deck are torqux 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:43.519 rather than Phillips very nice but that's about it for the exterior changes 00:08:40.599 --> 00:08:48.760 and it looks like the dimensions are identical which raises a big question 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:52.120 for me will your OG deck accessories 00:08:48.760 --> 00:08:53.560 still fit now dbrand was desperate to 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:58.000 know which makes sense give them their line of work and we thought about just 00:08:55.640 --> 00:09:02.360 Landing them a unit but then I was all like hey I have the power in this 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:06.600 relationship for a change why don't we charge them to test it and then do it on 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:11.440 camera where everyone can see it I actually don't know the correct way 00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:15.839 to put this on so I'm just going to go for it doesn't seem like anything is 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:21.200 different but just CU it doesn't seem different doesn't mean it's exactly 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:25.120 right necessarily micro SD slot perfect 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:27.959 rear buttons perfect top buttons LEDs 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:31.680 all visible all accessible looks good to me obious viously if the kill switch 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:34.680 goes on then their other accessories will fit but what the heck if you don't 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:39.519 need the kickstand there's also their Universal Mount go ahead and pop that on kind of looks like valves valve lots of 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:42.680 people use these for external battery Banks but you can mount pretty much 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:47.040 anything to your steam Deck with it I mean look at that wow 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:54.079 screwdriver now one thing that's not going to go as smoothly is the screen 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:57.720 protector do they has a bigger one 00:09:54.079 --> 00:10:00.040 because it's only a bezel reduction the 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:03.880 actual piece of glass is the the same size and I'm sure you will do a really 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:09.519 really good job of applying it instead of just doing it in a hurry like I'm doing cuz I'm on camera oh man that's 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:13.480 way off uh just just don't look that close they include two though because 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:17.560 they assume you'll screw one up I I guess oh this is hilarious the notes 00:10:15.640 --> 00:10:21.079 from dbrand say don't need to actually install probably because they knew that 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:24.360 I would screw it up if I did it in a hurry anyway the point is thanks dbrand 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:29.200 for sending this stuff over we'll have links in the description along with the new steam deck and everything else we 00:10:27.079 --> 00:10:33.560 feature now at this point you know everything you need to know about this 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.720 thing as a consumer but the tinkerers 00:10:33.560 --> 00:10:38.839 you're going to want to stay tuned because internally a lot more has 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:43.120 changed than you would probably think starting with something that would be 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:47.440 really easy to overlook these screws now go into metal screw bosses rather than 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:52.320 just into the plastic housing which is great if you want to get into or out of 00:10:49.800 --> 00:10:57.279 your deck multiple times say for example to upgrade your storage and speaking of 00:10:55.360 --> 00:11:00.760 valve has made a sincere effort to reduce the number of different types of 00:10:58.800 --> 00:11:04.800 screw screws involved making repairs and modifications a much more pleasant task 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:09.240 that doesn't mean however that intergenerational compatibility is going 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:14.720 to be perfect the motherboard has changed and the daughter boards on both 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:19.720 sides of the unit have been reshaped and redesigned with the thumbstick boards 00:11:17.079 --> 00:11:23.600 now having these little wings not sure exactly what to call them but they're a 00:11:21.760 --> 00:11:28.320 mounting point for the switches for the shoulder buttons which means that any 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:32.639 third-party replacement joysticks are going to have to be redesigned before 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:37.839 they're going to work in the new deck the battery is still glued in place but 00:11:35.760 --> 00:11:41.000 valve says that they didn't go Hog Wild with the glue this time so battery 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:46.959 Replacements should be a little less terrible and a dedicated DSP is present 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:50.440 now to take some load off of the Apu for audio processing with valve claiming 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:55.720 that the new unit delivers refined haptics cleaner audio improved base 00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:59.240 response and better stereo separation we didn't really find any of these to be 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:04.160 gamechanging but they are certainly welcome improvements superficially the 00:12:01.920 --> 00:12:07.600 new cooling setup looks quite a lot like what we saw in the refreshed steam Decks 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:12.839 that they've been shipping in recent months but on closer inspection the 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:17.720 mounting points are actually different and there's a lot more open space under 00:12:15.560 --> 00:12:21.079 the Shroud with far fewer components on the main board getting in the way of 00:12:19.079 --> 00:12:25.120 airf flow our acoustic chamber is still in the works but even without it we 00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:29.959 observed a noticeable reduction in fan noise and that's with the system running 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:35.440 cooler overall under that cooling system we have some more big spec upgrades like 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:40.240 the original our new Apu comes with 16 gigs of 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:43.279 lpddr5 but this time it's 6,400 megat 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:46.519 transfer per second compared to the 5500 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:48.600 of the original that is a huge increase 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:54.480 and explains a significant amount of the performance uplift and there's a new 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:59.880 custom Wi-Fi module that had us peing in the real world at around 650 megabits 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:05.279 per second when downloading games on our Wi-Fi 6E Network here at the lab that is 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:08.040 outstanding and a huge difference maker if you've ever downloaded a big game on 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:12.360 your deck you're going to know what I'm talking about now the wireless module is 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:15.839 still soldered down which is a bit of a bummer especially because looking back 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:21.240 at the original and seeing what a big Improvement this is wouldn't it have been nice if that one hadn't been 00:13:18.760 --> 00:13:25.079 soldered but according to valve this was for good reason and allowed them to 00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:29.000 create a specialized interface between the Wi-Fi module and the Apu which has 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:33.600 the benefit of moving the power circuitry onto the main board rather 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:38.720 than the Wi-Fi card and of allowing them to run a dedicated antenna for Bluetooth 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:43.120 5.3 also to its credit the new Wi-Fi chip is at least soldered further away 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:46.920 from the m.2 slot for the SSD which should hopefully result in less 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:50.680 interference and speaking of storage let's talk about the updated lineup for 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:56.440 a moment here the new topof the line includes 1 tbte of NVMe storage and has 00:13:54.160 --> 00:14:00.399 the same anti-glare etching on the glass as the original it also includes 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:04.279 includes this new two-part case that will help save some room in your 00:14:01.839 --> 00:14:08.880 backpack if you don't happen to have a nice Tech focused bag that has room for 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:13.959 multiple laptops and a steam deck like ours does LTT Store.com the base model 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:19.680 is now 256 GB for the same price as before a 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:26.759 quadrupling of storage not to mention the speed upgrade but this one has a 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:29.199 catch it's the old LCD version and not 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:35.360 just with the same screen without any of the new upgrades at least that's 00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:37.440 the case for now so um I would probably 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:44.360 avoid that one and I'd be looking at the mid tier it's $20 more than last gen but 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:49.519 it gets double the storage at that price and has all the new goodies all it lacks 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:54.759 are the anti-glare coating which to me is not the end of the world and a 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:55.959 two-part case it's a smoking deal 00:14:54.759 --> 00:15:01.199 there's also a fourth member of the family the limited edition of the one tab that has an exclusive transparent 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:04.920 shell but that thing is so limited that valve wouldn't even let us borrow one 00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:08.519 even though they totally took our color scheme we had to drive all the way down 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:13.000 to Seattle to get this footage of it in person it's like you 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