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How Valve Made $600,000,000 in a Year | Steam Deck Success Story (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I don't doubt you. I haven't personally had any of those problems except fixing the resolution. I use Xbox clone controllers.

I don't use the official dock, just one of the dozen random USB-C docks running around my house. My Deck is mostly stock, except for an SSD upgrade. I used to dock it about a third of the time I played it but now I've got a mini PC running HoloISO connected to the TV to play games remotely from my rig if I want to play on the big screen (I'm too lazy to walk over and dock it and someone who will remain nameless borrows the deck from time to time). HoloISO hasn't shown any of the problems either.

Luck of the draw, I guess.

Edit: removed the line about it being dead stock because I wasn't thinking about my SSD upgrade when I wrote it. I addressed it elsewhere anyway.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Does the dock need to have power pass through or is there a dedicated charging port?

    And can it be used like a steam link to stream from a desktop on the same network at higher resolutions?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The dock/hub should have power pass through. Both my inexpensive Amazon hub and my Jsaux hub have this though. There is only the one USB C port.

    You can use Steam Link, but I've never done so. My desktops are old and/or low spec, so I've never bothered.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Interested in this exact setup. Would you mind telling more about your setup? Which model mini pc do you use? And I assume you stream via steam link? Any issues with the resolution or lag? Any issues with HoloISO? Thanks in advance!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    HoloISO hasn't been updated on a long time but there is Chimera and Bazzite that deliver a similar experience.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I wouldn't call the second half of August "a long time". However, I can say Chimera is pretty good and prior to August the last big release of HoloISO was last year so I do get your point and agree with you steering others to distros that may better meet their needs.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure! It's the Beelink with the 5500u. I am using steam link and everything is wired. No resolution problems, but I do have about one stuttering issue a week for a second or two. At 4k I had alignment problems that didn't make sense (everything was shifted 3 inches to the left) but my eyes aren't great so 1080p fine for me. Moonlight would probably fix it but I'm lazy.

    HoloISO has been great. I had a Bluetooth issue where it wouldn't come back from sleep, but there was a setting I added in desktop mode that took about 3 minutes that fixed it right up. I use Xbox clone controllers or my old stadia controllers that I've set up for Bluetooth depending on what's closest (did I mention I'm lazy?).

    Ask questions and I'll answer. I like talking about my setup.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ask questions and I’ll answer. I like talking about my setup.

    Don't mind if I do :) This might be a dumb question, but if you're going to be streaming anyway, why not just use the latest gen Apple TV with ethernet and the Steam Link app? I'm assuming the interface / experience is just better, but are there other considerations? Thanks!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Not a dumb question. That setup would probably work great for a lot of folks! There are some reasons it doesn't fit my particular use case.

    First, I keep a few games installed locally (stuff with low requirements and emulator stuff). I like being able to do that because I don't keep those on my rig. Maybe that's possible with the Apple TV? I don't know. That leads right into my second reason...

    I'm not part of the Apple ecosystem. I do own a MacBook (and a Mac mini from like 2008, but I don't think we'll count that) but it only ever gets used for music stuff. I have an Apple ID but don't even remember what email address I used to sign up. Apple anything never really crosses my mind. I would assume the interface is pretty good because Apple does tend to make a nice UI, but I have no idea.

    Speaking of the interface, I wanted something as close to the deck as possible because, honestly, it's easy. That's the reason I didn't leave Windows on there. I could have had it boot directly into big picture mode but suspend doesn't work that great in Windows. Suspend works great and for my use it's no different than the deck. I think I mentioned earlier I had to make a Bluetooth change in desktop mode but that's been it.

    Finally, I liked the idea of it. I have an extra input. I have the money for a cheap mini PC. I had the attention span for a short project. Setting it up made me so happy that I'm considering doing it to the living room TV as well. But I'm afraid it's diminishing returns so I'll work on something else next then maybe revisit it. Or maybe I'll put a console out there. Or maybe I'll do nothing and learn to paint. With the Adderall shortage I'm out here raw dogging reality so I'm quickly hopping from project to project. I need to keep them both doable and engaging or I'm going to have a bunch more half finished projects by this time next year.

    On the other hand, for someone who has an Apple TV it might be a great solution. No hate from me however you want to set it up as long as it does what you want and makes you happy.

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