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Out of spec hardware changes to a device riding the edge as much as the Deck does out of the box just seems like a stupid loving idea to be honest
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Aug 29, 2022 12:59
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Just get a 1 or 2 TB MicroSD card.
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Aug 29, 2022 13:17
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Heran Bago posted:Just get a 1 or 2 TB MicroSD card. do they all have the same read speeds?
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Aug 29, 2022 13:23
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Mescal posted:do they all have the same read speeds? definitely not
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Quantum of Phallus posted:definitely not Is U3 worthwhile for the Deck or does it not practically go faster than U1?
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Aug 29, 2022 13:33
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Subjunctive posted:Is U3 worthwhile for the Deck or does it not practically go faster than U1? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-microsd-cards-for-steam-deck suggests that U3 vs U1 doesn't matter too much. I ended up with the Sandisk ultra largely because Amazon had it next day shipping.
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Aug 29, 2022 13:43
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Not a great idea to buy SD cards on Amazon, they have frequent issues with counterfeits and don't seem too invested in fixing that. Your chances of a bad card are much, much lower somewhere like Best Buy.
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i preordered one! thanks for your help with my questionsNukelear v.2 posted:https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-microsd-cards-for-steam-deck suggests that U3 vs U1 doesn't matter too much. I ended up with the Sandisk ultra largely because Amazon had it next day shipping. article says they're just barely slower than the internal SSD. cool.
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 as my deck is stuck in Netherlands for the last few days
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Marx Headroom posted:Not a great idea to buy SD cards on Amazon, they have frequent issues with counterfeits and don't seem too invested in fixing that. Your chances of a bad card are much, much lower somewhere like Best Buy. Anecdotally, I've bought from them over the years and never had one that reports the wrong size. I could believe I've had counterfeits on like brand or speed. Takes hours to test a 1TB card though with h2testw.
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I’ve always bought my SD cards from Amazon. I just don’t but then from third party sellers which most of these counterfeits are coming from. Not that I’m saying it doesn’t happen with Amazon proper, but if it did, they’d replace it easily.
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Heran Bago posted:Anecdotally, I've bought from them over the years and never had one that reports the wrong size. I could believe I've had counterfeits on like brand or speed. I've heard more anecdotes about the latter than the former.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I’ve always bought my SD cards from Amazon. I just don’t but then from third party sellers which most of these counterfeits are coming from. Not that I’m saying it doesn’t happen with Amazon proper, but if it did, they’d replace it easily. Amazon does inventory co-mingling which means they take incoming inventory from all vendors and mix them in a big bucket. After that the individual items aren't associated with either 1st or 3rd party sellers, they just pull one from that bucket when somebody makes a purchase. Obviously it's still possible to get authentic ones but buying 1st vs. 3rd party doesn't improve your chances at all.
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Skrill.exe posted:Amazon does inventory co-mingling which means they take incoming inventory from all vendors and mix them in a big bucket. After that the individual items aren't associated with either 1st or 3rd party sellers, they just pull one from that bucket when somebody makes a purchase. Obviously it's still possible to get authentic ones but buying 1st vs. 3rd party doesn't improve your chances at all. Guess I’m just lucky.
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Aug 29, 2022 14:28
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Costco has a nice 400gb one for like 50 which I’ve been using for a few months now with no issues.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Costco has a nice 400gb one for like 50 which I’ve been using for a few months now with no issues. Yeah that one is fine. Best Buy also has routine sales; I just picked up a 512gb Samsung card for $60 after accidentally scissoring my SanDisk in half when opening the case.
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Mescal posted:I've heard more anecdotes about the latter than the former. We have a standing rule to not buy USB sticks and MicroSD cards from Amazon at work because enough were counterfeit.
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Aug 29, 2022 15:19
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I don't know if it was counterfeit but the last USB stick I bought from Amazon broke while I was trying to separate it from the plastic USB plug cover. My MicroSD cards have all been good, surprisingly I've been having issues with an Anker SD card adapter, but a generic cheap plastic reader works fine. 
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https://www.pcgamer.com/emulating-3ds-games-with-a-steam-deck-proves-that-the-wii-u-was-right/ this is clever: using the deck and a tv to emulate wiiU games. what info should i add to the OP for people who haven't followed the thread yet?
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Mescal posted:https://www.pcgamer.com/emulating-3ds-games-with-a-steam-deck-proves-that-the-wii-u-was-right/ this is clever: using the deck and a tv to emulate wiiU games. 3DS games actually, just WiiU styled by having the top screen on another monitor and the bottom screen on the Deck.
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Veotax posted:3DS games actually, just WiiU styled by having the top screen on another monitor and the bottom screen on the Deck. Oh. the article linked within implies that the same for wiiu should be coming soon with the emulator releasing its source code, though.
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Marx Headroom posted:Not a great idea to buy SD cards on Amazon, they have frequent issues with counterfeits and don't seem too invested in fixing that. Your chances of a bad card are much, much lower somewhere like Best Buy. Skrill.exe posted:Amazon does inventory co-mingling which means they take incoming inventory from all vendors and mix them in a big bucket. After that the individual items aren't associated with either 1st or 3rd party sellers, they just pull one from that bucket when somebody makes a purchase. Obviously it's still possible to get authentic ones but buying 1st vs. 3rd party doesn't improve your chances at all. As an alternative explanation: I typically buy the cards on Prime Day or when there's a lightning deal, and I assume that they sell enough on Prime Day that they're unloading palettes of these straight from SanDisk/Samsung and they're not really sitting in inventory long enough to get mixed in with counterfeits. Or maybe the counterfeitters are going after the "Extreme" models for which there's higher margins anyways. Who knows. Either way, I don't really have a problem purchasing cards from Amazon. If I was burned their exchange process is pretty easy. I mean, if you can get a comparable deal at Best Buy/Micro Center/wherever that's great too.
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Each week is increasing in delivery than the last... We're up to January preorders now or so, so it might slow down once we hit march
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How is Doom Eternal on the deck? I imagine it runs well considering how much it's shoved to the top of the 'great on deck' page but it also seems like it's extremely hectic which seems like it would tax the deck a lot lot
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Anecdotally I've bought a dozen or so higher-capacity SD cards from Amazon over the past five years or so and I've yet to encounter an "obvious" counterfeit. I've never received a counterfeit card from Amazon either but other people have, so be warned is all. Here's a reddit about spotting fake cards to assist with research.
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jokes posted:How is Doom Eternal on the deck? I imagine it runs well considering how much it's shoved to the top of the 'great on deck' page but it also seems like it's extremely hectic which seems like it would tax the deck a lot lot Pretty great. Vulkan continues to be a boon in performance.
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I like the 60% off but I also have a pretty substantial backlog I'm working through. The eternal steam conundrum.....
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Just got my email for a 512 after a December preorder.
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Y'all need to get SyncThing setup - I love having my ROM game saves synced across my Server/Gaming PC/MiSTer/Laptop. I also setup a "Sync" folder that lets me easily move files from my Deck to my other devices.
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SyncThing is great, I use it to sync up my Elden Ring Seamless Coop saves between my Deck and main rig.
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All of the far cry games are on sale so I bought them because i want to play them on the deck.
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I got my email for a pre order from last Thanksgiving so it sounds like they probably have them arriving in batches 10k or so. I'll be decking in a few days time.
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Just wanted to add regarding Deck storage. Playing games from a fast MicroSDXC card vs SSD there's no difference in load times for games. It's not a bottleneck for Deck and even in max detail current gen gaming it's the last thing you'd generally be worrying about.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Each week is increasing in delivery than the last... We're up to January preorders now or so, so it might slow down once we hit march 64gb in the US slowed way down. I think it was 5% or so today but they're up to right after the review embargo lifted so I imagine the will be more right around now. Still in Q3 for a June order which ain't bad.
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Vic posted:Just wanted to add regarding Deck storage. Playing games from a fast MicroSDXC card vs SSD there's no difference in load times for games. It's not a bottleneck for Deck and even in max detail current gen gaming it's the last thing you'd generally be worrying about. Then again my biggest install has only been 3GB because most of my library is indie games, so I can't vouch for load times on AAA titles that take up like 100GB+ I want to check out all the emulation stuff eventually but I'm enjoying just going through my library and testing everything to see if it works. Had to do some configuration on a couple titles but so far it's been very nice
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I really wish 2 TB MicroSD cards would finally come out - I don't know if I'm ready to open my Deck to add a bigger SSD. Yes, I'm one of those nutjobs who needs 100+ games and 500+ roms at my disposal.
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bucksmash posted:Yeah I've been testing this, I haven't noticed a difference either. Im using a 256GB Samsung Pro UHS-I and I haven't had any issues. Big games aren't any different to indie games to load, they just have more (often redundant) art assests, uncompressed video and audio. Games load stuff you'll need into memory before they are displayed because it's easy to predict what data will be needed. And they don't need to write anything except for saving which is minimal amount of data. You need that high storage read/write speed for large scale concurrent file manipulation - something games just don't do.
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Exception to that is Minecraft IIRC, which saves very aggressively and synchronously?
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