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[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cool, the more Linux-based handhelds, the better! I would prefer a handheld with RK3588S, but this one is interesting too.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The AMD apu is far superior but also far more expensive. Their gpu is just unbeatable. Also software support is guaranteed on x86.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but I usually run emulators and open source ports, so with an ARM I would have more battery life.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No you wouldn't. The Rockchips are far less efficient than AMD's modern X86 stuff.

AMD's new stuff is on par with the M1 in efficiency.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even despite they require active cooling? Didn't know, cool! Now the only downside is size.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

I don't know if he's correct on low power use cases, but the cooling is way more about the high power use cases.

The steam deck can chew through it's battery in ~2 hours or last something in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending what you run on it.