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Discussion: Do you think the next steamdeck will be x86 or ARM? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Wanted to talk about this a bit. I've seen some things showing how well along translation layers have gotten with both proton from windows based games and x86 apps running on ARM. I think it'd be a huge improvement for something like standby time. Although I'm not sure how well it'd be for power efficiency while gaming since it might use the same amount of power for similar performance regardless. Maybe better for low complexity games like balatro or vampire survivors?

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[–] rotopenguin 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Standby time is 99% a function of "how much power the ram takes". If you have less ram, it takes less power to refresh.

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is ram that's used on arm chips usually lower power than x86 or can they be interchangeable?

[–] crater2150@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago

ARM boards with slotted RAM use the same type as x86 (although mostly LPDDR, as found in laptops), so I assume there isn't any difference that is related to the CPU architecture.