Steam Deck modder gives Valve’s handheld a crazy RAM upgrade
Modder creates the world’s first Steam Deck with 32GB of RAM
Since Valve’s Steam Deck’s memory is utilised by both the system’s CPU and GPU (as both are part of the same SOC), upgrading Valve’s Steam Deck to feature 32GB of memory gives users both a CPU memory and a GPU memory upgrade. While this upgrade will not enable increased memory bandwidth for the system, it will give the system a performance boost in scenarios where games or applications would benefit from additional memory.
Since most games can run on a system with 16GB of combined CPU and GPU memory, we do not expect Valve to release a Steam Deck with this upgraded memory configuration anytime soon. Perhaps there will be a next-generation Steam Deck or Steam Deck competitor that will offer users more than 16GB of memory, but we do not expect to see such a handheld anytime soon. For a compact device like this, 16GB of memory is enough.
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