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Will you upgrade your PC now that you have a steam deck? (links.wageoffsite.com)

submitted 1 year ago by wagesof@links.wageoffsite.com to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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Many people have, like me, realized that they use their deck more than their main rig.

For the last few years I've gone from 1080p to 1440p to 4k to 800p and don't think my main box will need to get beefier until the next big VR advancement. My machine is already three years old. I may rock it for another three at this pace.

How many of you will be laying off of CPU/GPU upgrades since handheld are so compelling?

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[–] foosel@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frankly, between the deck and the rising energy prices here in .de, I haven't booted the rig in months. I game on the deck, I work on the laptop (docked with three displays). That's 40W vs 200W, definitely makes a difference on the invoice from my energy supplier.

[–] Prologue7642@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I find the difference hard to believe, do you count your displays to that power consumption? With my desktop the overall power draw is something like 220W (when not gaming) and about 150W of that are just my displays.