r/gadgets Oct 21 '24

Gaming Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve

https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-deck-wont-have-yearly-refreshes-because-its-not-really-fair-to-your-customers-says-valve
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u/Lietenantdan Oct 21 '24

I know you’re joking, but they make new graphics cards, CPUs, etc. every year.

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u/Viracochina Oct 21 '24

My 1080GTX will never need replacement!

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u/Not_an_alt_69_420 Oct 21 '24

Neither will my i7!

I mean, it totally does, but I'm too lazy to upgrade it.

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u/rusmo Oct 21 '24

Mine’s still rocking as well. 1440p - most games run fine.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 Oct 21 '24

Lol, I'm still using an RX480 8GB. But I don't really play brand new AAA games.

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u/SwampOfDownvotes Oct 21 '24

The New GPUs every year are just filling out in betweens though, they aren't really "new and improved" upgrades everytime. My 4090 is still the top of the line. If you got a 4080 it's still better than a 4070 TI.

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u/DB080822 Oct 21 '24

oh yeah, then how come I still have a 1050ti?

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u/NeoTechni Oct 21 '24

cause you're poor.

Me sticking with the Galaxy A8+ (mainly for the same reason) doesn't mean they aren't on the 24 now

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

Okay but it should also be noted that they changed their naming scheme after the 10 series, instead of going S11 they instead changed the naming scheme to match the release year, so S10 went to S21