{"id":13005,"date":"2022-07-03T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T02:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-downplays-the-impact-of-steam-decks-ssd-downgrade\/"},"modified":"2022-07-03T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T02:00:32","slug":"valve-downplays-the-impact-of-steam-decks-ssd-downgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-downplays-the-impact-of-steam-decks-ssd-downgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve downplays the impact of Steam Deck\u2019s SSD downgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nValve has downplayed the performance impact of using slower SSDs in new shipments of the Steam Deck.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe change was first spotted by German publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwareluxx.de\/index.php\/news\/consumer-electronics\/konsolen\/59003-downgrade-ssd-des-steam-deck-kann-auch-mit-nur-pcie-gen3-x2-angebunden-sein.html\">HardwareLuxx<\/a>, which noticed the 256 GB and 512 GB versions of the Steam Deck now ship with either a two-lane or four-lane PCIe Gen 3 SSD. Previously, these versions all came with a faster four-lane SSD.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAsked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/valve-says-steam-decks-ssd-change-impacts-performance-only-in-extremely-uncommon-cases\/\">PC Gamer<\/a> for comment, Valve&#8217;s product designer Lawrence Yang said Valve &#8220;determined  that there is no impact to performance between the two models,&#8221; and there were only differences between the two drives in &#8220;extremely uncommon cases.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-downplays-the-impact-of-steam-decks-ssd-downgrade\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has downplayed the performance impact of using slower SSDs in new shipments of the Steam Deck. 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