Steam Deck has a lot of goodness and is selling like hot cakes. It is powerful, extremely fast in games and has very extensive features, among which is the fact that it can be used as a desktop PC. But then, what performance could it have if we used it with a 1080p monitor? It could run games decently given the jump in resolution. Good…
The success of Steam Deck is not surprising, it is something that one could say of the typical “see it coming” and it is not for less. An adjusted price in the most basic version, portability, power for this type of console as we had not seen and freedom of configuration and additional additions as functions that leave consoles like Switch blank.
For this reason and considering that the docking station (similar to what Nintendo did with its console) is not yet available, one can still connect it to a monitor via a USB-C cable at the using a common keyboard and mouse and above all, thanks to a HUB that can stream video in 1080p and 60 Hz with 45 watt, at least. With this configuration can you move the games?
Steam Deck with a 1080p monitor is it doable?
Technically it is, the console supports it perfectly before HUB, in games it is already a separate problem. Although Steam Deck can send images up to 4K, the performance in 1080p due to its iGPU is more affordable, so since Rockpapershotgun they have offered interesting performance values, where we go first with those that Steam Deck gives without a monitor, on his screen.
Horizon Zero Dawn averaged 40 FPS, God of War topped 35 FPS, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus managed a solid 60 FPS, and Death’s Door could also run at 60 FPS on the Steam Deck’s 1280×800 pixel display. .
Decreased Steam Deck performance
Obviously by making the jump to an external monitor and with a higher resolution, the console will see its graphics performance diminished. But even so, Steam Deck is holding up better than expected. The data obtained testifies to this, since in Horizon the drop was 14 FPS (26 frames per second average game), God of War went from 35 to 20 frames per secondWolfenstein II went from 60 to 40 frames per second average and Death’s Door of those same 60 FPS at 35-40FPS depending on the scenario.
In short, Steam Deck handles quite well given that all games have been set to the maximum visual configuration, so it’s to be expected that by lowering those settings for more relaxed games, we can get a gaming experience at or near 60 FPS on a 1080p monitor, which is certainly very impressive considering this is a portable console.
It is true that obviously this will not happen in all titles, but if it does in a large number of them, we are talking about a console that will score, if it has not already done so, a before and after in the world of games and hardware as such.
