Portable Console Steam Deck capable of supporting ray tracing technology. About this in a conversation with the resource IGN told the technical specialist Valve Pierre-Loup Griffe…
At the same time, the developer immediately made a remark regarding the fact that today ray tracing is most often used in projects with the most advanced picture. You shouldn’t expect from Steam Deck the opportunity to pull every blockbuster at high graphics settings in conjunction with tracing, however, the specialist believes that the direction will be actively developed, due to which the number of games supporting the technology will increase. And we will see them on the Steam Deck with a fairly high performance.
In addition, Valve engineers talked about another technology supported by the Steam Deck, namely the smart upscaling system. AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)…
“As you can see, Dota 2 recently received an update with FSR support. All games that FSR support today are easy to run on our system. [Steam Deck]and this technology works exactly as you’d expect, “explained Pierre-Loup Griffe.
It is noteworthy that today Valve admits that the Steam Deck in the future may receive completely new models with modified and improved hardware.… If the console succeeds, the company plans to launch a whole series of devices, leaving the option for third-party manufacturers to release their own “laptop PCs.”
“We are looking at [Steam Deck] as a separate new product category on the PC market. Assuming that the audience will be happy with our system, we are ready for the further release of new platforms, as well as the fact that other companies will come to this niche, “- added Greg Coomer, one of the senior engineers at Valve.
The launch of the Steam Deck is scheduled for December this year.
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