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Modder Boosts Steam Deck to a Bountiful 32GB RAM (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 30 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Intrepid Steam Deck modder Balázs Triszka has shared news of an impressive feat of handheld device enhancement.

In a recent Tweet/X by Triszka (h/t Overclock3D), we see that they managed to boost the Valve-made x86 PC gaming portable to 32 GB of RAM.

Unlike your desktop, and many laptops, the RAM in these devices is soldered directly to the system PCB, like on a graphics card.

Very often hardware needs a firmware modification to enable this kind of upgrade, and this is true of the Steam Deck memory doubling mod.

The Steam Deck is one of the most popular of the new wave of PC gaming handhelds, which is understandable given that it invigorated the segment with a uniquely compelling software / hardware combo in 2022.

But be warned, RAM upgrades like Triszka are far from trivial, with soldering equipment and skills required in abundance.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

We need c/MadLads

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow I bet you could play cities skylines on that baby >.<

[–] graphito@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

I'm having homebrew psp flashbacks

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people would have wet dreams about opening this hardware further by not soldering the memory to the mainboard, etc.

Already looks pretty easy to upgrade the ssd, which is great. Now create a PC-like standard for this handheld size.

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Wont be perfect, but you cpuld theoretically design a case for the framework 13 mainboard and convert it into a handheld. It wont be cheap though.

[–] Stampela@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

32... that's a sweet split of 16 for the vram and 16 for the ram. Supposing it works well it can completely fix any memory issues with any current games!