Over the past couple of weeks, Valve remains in common chatter with the Steam Deck officially sending out to pre-order holders. Atop of that, the firm is not finished with the device just yet. At the start of March, Valve shipped out Aperture Desk Job: a new experience made to sample how the Steam Deck works. And yes, you can still play it on PC too.
However, there is more that came from the post-launch of the device as well. Alike Nintendo Switch, Valve’s Steam Deck is already facing drift with its analog sticks. However, the firm has found a way to resolve some of those issues with a firmware patch. By changing the deadzone settings it is told that the drifting problem can be fixed.
In a new update that went live on Thursday, Valve reveals the Steam Deck can now officially support Windows. Users can simply install the drivers and install Windows 10 or Windows 11. ” Have we mentioned Steam Deck is a PC?” Valve writes. “Like any other PC, you can install other applications and OSes if you’d like. For those interested in installing Windows, you’ll need a few additional drivers to have the best experience.”
It continues, “For now you can only perform a full Windows install. While Steam Deck is fully capable of dual-boot, the SteamOS installer that provides a dual-boot wizard isn’t ready yet. Also for now, you can only install Windows 10. Windows 11 requires a new BIOS that is currently in the pipe (which provides fTPM support) and will be shipping soon.
“Drivers are provided for GPU, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Audio drivers are still in the works with AMD and other parties – but you’ll still be able to use Bluetooth or USB-C audio with Windows on Deck.” There is also a resource page handy as well for users interested in returning to the default SteamOS on a separate recovery forum.
Other Valve news in recent times includes a recent interview with designer Greg Coomer who reveals multiple projects are in active development at the game studio. Howbeit there is no clarification as to what this will entail later on. You can read the full report by heading here.
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Source: Valve
