Valve says the slower SSD being used in some Steam Decks will have no impact on OS performance or load times.
, a spec change made at the end of May. We reached out to Yang to ask what the difference will mean for the end user. According to Valve's design team, there is no difference between the two drives except in"extremely uncommon cases."
Valve's rationale for the change is easy to understand; it's largely about securing the supply chain and increasing manufacturing capabilities to ensure that large pre-order list gets run through as quickly as possible.and giving itself another SSD option is part of the reason it can manage such a feat.
"Our team has tested both components extensively, and determined that there is no impact to performance between the two models."gaming performanceGiven that an x2 SSD has half the potential bandwidth of an x4 SSD—and those drives often have lower peak sequential read/write speeds, too—it's reasonable to expect there would be some sort of performance delta between them.
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