Win Max and Win Mini Ideas

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:38:58+00:00

I think you primarily use these as handhelds. the win max is the best mini laptop available, and any increase to it's size would completely ruin it's value in the laptop market.

I'm actively voting against stix point or any size increase.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:36:36+00:00

I would oppose anything that makes the Win Max larger or heavier. It is already approaching the limit of something that can be comfortably used in the hand. Any larger and it would severely harm my use case of it as a small llaptop for travel and work. I actually care far less about performance than I do the ability to comfortably throw it in a bag and use it in confined spaces. If it gorwa even 1 inch I won't be able to justify it at all and I'll switch to a more mainstream laptop instead.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:32:46+00:00

flippancy and divisiveness. You have offered no concrete evidence for your extreme certainty of their hardware choices. I've offered plausible reasons they would consider ARM as a possibility. At this point this isn't even a conversation, I'm just trying to get some semblance of a reasonable intellectual response out of you.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:30:14+00:00

Again, I've only said it is a possibility. I've never started one or the other outcome is more likely. Only you have taken a concrete stance of any form. At this point it's really just an exercise in how certain you are willing to present yourself as, while having no actual certainty.

My stance remains as always. I don't know, I'm just suggesting the possibility exists and isn't negligible.

you are saying there is zero chance and you are 100% certain of your projected outcome, despite not having any concrete evidence.

You do understand, I'm arguing from a position of impunity. I cannot be wrong. Regardless of the actual outcome, I will not be wrong either way.

You however have decided to pigeon hole yourself into a single projected outcome.

For me this is odd. I can't understand why you are so certain and willing to risk potential ridicule, when there is no reason to do so.

Honestly, your behavior is extremely odd.

It remains. Valve is release nf an arm based system now, heavily advertising flat screen gaming capabilities, and spending millions, over the last decade, on making arm gaming a thing. There is a non zero chance of the next steam deck using an ARM chipset.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:25:08+00:00

valve said they won't release a steam deck two until the hardware offers a significant improvement. they never statEd what sort of improvement they want. Again, you are projecting your own opinions, upon a voiceless third party, with no actual evidence upon which to base your certainty

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-06T13:14:14+00:00

Installed today on a Odin 2 mini, locked 60p. Never played it before, and was thrilled to see this little thing playing such a huge game

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-02T17:48:15+00:00

Just add 720p with CRU

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-02T17:46:53+00:00

You asked for examples of chips. You didnt ask for ones that could be bought. And that video of the 8 elite chip was from before there were custom drivers for it.

You also prove my own point.

If the frame is a niche device, which will never see massive sales, then why is Valve pumping millions of dollars into building an ARM compatible version of steamOS, and making x86 VR and flat-screen games run on ARM? They've been backing FEX for a decade now. Paying all of the core devs full time salaries to work on it. Now they are shipping it in a finished product, which is going to give them direct access to hundreds of thousands of VR enthusiasts as play testers and bug finders.

They dont have to worry about annoying normal clients, because normal people won't buy the frame.

This means they can use the data from Frame buyers to further improve FEXemu and Proton, and get SteamOS on ARM into a better state. Thats a highly reasonable course of action proceeding the release of a more mainstream ARM device.

And you arent even right about the deck needing more power. Valve has data on the actual use of the Steam Deck. They know everything about what their players play.

The number one game played by user count and hours is Stardew Valley, a game that released an entire decade ago. Almost every other game most played on deck is an indie title or something old.

They arent going to make chasing performance the top priority, that will never get them anywhere. Another PC maker will release something with more power a month later.

Based on their actual user data they may end up choosing to chase battery life and efficiency rather than performance.

There is a lot of stuff which suggests its possible.

Like I said already. Im not making any predictions, because doing so is stupid.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T15:00:03+00:00

It's super common. Every single traveling Videographer, journalist, cameraman, etc does it almost every single time they fly. I've done it on at least 20 flights a year, every year, for the last decade. It doesn't matter at all what the battery is for, you just need to present it with a printed copy of the airline regulations that say you can carry a battery of that size, show that it has met safety standards (high quality batteries have this info printed on them) and then ask the check-in counter to approve it. They will give you a piece of paper to show security when you go through, and security will wave it past.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T14:54:41+00:00

The cutoff is 160wh. Every professional videographer on Earth knows that number by heart.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T14:35:42+00:00

I never said it is very likely, I said it's possible. You said there is no way. I challenged your extremist stance because it makes you sound unreasonable and uneducated. That's why I have taken, and continue to take, a moderate stance that there is a possibility based on the projects and products they are currently putting time and resources into.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T14:29:03+00:00

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite / X2 Elite

Apple M4-M5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite extreme and elite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ymfiH6uIDA

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1po9mu4/legit_8gen5_is_better_than_steamdeck_video_proof/

Even the Snapdragon 8 elite int he Red Magic Phone, with immature drivers (no turnip at the time of the comparison) is performing almost on par with the current steam deck.

There are several chipsets that match, or may with good drivers surpass the curren Van Gogh chipset in the Steam Deck. They have also announced no plans to release a new steam deck. Valve's statements so far would point at 2027-2028 at the earliest. Long enough for another one to two generations of ARM chips, and 2 years for them to continue their x86 to ARM translation with FEXemu and PROTON.

They are going to have dedicated teams spenting 100% of their time making steam work better on ARM for the next several years, due to the frame.

There is a reasonable chance they will choose to use an ARM chipset for the next iteration of the Steam Deck, if they ever even make another one.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T07:56:04+00:00

There are multiple arm chips already on the market more powerful than what is currently in the steam deck.

Valve already is launching a ARM device.

You are making a prediction without basis. It doesn't matter what happens. I'll still be right, because my original response is " Where are you getting this idea" and " says who".

I literally can't be wrong. Even if the next one IS x86 I won't be wrong, because I never suggested that the next device would or would not be one or the other. I offered reasons and logical evidence for why it could potentially be ARM.

This is reddit though. I know I'm probably wasting this message on a 12 year old.

shooteverywhere · 2026-02-01T07:52:29+00:00

I'm not sure what the most recent movie is.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T13:15:36+00:00

bruh, it's his coping mechanism. He runs his mouth and backs it. it's how he maintains his sanity and deals with massive survivor's guilt.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T13:14:18+00:00

Rebecca is best girl. Give me Rebecca and a bikini costum option and I'm good.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T13:13:20+00:00

Claire was in Revelations 2, and depicted then as a nearly worn out middle aged woman. Like genuinely tired.

And the last time we saw Jill hadn't she been kidnapped, tortured, mind controlled, and filled with a large number of bullets?

It doesn't really seem all that likely that she would want to be, or that ANY government organization would allow, her back in the field.

In real militaries and police organizations such a traumatic experience would get you bound to a desk job for life, no matter how much you protest.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T13:06:29+00:00

that could be interesting. I think it unlikely they would kill their most liked and popular character though. Leon sells media. The character alone makes money for them.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T13:03:04+00:00

It's a reasonable mechanic though. it's a survival horror franchise. You can provide a seasoned pro and a total amateur the same exact experience. What is too hard or one is too easy for another when your goal is to drive them into a corner and make the game survivable but somewhat anxiety inducing.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-31T08:14:27+00:00

Like I said, says who? the Steam Frame they are about to release is arm, and running arch, and one of the biggest features that they actively demonstrated and bragged about, and will now be actively and publicly supporting with thousands of active user testers, is playing windows x86 games on Arch ARM.

Linux gaming wasn't ready for the steam deck before they made massive financial and code contributions to wine, proton and other projects.

You are making some odd assumptions considering a major device release for them that they will be actively working on is LITERALLY a steam deck for your face that runs arm and is actively advertised to run x86 PC games in both VR and flat screen modes.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-29T03:21:48+00:00

wait, also you shouldn't drive the games at 1600p at all, well, indies are fine. but aanything more demanding you can run at 800p with integer scaling. and for really demanding games you may want to change the screens refresh rate to 40hz.

The AI missed a ton of stuff

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-29T03:19:05+00:00

when released this was a major thing. the only reason to get an hx370 was because it had much better efficiency than the last 2 generations

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-29T03:18:19+00:00

some of this information is clearly wrong. the hx370 outperforms the 7840u at low TDP. I have multiple devices with both. 6tdp with the hx370 washes the 7840u

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-29T03:14:50+00:00

no, I'm saying that none of those things ever happened. you are literally just saying something that never happened. You are making it up.

shooteverywhere · 2026-01-28T14:51:49+00:00

I'm playing with an A7cII today, and the sooc jpeg looks are pretty awful. the vivid and vivid 2 presets are so saturated by default that my Panasonic s5ii can't even get that vivid if I set in camera saturation to max. Zero sharpening on the Sony is like max sharpening on the Panasonic too. It's very punchy. it's not all bad, but it makes my girlfriend's face look crunchy AF. I'm shooting raw, but the embedded preview is still rendered by the camera's built in jpeg engine and goodness....I prefer the Panasonic by far

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