steam os or windows

[reedy gaming]

so the main reason i was excited to get a steam deck was to play titles like r6 mw2 and few other titles such as spider man but people are saying they have no work around for mw2 or r6 but i don't really know if its worth sacrificing steam os for windows and how it will affect warranty if something goes wrong with the software

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It will not affect your warranty.

If you really want to play those games with their Windows only anti-cheats, you have to use Windows.

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It will not affect your warranty.

If you really want to play those games with their Windows only anti-cheats, you have to use Windows.

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how easy is dual boot

[Clone303]

easy Steam OS on Steam Deck and Windows on main PC

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by Clone303:

easy Steam OS on Steam Deck and Windows on main PC

Yeah but steam os doesn't have a amazing multiplayer library or at least with current player base

[MartyWF]

Do some research on YouTube for dual boot steam decks and decide.... On how to go about it...

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by MartyWF:

Do some research on YouTube for dual boot steam decks and decide.... On how to go about it...

i did that but people seem to have loads of different methods but i don't know which one is the most stable

[Jâbbérwôkkï]

Valve is still working on the boot loader that will allow dual boot. If you wait till it's released it should be easier to set up.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Jâbbérwôkkï:

Valve is still working on the boot loader that will allow dual boot. If you wait till it's released it should be easier to set up.

The bootloader rqlreqdy does that just fine. It's the setup sceipt(s) that need work in that area.

Originally posted by reedy gaming:

Yeah but steam os doesn't have a amazing multiplayer library or at least with current player base

That's, like, your opinion. Since I got my Deck, I've played a bunch of MP games with friends & randoms. Some really fun MP games I play on my other PCs, not carefully hand-selected for the Deck.

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Jâbbérwôkkï:

Valve is still working on the boot loader that will allow dual boot. If you wait till it's released it should be easier to set up.

The bootloader rqlreqdy does that just fine. It's the setup sceipt(s) that need work in that area.

Originally posted by reedy gaming:

Yeah but steam os doesn't have a amazing multiplayer library or at least with current player base

That's, like, your opinion. Since I got my Deck, I've played a bunch of MP games with friends & randoms. Some really fun MP games I play on my other PCs, not carefully hand-selected for the Deck.

At what point did I say it wasn't my opinion I will wait

[🌎Earth]

I'm not reading the whole thread so forgive me if I'm repeating someone, but the best route is to get a top of the line SD card and install Windows to the SD card. Windows is surprisingly stable off of an SD card and that's what I use to play games that don't work online such as mw2 or dbfz. This route pretty much eliminates any concern you would have when trying to install Windows on the Deck itself. Plus, you can always take the SD card out, or switch between OS by holding power+volume down button when turning on the device. Lastly, the Deck can still see files on a NTFS Windows install, so ROMs and other read-only files can still be accessed from SteamOS.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by reedy gaming:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

The bootloader rqlreqdy does that just fine. It's the setup sceipt(s) that need work in that area.

That's, like, your opinion. Since I got my Deck, I've played a bunch of MP games with friends & randoms. Some really fun MP games I play on my other PCs, not carefully hand-selected for the Deck.

At what point did I say it wasn't my opinion I will wait

You've dropped the statement as-is, as a factual claim.

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by reedy gaming:

At what point did I say it wasn't my opinion I will wait

You've dropped the statement as-is, as a factual claim.

But what still youn understand did I say that was factual.information did I directly say it was a fact if I intended to be meant factual information I would made sure that was known

[sephoroid]

Windows only.
There is 0 reason to stay with Steam OS, cause it sucks.
- Less compatibility with steam OS.
- Worse user experience with steam OS.
- Worse touch controls with steam OS.
- Worse performance with steam OS.

[reedy gaming]

Originally posted by sephoroid:

Windows only.
There is 0 reason to stay with Steam OS, cause it sucks.
- Less compatibility with steam OS.
- Worse user experience with steam OS.
- Worse touch controls with steam OS.
- Worse performance with steam OS.

You see I watched that Linus video apparently the controls are a pile of crap.on windows and I will end up dual booting because some game I have heard just run smoother on steam os

[[?]legit]

Originally posted by reedy gaming:

Originally posted by sephoroid:

Windows only.
There is 0 reason to stay with Steam OS, cause it sucks.
- Less compatibility with steam OS.
- Worse user experience with steam OS.
- Worse touch controls with steam OS.
- Worse performance with steam OS.

You see I watched that Linus video apparently the controls are a pile of crap.on windows and I will end up dual booting because some game I have heard just run smoother on steam os

How old is that video? It is not relevant at all and to be honest he was completely wrong back then. Everything is better on windows. Good thing is you don't have to rely on biased opinions and popular misconceptions, as you can just try it out yourself. Most people I know have switched from steamos to windows entirely.