I’m thinking about replacing my main PC for a steam deck.
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Video editing requires heavy amounts of cpu, ram, and is detailed enough where you would want a large monitor with keyboard and mouse most times.
Deck is great for a lot of things, I would say this is not one of them. Can you do it? Sure, you can cook an egg on the back of it while you render for 36 hours. Should you? Probably not.
Even docked?
Plugging it in may give it more power, but doesn’t triple the CPU power.
That sounds like a terrible idea honestly.
oof, I’d connect it to a display, would that improve it? Or is it something else entirely?
The problem isn’t (just) the display, it’s the… well, everything else
Edit: not to say that you couldn’t or shouldn’t try it out. Shit, might work out depending on what you want to do
1080p video editing, 2.7k at most. 60 fps.
Looking at your old PC specs it should be fine, but keep in mind that davinci resolve is the only big video editor that supports Linux (there’s also kdenlive, but it’s not as popular)
When i tried to get resolve running on stock steamdeck, it fell on the app launching to an error message about not finding your gpu.
Can’t Blender do video editing too?
Honestly it largely depends on your main PC specs, but like you are hearing from others. It probably isn’t a good idea.
My main PC is an i3 from 14 years ago. It has an SSD and 6 gb of ram so it is serviceable.
More people need to be frugal just as you. Huge respect for you man.
I just use tech for as long as it works. I only replace it when something fails and there’s no way to fix it.
I think happiness is not about getting more and more, it’s about appreciating what you already have. Getting more and more didn’t make me happy, doing stuff with it did. And if someone else made art with less than half of my current resources, it is my technique that should be improved, not my infrastructure.
This Ted talk changed my life: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful
I found happiness in appreciating everything, doing stuff and being with the people that I love.
Yeah the steam deck will be faster than that. 4K video editing? Not gonna be great but it might be tolerable. 1080p? Heck yeah.
Based on this added info I think it would be a major improvement. So I’d say go for it!
Fucking hell, you and I have vastly different definitions of “serviceable”
I mean, I still play Diablo 2 and AoE2. I make music on my main PC too.
D2 & AoE2 - one does not need more to be entertained for months.
Or a lifetime
