ETA PRIMA shared on their YouTube channel a new video that shows how it is possible to connect an external GPU to the console via the M.2 slot. No NVIDIA GPU seems to work as of now, however, so a Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU has been connected instead. While the Steam Deck’s CPU obviously bottlenecked the powerful RX 6900 XT GPU, the results were still impressive in gaming, as the console is able to run games like The Witcher 3 and Grant Theft Auto V at 4K resolution and decent performance above 60 FPS. More recent games like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077 run decently as well, but only at 1080p resolution, which is still quite impressive, considering not only the console’s CPU but the M.2 connection.
The Steam Deck is Valve’s handheld console which has been released this year. More information on the system can be found on its official website.
