Linux 6.6 Adds New Sound Support For AMD Van Gogh, Valve Galileo

[Beryesa]

Might be the rumoured Valve Index 2?

[ayumu]

StarFive JH7110

RISC-V SoC found in VisionFive 2, Star64, MILK-V Mars, Pinetab-V.

[brucethemoose]

What about having Van Gogh on 5nm?

I wouldn't be surprised if AMD revives the Van Gogh line and comes out with a (Zen 5?) successor.


Current gen is too early though. The success of the Deck has only just become apparant, and the decision to continue the line would take years to execute.

[jams3223]

What about having Van Gogh on 5nm?

[Bobby Bob]

My wishlist:
Same overall level of max performance (or a very slight increase at most), but with reduced battery draw at the same wattages, and the same (or larger) battery capacity and an easier to remove/replace battery than the current design. VRR screen. Maybe a slight weight and size reduction (smaller bezels?), and a hardware switch for turning the display on/off (to turn off the screen while downloading games or listening to music for example). I'd happily buy that refresh. I really don't need 'MOAR PERF!', I don't care about raytracing or whatever, almost all the games I play on my deck run at 60fps, I don't use it for demanding stuff, I use it for older/2D/simpler games. I just want less power draw for the same perf, improved battery life, VRR, and an easier to replace battery.

[Nille]

Valve still loses money with every Deck sold.

Thats nonsense and Valve just says that the price point was challenging and not that the loose money with it.

[brucethemoose]

Having a VRR capably display and stack would help quite a lot IMO. Sure you can pin the current display to 37Hz (or whatever fits per game) an hope it never drops below that. But restricting the SOC to 7W and letting VRR do its thing is better and more comfortable. IMO this would be the best and cheapest upgrade they could do without alienating their old base with a Deck2

Yeah, exactly. VRR would be such a huge performance and power efficiency upgrade for the deck.

As an example, on battery, one could massively throttle the chip and get "about 40fps" with basically no downside over running it at a higher TDP and hoping it stays locked at 30. And you could still cap the fps to avoid wasting power in low-load parts of the game.


Docked, the chip can run free instead of being locked at 60, and the dips will feel much better.

[slalomsk8er]

Why does it have to be about more performance? Valve still loses money with every Deck sold. I bet my left nut this new revision is about making it cheaper, nothing else. (Which is not bad IMO).

Source?

They sold more units then expected (economy of scale) and more of the high end models (better margin).
My guess, the reduced prices at the summer sale where at cost.

[Mathias]

Having a VRR capably display and stack would help quite a lot IMO. Sure you can pin the current display to 37Hz (or whatever fits per game) an hope it never drops below that. But restricting the SOC to 7W and letting VRR do its thing is better and more comfortable. IMO this would be the best and cheapest upgrade they could do without alienating their old base with a Deck2

[SyXbiT]

I get a full v2 isn’t likely this soon, but if z1 matched perf at 15w and was set better at day 30w, it would be great when docked.