An nameless reader quotes a report from overkill.wtf: The crew behind widespread emulation instrument EmuDeck is at the moment asserting one thing somewhat particular: they’ve spent the primary half of 2024 engaged on their very first {hardware} product, known as the EmuDeck Machine, and it is resulting from arrive earlier than the yr is out. This EmuDeck Machine is an upcoming, crowdfunded, retro emulation mini PC operating Bazzite, a Linux-based system just like SteamOS. […] This new EmuDeck Machine is available in two variants, the EM1 operating an Intel N97 APU, and the EM2 — based mostly on an AMD Ryzen 8600G. Whereas each machines are meant as emulation-first gadgets, the AMD-based variant can simply operate as a console-like PC. That is additionally due to some customized work carried out by the crew: “We have optimized the system for optimum energy. The default configuration of an 8600G will get you 32 FPS in Cyberpunk; we have managed to achieve 47 FPS with a totally steady system, or 60FPS if you happen to use FSR.”
Each machines will ship with a Gamesir Nova Lite controller and EmuDeck preinstalled naturally. The crew has additionally preinstalled all obtainable Decky plugins. However that is not all: if the marketing campaign is profitable, the EmuDeck crew will even work on a docking station for the EM2 that may improve the graphics to an AMD Radeon 7600 desktop GPU. With this, in video games like Cyberpunk 2077, you’ll attain 160 FPS in 1080p as per EmuDeck’s measurements. You possibly can preorder the EmuDeck Machines by way of Indigogo, beginning at $322 and transport in December.