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$459 anti-discount vs Meta Quest to be free of the curse of Zuckerborg
Worth it. Fuck Zuckerburg
Already joined the list for the 1TB model! 1.2k€ isn't too bad imo, I was expecting to pay like 1.5k
I'm debating. This is one thing I've been really excited about for a while but I'm not sure the 1TB is worth the extra $300. But I waaaaant it!!!!
Its so sad that AI is taking all of the fabrication time.
Realistically, it probably isn't worth it because you can expand the storage via SD Card either way (and it's a lot cheaper, especially if you already have a good SD Card at home). But "I want it tho" is my reason for getting the bigger one too, so just follow your heart 🥹
Also, if your PC is more powerful than this you are most likely be streaming instead of using it in standalone mode.
Is an SD card going to have the same performance (and longevity?) as an SSD? Back when I was using a Raspberry Pi people always said it was kinda risky running the OS on an SD card.
You'd still be running the OS on the SSD (the smaller one is 256GB, that's still plenty of space). As for whether SD Cards are worse, I have no idea :0 I know I'm running most of my Switch games off an SD Card and never noticed any performance issues, but Switch games really aren't demanding enough to be a good benchmark I guess
On a Steam Deck, it is noticeable. Some blame the SD reader itself, which might not give the best speeds, but there's a noticeable difference between a very expensive very fast SD, and the still faster internal storage. Load times on heavy games groom the SD can be... Long.
Oh, interesting! Is it just the initial load times, or is there noticeable lag? Because the former might be fine, but the latter would be a total motion sickness nightmare in VR
I mean, I'm talking on my experience on the Steam Deck, but I think it still might apply. Load times are slower in general. I reckon if a game streams assets on the fly heavily (a GTA-like game, a heavy open world game), that might put it to the test. But I haven't had cases where it just struggles to keep the game flow because of storage streaming speed. It's just...you feel it installing and handling big file chunks is a slower process in general.
Theoretically, an SSD has the potential to perform better. I got the 512gb steam deck+a 1tb SD card and for a while I was very careful about putting all the most demanding games on the SSD and everything else on the SD card. But once I started running out of space on the internal drive I just switched to putting everything on the SD card and I really haven't noticed any performance difference. The only thing is maybe initial load times are slightly longer. But once everything is loaded and cached it runs basically the same from what I can tell.
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ouef I spent so much money these past 2 weeks :s
but I can't afford not to join the list
VR is such a boon for getting my ass off the chair n doing some exercise but hot damn does the cable of the vive suck assss.
VR is such a boon for getting my ass off the chair n doing some exercise
A cheaper solution (usually) is to get a cat. They have their ways of making you get up so you can play with them, whether you like it or not.
Trust me, if I could, I would get a cat, or 10, and become a crazy cat lady.
But unfortunately I couldn’t really give it a good standard of living, n it would basically have to permanently be banned from my room because one zoomie could cause hundreds of euros of damage and it could hurt itself a little too easily.
In that case I hope your situation changes in the future and you can adopt one, or more. I am sure you would give them the love they deserve.
Thanks, if I ever get out of this shithole I'll think about it
Is the price high? Yes
But it’s in $200 CAD more than a PS5 and PS VR2. And for the price of not dealing with Sonys BS, or Meta# BS this is a reasonable price… during the RAM pocolypse. I am hopeful in the AI winter, the price will fall
Wasn’t the Index 1000?
Yes.
Valve had to reneg on their year-old promise of it being cheaper than the Index due to the cost of ram and storage blowing up
this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2026
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