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Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by bsimpson on Thursday November 27, 2025 @12:17PM (#46071263)
I just checked: Frame is Gen 3 and the article is Gen 5.
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by cherioo on Thursday November 27, 2025 @01:54PM (#46072169)
I am really hoping Valve will release a Frame Pro with Elite Gen 5 later :(
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by jsheard on Thursday November 27, 2025 @02:08PM (#46072300)
Maybe eventually, but Valve don't tend to update their hardware very often so it'll probably be a while. They went over 6 years between their last VR headsets, and the Deck is over 3 years old now with no hint of a successor coming (the OLED version is more recent but that was a minor iteration with mostly the same specs).
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by modeless on Thursday November 27, 2025 @02:59PM (#46072746)
I care a lot more about the screen resolution than the chip. The Steam Frame would make a really cool Linux workstation if the pixels per degree on the display matched typical monitors. Unfortunately, the resolution would have to be much higher than it is.
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by ff2400t on Thursday November 27, 2025 @12:45PM (#46071532)
The frame uses X Elite, their SoC designed or Laptops. These drivers are for mobile Line. Yeah the naming can be quite confusing.
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by TiredOfLife on Thursday November 27, 2025 @01:08PM (#46071733)
the frame is using a standard mobile snapdragon 8 gen 3 with ARM designed cortex cores.
Re:Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by cubefox on Thursday November 27, 2025 @01:31PM (#46071947)
The 8 Gen 3 also still uses the previous tile-based A7x GPU architecture, while newer chips use the "A8x family of GPUs based on the new Slice architecture".