@@basa1000 recently, Persona 3 Reload, Yakuza like a dragon, HiFi Rush, Dota 2 arcade lobbies. To be clear, I did not own the original Deck, but I've thoroughly enjoyed the Deck OLED, you can play pretty much any steam game out of the box, and it is not hard to install games via installers outside steam, emulators and more. I'd only advise against if you plan to play with games that use easy anti cheat (fortnite, MW, some others)
I bought it, and I'm regretting so much. This device doesn't work on Windows, because it's a unfinished product. The LCD is perfectly compatible with audio driver, but not the OLED. And I don't think I should be stuck on SteamOS, because it's a PC. At this point, I'm returning it and buying an Ayaneo.
@@neutralasswitz3192 Steam Deck OLED doesn't have a audio driver for Windows yet, and Valve is not focused on working to release this. Though, they say the device is a PC that is compatible with Windows too.
When I see a steam deck I still have flashbacks of the old Sega GameGear. That thing took 6 AA batteries at a time and went through them faster than tic-tacs. To this day I am convinced that the battery acid levels in our soil leeching off from landfills are probably %60+ from AA batteries trashed from the GameGear era. Now I know that the Steam Deck, like nearly all hand-held tech these days, uses a rechargeable battery but, that that doesn't seam to help the slight case of PTSD that GameGear gave my generation lol.
@@benargee there's a plugin too, probably not enough people are asking for it, that's why they didn't implemented, with enough plugins download they could do that natively (they did something similar already)
Tip for Steam deckers for changing brightness on the fly : Press and hold on 3 dot button on the right handside + Left joystick (up or down) to adjust brightness.
If you want to effectively guarantee you'll never get burn in then you should only use Steamdeck at the "50%" brightness setting. Steamdeck OLED and Switch OLED use basically the same screen, when Wulf Den did the Switch OLED burn-in test it took 10,000 hours to see significant signs of burn-in, meanwhile when Phawx did a Steamdeck burn it test it only took around 1,000 to see burn in. The difference is Switch runs 400nits and Steamdeck runs 600nits, which means if you keep Steamdeck at "50%" you'll have the same 400nits brightness as the Switch OLED. (Because Steamdeck actually reaches maximum brightness at the 75% setting, so 50% is actually 2/3 of maximum, which equates to 400nits out of the 600nits maximum.)
If you can't install windows in it, it's not worth it, and these reviewer$ won't tell you this until you buy and find out for yourself. Steam Deck OLED is just an unfinished product.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778Windows is a god awful operating system that shoves your face with bloatware and ads. Dunno what tf you mean by unfinished. The only thing i see wrong with it is the battery life and overheating (both of which were improved with the OLED model)
At least you can install Windows on LCD, while OLED can't even play the audio. Valve simply launched an unfinished product, not worth it if you can't choose the OS.
First time I disagree with you. The OLED makes ALL the difference when gaming in the dark 🤤 It's only the colors piercing you eyes, almost as if the Deck was't even there
Got my OLED about a month ago, so I guess 5 months after release, and I have been loving it. I almost never turn on my PS5 anymore and even my more powerful desktop PC is seeing less usage. The Steam Deck is truly an amazing little piece of tech
@@Mati-d3p I haven't tried either of those on the deck but I need to cause I love tekken. But intensive games like elden ring can run at a solid 40fps on medium-high settings. It's honestly really impressive
I regularly worry about burn in and overall wear and tear on my OLED deck, but then I remember Valve has done a TON in terms of user repair-ability, obviously it's not the same for everyone, and that's perfectly fine, it's always okay to have the opinion of, 'I paid money for it, it shouldn't have (major) problems and I shouldn't have to fix it myself.' But if anything happens to my deck, I can always order official parts and follow official guides to fix the deck regardless of what's wrong. My only worry is since I have the limited edition, if I buy new parts, they're gonna be the regular SD parts and not any of the LE parts (Which I mean is really only the shell, joysticks, and rear vent, but still).
I stumbled across your channel and I just binge watched all your videos. You are making great content, Reluctant Anarchist. Hopefully, your channel continues to grow. 👍
I think he should be honest and tell Steam Deck OLED doesn't work audio on Windows, because Valve doesn't want to release the drivers. I don't care if you're a Linux fanboy, I just want to be able to use the OS of my preference, and Steam Deck OLED is simply an unfinished product released for full price.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778 Okay i get that there is not a good driver support for windows, and you would like to have windows support. But calling steam deck over priced and unfinished for that is beyond me lmao ☠
@@balluballu7601 I just bought a external audio device, and am using Windows with it, because not all games work on SteamOS, and it's not like people can't use Steam on Windows too. I just don't understand why they think it's not necessary to release a audio driver for the OLED version, while the LCD works flawlessly with Windows. Also HDR is not on Windows through Steam Deck, but audio driver is essential.
Great production quality. If you continue to review handhelds, I would suggest that you display the name of the game being played in the top left corner.
In my opinion Steamdeck OLED really shines at 6-9 watts. Any time I run a game past 10 watts the gains are marginal, it's only the newest games that really demand 10+ watts to hit the 45fps minimum (which is the lowest framerate anyone should ever use because it provides better input lag than 50fps while saving 10% more power).
I have been using the steam deck OLED since it’s released and I’ve been using it more like a PC rather than you would on Nintendo switch, but I must say that it is amazing especially because most of my computers have been hammy downs in performance and usage in general it works beautifully. Just know that if you’re playing GTA five in desktop mode, you don’t want any other programs open whatsoeveror else Steam will just freeze and it won’t crash. It’ll just try to continuously load through. It works other than that. It is beautiful.
2:30 If I have a few downloads in queue I keep my brightness to its lowest level. Super dark and I have no worry about any potential burn ins by doing this.
The craziest thing about the Steam Deck is that it runs older PC games more reliably than modern Windows does. Very often I'll install something on my Windows laptop only to have it instantly crash to desktop, or have some gamebreaking bug that stops it from working. I try instead on the Deck and it works first try.
First video that I’ve watched from you. And I loved it. New subscriber. I really enjoyed my SD oled, the only game I really get hung up on is Returnal and not being able to play it. 😢
Man I hated to, but I sold my OLED. Had so many issues with it. It didn't struggle on any games, but downloading games was a nightmare. Always crashed. I tried every method. RMA'd it, got a new one and same issue. Something to do with their software and cpu not being able to handle downloads? No clue but if they come out with a second one I will be back. For now I am enjoying my much better Rog Ally with 90-wh battery mod. Better battery life and performance than my deck oled was getting. Love the product though and great video!
The last handheld device I had that gave me this much joy was the original PSP (other handhelds like the original DS, GBA, GBC and GB also achieved this) 3DS, Vita, and Switch were all underwhelming, which is sad, because I’m all about the handhelds.
Compare it's brightness to flagship phones by using it directly in bright environment like outside in sunny day. 1:50 this doesn't help to convince how good portable experience will it give.
love the content, consider me liking the video and subscribed. on the side note, how long does the battery last while playing diablo 4? additionally, could you share settings that is good for battery as well as gameplay? separate videos on those would be very much be appreciated. hope you get more likes and subscribers.
I didn't even know what burnings was till now. Does that happen to the LCD version or LED whatever it's called? LOL. Mine still looks the same. Thank goodness I've had it for like 6 months. Maybe more but my brother had it for like a year or two but he didn't play it. He had two of them bought that one for his son and his son. Didn't really want it. Weirdo😂
Thinking about getting a Steam Deck but i have a question. I have some games that i got off of GOG. Will the deck play those games or do i have to plays ganes strictly off of steam?
I didn't know steam is like the only handheld that lets you put it in sleep mode and continue your game exactly where you left off at I thought they all did that lol 👌
Hopefully one day Valve will let us buy this magnificent product on countries like ours in which it isn't available. You can buy it but with stupidly high markups from resellers.
Last week I bought a Steam Deck OLED just to play games on Windows in it, because the games I want aren't on SteamOS. Just to find out there's no audio driver, even after 6 months of releasing the device. I'm returning it, but very disappointed with not being able to something so basic as playing games on Windows, like I'm stuck on a system I don't want to. I should've bought an Ayaneo Air, which it a 100% finished product.
I want to upgrade to OLED soon. Waiting for summer sale if it will get some % off. But I hope I will be getting some good deal for my lcd so the amount of money to upgrade is not too big.
Did u compare it to the ROG Ally or Legion Go? I have an OLED and an Ally. At home I’m only using the Ally because of the size and the power. The OLED is for traveling because the battery life is so much better. Just waiting for the Ally x to be announced. I think I will sell the OLED + Ally for the Ally X.
I have a ally and oled and i prefer the steamdeck tbh. When im home playing intense games i prefer my pc anyways. Couch gameplay i play chill games and the oled eats those up. And like you said when im flying or in another state my oled has been a godsend
@@brice9013 I could use my PC at home too, but it’s more comfortable to play my games in the bed or on the couch. My PC is only for FPS and RTS. So I play everything on the Ally and I already preordered the Ally X. When it’s delivered the OLED and Ally will be sold immediately 😅
@@MBTCxGrouP forsure i was just giving a different perspective of someone in a different situation. In the end we all win when the competition is this good 🤙🏾
the only reason i haven't upgraded is that i don't really play that much because i don't have a lot of time for games. so the cost is kind of not justified for me because of that. but the upgrades you get with the oled are very good, if i was playing it more, i probably would have upgraded on day one
I was wondering how you think of the text size situation with steam deck. I use a steam deck LCD and I’ve played about 15 games on it, and about half games have this text size issue. With text being too small and UI scaling designed without considering portable form factor, it causes significant eye strain for me with only an hour of gaming or less. I find it pretty frustrating as a lot of the games runs really well performance wise, but turns out to be unplayable for me because of text size, and that account for nearly half of the games that I’ve tried so far. One great example is Monster Hunter World. I love this game, but I can’t play it because of this issue.
Yeah, that is still a problem. In some cases, you can toggle magnifier by pressing Steam+LB, but it doesn't work well if you need to read something in the midst of action.
The eye strain was bad for me too. Got to the point where I wouldn't use it anymore because after playing on it, my vision would go blurry for awhile which sucked. Ended up buying some cheap reading glasses and no longer have that issue.
@@ReluctantAnarchisttrue. I tried to find solution but it seems that unless there’s a good in game option that can improve this significantly, there seems to be no other way. For games like monster hunter world, it’s just such a shame. I guess the best case we can hope for is for such a form factor to gain more and more steam, enough to get the attention of game developers so that they put extra work into optimising for portable machines.
@@leeleo9615 It really helped with eye strain. It makes the screen look a little bit bigger. I noticed 2.5x I had to hold the screen a bit closer for it to focus. I also tried with 1.75 which lets you have it a bit further way. It's hard to say if it will help you out at all, since our eyes are different. Reading glasses are very cheap so it wasn't bad to experiment.
I’ve finished my brief affair with the ROG Ally. I feel like I’ve been having a dirty relationship with it! I’m selling it now and going back to Steam Deck
Sold my Steam deck after getting the Ally. Its just far better in many ways. The sound is at least twice as good and games run more smooth. All games work on the Ally because they were made to run on windows. The Rog Ally 2 will be out shortly to keep it in the lead.
Battery life sucks on the Ally. Plus you have all the negatives of Windows like the annoying updates and the tinkering. Steam OS is far superior in terms of UI and door to window time of gaming. And their customer service is horrendous. The Steam community experience is miles better.
A buddy finally put windows on his steam deck so he could play cod online. I took the oled steam deck to work and someone brought the ally. We had like 5 people buy the ally. No one really liked the steamdeck. I work with windows so it’s easy for me to use the ally. It’s worth a little extra time. I am getting the Ally x with double battery life.
your lack of article use in english is not only jarring and difficult to listen to, but despite this, is still an excellent comparison, thanks for your input!
Also if you decide to upgrade don't forget about mura effect on oled screens. It's very noticeable on the steam deck oled. Also there is green tint when you are caping the frame rate below 90hz, it's noticeable in low light environment and dark scenes. It also has problems with my wifi 6 router, and the original doesn't. Also there is static noise when you use wired headphones through 3.5 minijack. Oled model is not perfect just remember that, think twice when upgrading. Your review is good but you didn't say anything about that and im pretty disappointed
@@shto4782 The mura effect is so negligible, you really hardly see it. Valve uses OLED panels from two different manufacturers, Samsung and BOA. Mine is Samsung I definitely can't have any complaint about it, not even the greenish tint as you wrote above. Maybe BOA has some problems... In addition, a mura effect reduction is already introduced in the upcoming update.
@@shto4782 I have also read about these various problems. Interesting, I've never encountered either the green tint or any of the other problems people are pointing out. My eyesight is fine, at least you can trust me on that :) Maybe I just got very lucky on a really good piece of deck. :)
1. Touchpads. Can't play any strategy games without them. 2. The OS really is a game changer. I thought that the other handhelds like the ROG Ally were better because of more power and Windows. But after I played just a day on the Steam Deck that a friend of mine owns I now have a permanent desire to buy this thing, despite its low specs. Steam OS and touchpads and perfectly tuned Deck controller layouts from the gamemakers and community alike really make an absolute fuckton of difference. I'm a busy adult. The ability to press just one button and be back in a videogame after taking a 2 hour break to do adult stuff... and having lost 0 battery life from being in this sleep state... it's a lot!
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I like the Steam Deck so much I like to watch videos about how much other people like it.
That sounds like a loop of some kind.
😂 me too!
got my Deck OLED on launch in U.S base model, Still use it pretty much every day. Such a game changer for PC gamers
What games do you play? I’m really on the line on if I should buy it or not
@@basa1000 recently, Persona 3 Reload, Yakuza like a dragon, HiFi Rush, Dota 2 arcade lobbies. To be clear, I did not own the original Deck, but I've thoroughly enjoyed the Deck OLED, you can play pretty much any steam game out of the box, and it is not hard to install games via installers outside steam, emulators and more. I'd only advise against if you plan to play with games that use easy anti cheat (fortnite, MW, some others)
I bought it, and I'm regretting so much.
This device doesn't work on Windows, because it's a unfinished product.
The LCD is perfectly compatible with audio driver, but not the OLED. And I don't think I should be stuck on SteamOS, because it's a PC.
At this point, I'm returning it and buying an Ayaneo.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778 i have no clue what you mean?
@@neutralasswitz3192 Steam Deck OLED doesn't have a audio driver for Windows yet, and Valve is not focused on working to release this.
Though, they say the device is a PC that is compatible with Windows too.
When I see a steam deck I still have flashbacks of the old Sega GameGear. That thing took 6 AA batteries at a time and went through them faster than tic-tacs. To this day I am convinced that the battery acid levels in our soil leeching off from landfills are probably %60+ from AA batteries trashed from the GameGear era. Now I know that the Steam Deck, like nearly all hand-held tech these days, uses a rechargeable battery but, that that doesn't seam to help the slight case of PTSD that GameGear gave my generation lol.
2:00 you can enter desktop mode, shutdown the display in KDE settings and keep your games downloading there :D
Decky plugin MagicBlack adds pure black screensaver on a button combo
Or Dock it to a TV turn off steam deck display and turn your TV off
It really should just be a feature already. It's not asking much to turn off the screen or have a screen saver like a bouncing deck logo.
@@benargee there's a plugin too, probably not enough people are asking for it, that's why they didn't implemented, with enough plugins download they could do that natively (they did something similar already)
Tip for Steam deckers for changing brightness on the fly : Press and hold on 3 dot button on the right handside + Left joystick (up or down) to adjust brightness.
The casual arch btw neofetch in the background 😂 I love it
If you want to effectively guarantee you'll never get burn in then you should only use Steamdeck at the "50%" brightness setting.
Steamdeck OLED and Switch OLED use basically the same screen, when Wulf Den did the Switch OLED burn-in test it took 10,000 hours to see significant signs of burn-in, meanwhile when Phawx did a Steamdeck burn it test it only took around 1,000 to see burn in.
The difference is Switch runs 400nits and Steamdeck runs 600nits, which means if you keep Steamdeck at "50%" you'll have the same 400nits brightness as the Switch OLED.
(Because Steamdeck actually reaches maximum brightness at the 75% setting, so 50% is actually 2/3 of maximum, which equates to 400nits out of the 600nits maximum.)
I got mine on 5/1/24 for my birthday. 512GB OLED....im so happy I made this purchase. I was skeptical for a while...but OMG I'm so glad I got it.
does tekken 7/8 work well on it?
@@Mati-d3p I cannot Say brother. I'm sorry. I do not play fighting games on it. But a TH-cam search for it may help you. good luck. :)
If you can't install windows in it, it's not worth it, and these reviewer$ won't tell you this until you buy and find out for yourself.
Steam Deck OLED is just an unfinished product.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778Windows is a god awful operating system that shoves your face with bloatware and ads. Dunno what tf you mean by unfinished. The only thing i see wrong with it is the battery life and overheating (both of which were improved with the OLED model)
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778Windows is bad. Theres too many ads and bloatware.
"This thing was designed to bring you joy, not anxiety."
That is just so nicely worded, man.
Steam Deck LCD was the v0.5
Steam Deck OLED is the definitive v1.0
At least you can install Windows on LCD, while OLED can't even play the audio.
Valve simply launched an unfinished product, not worth it if you can't choose the OS.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778 womp womp
@@penguinpenguin3156fr bros everywhere 😭
I hope more linux hardware like this succeeds, sending good vibes to the orange pi neo and any company that releases affordable linux hardware.
First time I disagree with you. The OLED makes ALL the difference when gaming in the dark 🤤 It's only the colors piercing you eyes, almost as if the Deck was't even there
Got my OLED about a month ago, so I guess 5 months after release, and I have been loving it. I almost never turn on my PS5 anymore and even my more powerful desktop PC is seeing less usage. The Steam Deck is truly an amazing little piece of tech
does tekken 7/8 work well on it?
@@Mati-d3p I haven't tried either of those on the deck but I need to cause I love tekken. But intensive games like elden ring can run at a solid 40fps on medium-high settings. It's honestly really impressive
I regularly worry about burn in and overall wear and tear on my OLED deck, but then I remember Valve has done a TON in terms of user repair-ability, obviously it's not the same for everyone, and that's perfectly fine, it's always okay to have the opinion of, 'I paid money for it, it shouldn't have (major) problems and I shouldn't have to fix it myself.' But if anything happens to my deck, I can always order official parts and follow official guides to fix the deck regardless of what's wrong. My only worry is since I have the limited edition, if I buy new parts, they're gonna be the regular SD parts and not any of the LE parts (Which I mean is really only the shell, joysticks, and rear vent, but still).
That was the main reason I’m okay with an oled display on the deck. When it eventually develops burn-in, I’ll just replace the screen.
I stumbled across your channel and I just binge watched all your videos. You are making great content, Reluctant Anarchist. Hopefully, your channel continues to grow. 👍
Amazing content quality, love this channel.
I think he should be honest and tell Steam Deck OLED doesn't work audio on Windows, because Valve doesn't want to release the drivers.
I don't care if you're a Linux fanboy, I just want to be able to use the OS of my preference, and Steam Deck OLED is simply an unfinished product released for full price.
@@itsuchi-kuntewori5778 Okay i get that there is not a good driver support for windows, and you would like to have windows support.
But calling steam deck over priced and unfinished for that is beyond me lmao ☠
@@balluballu7601 I just bought a external audio device, and am using Windows with it, because not all games work on SteamOS, and it's not like people can't use Steam on Windows too.
I just don't understand why they think it's not necessary to release a audio driver for the OLED version, while the LCD works flawlessly with Windows.
Also HDR is not on Windows through Steam Deck, but audio driver is essential.
beautiful video as always mate
Brilliant video mate really enjoyed it .
Friend, your videos are very cinematic, it's a pleasure to watch them. Thank you for your work.
Thank you very much!
Great production quality. If you continue to review handhelds, I would suggest that you display the name of the game being played in the top left corner.
In my opinion Steamdeck OLED really shines at 6-9 watts.
Any time I run a game past 10 watts the gains are marginal, it's only the newest games that really demand 10+ watts to hit the 45fps minimum (which is the lowest framerate anyone should ever use because it provides better input lag than 50fps while saving 10% more power).
Great video as always! :)
Love the video, what was the top down game you were playing at 0:21?
Do you happen to have a list of games you played in this video? 🙏🏻 Loved this review, very informative and easy to follow!
Was thinking the same especially the game at 6 minute mark
Whats the game in 6:49 ?
Sure!
00:18 The Thaumaturge
00:36 Diablo IV
00:51 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
01:04 The Witcher 3
01:07 Uncharted 4
01:10 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
01:14 Dishonored
01:31 Half-Life
02:04 WH4K: Boltgun
02:55 En Garde!
02:57 Ghost of Tsushima
03:48 Helldivers 2
05:26 The Rogue Prince of Persia
05:56 Death's Door
06:34 TES V: Skyrim
06:43 Hades
07:20 TES IV: Oblivion
07:24 Disco Elysium
07:28 Cuphead
07:31 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
07:41 Session: Skate Sim
I have been using the steam deck OLED since it’s released and I’ve been using it more like a PC rather than you would on Nintendo switch, but I must say that it is amazing especially because most of my computers have been hammy downs in performance and usage in general it works beautifully. Just know that if you’re playing GTA five in desktop mode, you don’t want any other programs open whatsoeveror else Steam will just freeze and it won’t crash. It’ll just try to continuously load through. It works other than that. It is beautiful.
No outdoor shoots?
There the brighter/cooler oled should massacre the LCD.
Thankyou for your thoughts on it!
Im thinking about getting the oled
2:30 If I have a few downloads in queue I keep my brightness to its lowest level. Super dark and I have no worry about any potential burn ins by doing this.
Friendly, honest and to the point.
Thanks. liked and subbed.
First Video I watched on your channel, Now Subbed! loved the quality of video & review, thank you
Can you say what games you played in your video please?
Also btw really good video i appreciate your review.
I would also love to know
i love it. if i were to do it over again i would have gotten the lowest OLED and did the upgraded HD myself
The craziest thing about the Steam Deck is that it runs older PC games more reliably than modern Windows does. Very often I'll install something on my Windows laptop only to have it instantly crash to desktop, or have some gamebreaking bug that stops it from working. I try instead on the Deck and it works first try.
First video that I’ve watched from you. And I loved it. New subscriber.
I really enjoyed my SD oled, the only game I really get hung up on is Returnal and not being able to play it. 😢
Man I hated to, but I sold my OLED. Had so many issues with it. It didn't struggle on any games, but downloading games was a nightmare. Always crashed. I tried every method. RMA'd it, got a new one and same issue. Something to do with their software and cpu not being able to handle downloads? No clue but if they come out with a second one I will be back. For now I am enjoying my much better Rog Ally with 90-wh battery mod. Better battery life and performance than my deck oled was getting. Love the product though and great video!
Tips for downloading. Turn the brightness all the way down while downloading to avoid burn in
I have steam deck oled for 6 months. It the most amazing device I have ever bought.
The last handheld device I had that gave me this much joy was the original PSP (other handhelds like the original DS, GBA, GBC and GB also achieved this)
3DS, Vita, and Switch were all underwhelming, which is sad, because I’m all about the handhelds.
Lovely video, definitely making me want to buy the steam deck 😅
Compare it's brightness to flagship phones by using it directly in bright environment like outside in sunny day. 1:50 this doesn't help to convince how good portable experience will it give.
Thank you Mario
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1:08 the subtitle says longer butter life 😂
Keep it up bro. Good work!
i heard the 10 watts is the sweetspot for power/performance
love the content, consider me liking the video and subscribed. on the side note, how long does the battery last while playing diablo 4? additionally, could you share settings that is good for battery as well as gameplay? separate videos on those would be very much be appreciated. hope you get more likes and subscribers.
Respect to your work and craftmanship! Insta-sub!! 🙏💎🤗❤
I didn't even know what burnings was till now. Does that happen to the LCD version or LED whatever it's called? LOL. Mine still looks the same. Thank goodness I've had it for like 6 months. Maybe more but my brother had it for like a year or two but he didn't play it. He had two of them bought that one for his son and his son. Didn't really want it. Weirdo😂
how do you run those games so smooth
Nice video, sub and like. Thanks for your enthusiasm 😊
Thinking about getting a Steam Deck but i have a question. I have some games that i got off of GOG. Will the deck play those games or do i have to plays ganes strictly off of steam?
me watching while having no money just hoping to find a job and buying it with my first salary
I didn't know steam is like the only handheld that lets you put it in sleep mode and continue your game exactly where you left off at I thought they all did that lol 👌
Hopefully one day Valve will let us buy this magnificent product on countries like ours in which it isn't available.
You can buy it but with stupidly high markups from resellers.
Last week I bought a Steam Deck OLED just to play games on Windows in it, because the games I want aren't on SteamOS.
Just to find out there's no audio driver, even after 6 months of releasing the device.
I'm returning it, but very disappointed with not being able to something so basic as playing games on Windows, like I'm stuck on a system I don't want to.
I should've bought an Ayaneo Air, which it a 100% finished product.
you forgot to mention that oled fan is bigger thus more quiet at the same rpm and blows more air because of its size at lower rm
What's the Game called you played on the Steam Deck in this Video, that looks like Diablo or similar?
great Dark Souls machine
I want to upgrade to OLED soon. Waiting for summer sale if it will get some % off. But I hope I will be getting some good deal for my lcd so the amount of money to upgrade is not too big.
After i bought lenovo legion go, i can’t play anymore steamdeck….:(
Did u compare it to the ROG Ally or Legion Go? I have an OLED and an Ally. At home I’m only using the Ally because of the size and the power. The OLED is for traveling because the battery life is so much better. Just waiting for the Ally x to be announced. I think I will sell the OLED + Ally for the Ally X.
I have a ally and oled and i prefer the steamdeck tbh. When im home playing intense games i prefer my pc anyways. Couch gameplay i play chill games and the oled eats those up. And like you said when im flying or in another state my oled has been a godsend
@@brice9013 I could use my PC at home too, but it’s more comfortable to play my games in the bed or on the couch. My PC is only for FPS and RTS. So I play everything on the Ally and I already preordered the Ally X. When it’s delivered the OLED and Ally will be sold immediately 😅
@@MBTCxGrouP forsure i was just giving a different perspective of someone in a different situation. In the end we all win when the competition is this good 🤙🏾
Great review
0:27 JESUS CHRIST HOW BIG ARE YOUR HANDS-
Is OLED really susceptible to burn in still?
I thought it was just an issue with new technology and was supposed to be resolved years ago.
I wish gog would make official deck support. Though i have zero knowledge if that is even possible.
what game is at 5:30? edit: rogue prince of persia
the only reason i haven't upgraded is that i don't really play that much because i don't have a lot of time for games. so the cost is kind of not justified for me because of that. but the upgrades you get with the oled are very good, if i was playing it more, i probably would have upgraded on day one
Smartphone: 3+ colour options
Steam deck: Black or Black
I was wondering how you think of the text size situation with steam deck. I use a steam deck LCD and I’ve played about 15 games on it, and about half games have this text size issue. With text being too small and UI scaling designed without considering portable form factor, it causes significant eye strain for me with only an hour of gaming or less. I find it pretty frustrating as a lot of the games runs really well performance wise, but turns out to be unplayable for me because of text size, and that account for nearly half of the games that I’ve tried so far. One great example is Monster Hunter World. I love this game, but I can’t play it because of this issue.
Yeah, that is still a problem. In some cases, you can toggle magnifier by pressing Steam+LB, but it doesn't work well if you need to read something in the midst of action.
The eye strain was bad for me too. Got to the point where I wouldn't use it anymore because after playing on it, my vision would go blurry for awhile which sucked. Ended up buying some cheap reading glasses and no longer have that issue.
@@ReluctantAnarchisttrue. I tried to find solution but it seems that unless there’s a good in game option that can improve this significantly, there seems to be no other way. For games like monster hunter world, it’s just such a shame. I guess the best case we can hope for is for such a form factor to gain more and more steam, enough to get the attention of game developers so that they put extra work into optimising for portable machines.
@@jas0x139 how does the reading glass approach work for you?
@@leeleo9615 It really helped with eye strain. It makes the screen look a little bit bigger. I noticed 2.5x I had to hold the screen a bit closer for it to focus. I also tried with 1.75 which lets you have it a bit further way.
It's hard to say if it will help you out at all, since our eyes are different. Reading glasses are very cheap so it wasn't bad to experiment.
I’ve finished my brief affair with the ROG Ally. I feel like I’ve been having a dirty relationship with it! I’m selling it now and going back to Steam Deck
I hope they don't mess the next dexk up. All they have to do is figure out how to make it as powerful ass the Rog Ally x. In my opinion
Its not hard. And performance race is not whats expecting from Valva.
Guys plzzzzz help me imcompletly new to this
Rally x or the oled? Having trouble deciding
Sold my Steam deck after getting the Ally. Its just far better in many ways. The sound is at least twice as good and games run more smooth. All games work on the Ally because they were made to run on windows. The Rog Ally 2 will be out shortly to keep it in the lead.
Battery life sucks on the Ally. Plus you have all the negatives of Windows like the annoying updates and the tinkering. Steam OS is far superior in terms of UI and door to window time of gaming. And their customer service is horrendous. The Steam community experience is miles better.
@@BaNeArroWfr
true. just that we have so much bad experience in windows breaking stuff every update.
A buddy finally put windows on his steam deck so he could play cod online. I took the oled steam deck to work and someone brought the ally. We had like 5 people buy the ally. No one really liked the steamdeck. I work with windows so it’s easy for me to use the ally. It’s worth a little extra time. I am getting the Ally x with double battery life.
love your videos :)
some anti-cheat games still a problem to get the SD, otherwise will be the best handheld
Is it still possible to run windows in any way on the oled?
Anyone know the name of that dungeon crawler type game he was playing? Thanks
What were the games you played starting at 2:06 ?
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Who's idea was it to create such a wonderful handheld then install the same processor as my Microwave Oven?
It's not weak. Modern game developers became lazy.
We need windows audio drivers!
He's not talking about this in the video.
I totally bought the OLED just to play Windows games in it, so disappointed, I'll have to return it.
Is no one else having problems with the internet connection, I can't connect to my wifi with my new OLED😔.
Good video
what is the name of the game playing at 00:19
this
Hi. Is this steam deck oled 512gb?
Does anyone know what ARPG top down he is playing? The one that kinda looks like diablo 2
Diablo IV lol
For sure getting one of these for handheld gaming instead of whatever nintendo puts out next.
Damn I want to sell my LCD to get OLED now thanks
At least the LCD work audio on Windows.
OLED is an unfinished product.
0:18 what game is this?
0:40 game ?
Ok mustache, tell me what you think.
@6:10 name of the game?
It looks like Just Cost
Должен сказать, что русский акцент почти не слышно. Отличное произношение
What game is playing at 0:36?
Last Epoch
Diablo IV
game at 2:55?
Sifu
ребят, я его нашёл, он здесь)
Game at 2:05?
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
i want STEAM on ARM 😭
your lack of article use in english is not only jarring and difficult to listen to, but despite this, is still an excellent comparison, thanks for your input!
Also if you decide to upgrade don't forget about mura effect on oled screens. It's very noticeable on the steam deck oled. Also there is green tint when you are caping the frame rate below 90hz, it's noticeable in low light environment and dark scenes. It also has problems with my wifi 6 router, and the original doesn't. Also there is static noise when you use wired headphones through 3.5 minijack. Oled model is not perfect just remember that, think twice when upgrading. Your review is good but you didn't say anything about that and im pretty disappointed
None of the problems you describe are occurring on my 1TB OLED. Maybe I'm just lucky, I'm very happy with it and enjoy it every day.
@@lukasmacoun2605 its not uncommon problems. Also any oled screen have aura, you just don't see it it seems.
@@shto4782 The mura effect is so negligible, you really hardly see it. Valve uses OLED panels from two different manufacturers, Samsung and BOA. Mine is Samsung I definitely can't have any complaint about it, not even the greenish tint as you wrote above. Maybe BOA has some problems... In addition, a mura effect reduction is already introduced in the upcoming update.
@@lukasmacoun2605 but it will not fix the green tint which I consider the biggest problem with this oled panel. Mine is also Samsung.
@@shto4782 I have also read about these various problems. Interesting, I've never encountered either the green tint or any of the other problems people are pointing out. My eyesight is fine, at least you can trust me on that :) Maybe I just got very lucky on a really good piece of deck. :)
aleey rog is way better because you can play any game unlike the steam deck
1. Touchpads. Can't play any strategy games without them.
2. The OS really is a game changer. I thought that the other handhelds like the ROG Ally were better because of more power and Windows. But after I played just a day on the Steam Deck that a friend of mine owns I now have a permanent desire to buy this thing, despite its low specs. Steam OS and touchpads and perfectly tuned Deck controller layouts from the gamemakers and community alike really make an absolute fuckton of difference.
I'm a busy adult. The ability to press just one button and be back in a videogame after taking a 2 hour break to do adult stuff... and having lost 0 battery life from being in this sleep state... it's a lot!
@@machinerin151 explaining all that to a kid that can't even spell the word Ally is honestly not worth it man 😂
This is the least anarchist video I've ever watched