I would use it for one game . I wouldn't be playing competitive games on a small screen. I think Linux is simply more fun. I like the times when I have to troubleshoot if its needed
@@masudansari the user experience via the steam deck felt incredibly clunky and unresponsive (compared to using it via Arch). I find using SteamOS and Desktop mode so much smoother. Just my personal preference
I would do this for CoD and Minecraft. I'm waiting for Valve's official dual boot support. I installed a 2tb SSD when I upgraded to the OLED just so I could run both.
@@rundattmedia2106 I’ve been having audio driver issues with the old and updated drivers. Which windows and version do you use (ex. Windows 10 ver. 21h2)? I have the 1TB SD OLED. Thanks
When I first partitioned my 1TB upgrade for my 64GB steamdeck, I dual booted windows. After about 6-8 months of dealing with terrible windows performance in to just deal with a very bad gaming experience in Destiny 2 and other exclusive games... I just formatted my WHOLE drive and started over. Now I stream my Windows specific games from a dedicated gaming PC and run everything else in Steam OS. Works pretty well.
@@greenprotag Could you possibly explain how you're streaming your games to your steam deck using your pc? And also does it work over wifi (For portability)?
@@choumeei6671He's probably talking about Steam Link which does stream over WiFi. When you have a game installed on one PC using the same Steam account and Steam is running on that PC, the play/install button on other PCs will change to "Stream"
@@choumeei6671 there are several options. Steam has a native streaming app that works well over your local network/wifi. If I wish to stream over the Internet, I use an application called Parsec.
This legit makes the Steam Deck viable for me. I am a big Valve fan but I could not justify getting a Steam Deck because my most played game is Fortnite. But now I am really considering it.
dont buy it if you truly need windows. It will be frustrating and a subpar user experience. Only switch to linux if you are fine with playing indie games or single player games only. (I never play multiplayer games so its fine for me)
I did install Windows (dualboot) on my OLED few days ago but tbh i dont really like it. I installed it mainly for COD, Destiny 2 and Fortnite. But then i also got a GeForce NOW subscription (50% sale, 30€ for 6 months!) recently which has all those games and many more. Quickly realized that playing on GFN is like ten times better than natively on Windows, so it kinda defeated the purpose of having Windows on the Deck for me. Now im thinking of removing the dualboot, we’ll see… However thanks for the video!
I've been running Windows 11 on mine since launch. Dual boot using Clover on a 2tb drive. Installed CSS loader to tweak the theme of Steam big picture mode. Use lossless scaling for some games and basically it's a great experience. I spend my time jumping between OS depending on the game but have Xbox games on Win11 running pretty flawlessly.
From what I've seen, lack of anti-cheat support on Linux is the biggest reason someone might want to install Windows, a lot of the major competitive multiplayer games don't run without anti-cheat installed, and with Rockstar just now adding BattleEye anti-cheat to GTA5 (and specifically NOT adding the Linux version of BattleEye!) a lot of people are going to be locked out of playing their favourite games on Steam Deck, through no reason other than developer laziness. Valve will need to come up with a solid alternative of addressing the anti-cheat situation if more game developers start adding anti-cheat without enabling it on Steam OS!
Switching to Windows was the best decision ever my main reason for the switch was to utilize the *Lossless Scaling* frame gen software so Its very worth it ....i gain a huge improvements in performance double if not tripling my games FPS
people forgetting another benefit of using windows: LOSELESS SCALING, with a tiny display overclock it'll will actually be possible to achieve smoother experience on relatively the same hardware, most high end games run at 40 or sub 50 fps, just lock it at a consistent speed and run loseless scaling framegen x2
As always, ETA Prime slapping out bangers! :D Awesome stuff. BUT! Genshin Impact has always worked on SteamOS... You get the installer, add it to steam, use proton, run the setup, and add the installed game exe to steam. Works without any issues xD Minecraft has an official Linux release, as well as Prism, and sometimes the Windows version of Minecraft works as well... COD and Fortnite and Battlefield's special anti cheat are the only ones that would need windows. Sorry but the first 2 are not a reason to get windows, EVER. xD
Ha, I just did this to play Honkai Star Rail on my Steam Deck. I used a extra m.2 I had into a m.2 caddy plugged into the usb and installed windows to it so I could leave my Steam OS alone. That's it, I just did that to play Star Rail. It runs great and is easily undoable
I dual booted Windows and i say it's a great desicion, i put 290gb on to my windows side so if i ever needed i could just boot up windows for one game i can't play on SteamOS 😊
I considered dual bootin windows on my deck. But after trying out geforce now, i think ill just go that route. So much easier, and the performance is obviously killer.
For me WIndows on Steam Deck makes little sense. Usually when I'm on the go I play games that will run on Linux using proton even from other launchers and the few games that I would like to play on Steam Deck but can't because of anti-cheat or something I'll just stream using Steam Link. I just don't think Steam Deck is Windows friendly yet and it takes much more resources than Steam OS which could be better used running the game. Using any type of desktop mode sucks on Steam Deck without proper mouse and keyboard - that goes for both Steam OS desktop mode and Windows too so unless you play one Windows required game it ain't worth it in my opinion.
Except for the Game Pass, I had all of these games (that I use and/or own) on my Steam Deck. But I get why people want Windows. I just don't have that need.
I have a Kingston 1tb usb c 3.2 thumb drive that has a windows 11 to go installation on it. Works great. Only draw back is because the deck only has one usb c port I have to shut it down then charge.
I tried this for bf2042 and destiny 2. Both did not run well. Deck crashed frequently and in the end I had to re image. Went back to streaming them, much better if you have a good internet connection. I like the idea of duel boot, but in my opinion it's not quite there yet. Stick with steam os, it's great for a reason! 🕹️👾
What about the sleep / resume with a game ? Does it work correctly? That's IMHO one of the most important features for an handled and I heard it's a big problem for windows machines. I'm really surprised no one mentions this. Having to quit/restart a game each time we go out of sleep mode is kind of a deal breaker for a handled that is supposed to allow you to pick it and play.
in fortnite dx12 stutters because its caching the shader so u are correct. u have to play about 3-5 games to completely alleviate the stuttering and when its done caching, the fps also becomes higher which is higher avg's and 1% and 0.1%
Destiny 2 would have been one i would have wanted to play, but with how Bungo is being lately, i would hesitate to even install it. Also, it's not optimized for even Windows on Steam Deck, so that is a miss on their end. Oh well, im happy to emulate and play other games.
It's lame that you showcase your Genshin Impact gameplay on the beginning of the story (in this case you're playing on Mondstadt). I want to see the Steam Deck performance on further city such as Sumeru City/Desert, Fontaine with underwater, Natlan (as of this comment isn't out yet but it will be next week) and it's resource hog, the Pre-rendered cutscenes.
I am playing genshin impact on my steam deck lcd on steamOS since version 3.8 using the official installer from hoyo. they silently allowed GI to run. I play it with high - medium settings/60 fps just fine
0:04 That would be Bedrock edition, the worse version of Minecraft. The actually good Java edition can be side-loaded easily through Discover. Both the official and the (better) Prism Launcher are available as a Flatpak here. And playing through these tend to yield better performance than playing Minecraft Java edition on Windows. That said, my interest in MC is currently restricted to the BTA mod. Which actually has major issues on Windows thanks to a memory leak in the AMD driver which they won't fix. Which are not an issue to begin with in the Mesa driver used on Linux.
They said Fortnite is having issues by calling stutter night Fortnite but just stutter night because Fortnite has so much issues that makes a performance issues. It doesn’t matter what kind of graphic card not optimise so they need to fix it so I think it’s a bug.
Not just cyberpunk running better in linux than windows! You should also mention that Microsoft are obviously making their games run better on Windows than Linux.
I really wan't to buy the Steam Deck Oled, but the price is my BIGGEST Problem with it and i'm fine having my Nintendo Switch and wait for the Switch 2! But still Steam Deck Oled is the King of the Handhelds! 😮
You pay 300$ for a switch and 550$ for a steamdeck but you have to keep in mind that steam has big sales while nintendo games usually cost more even if its the same game. For example Terraria on switch is 30$ while it is 10$ on steam. There is also the new Nintendo console being announced next year and you will lose all your games. With the steamdeck you can literally keep your games and play them on any other gaming pc.
I think the cheaper games on Steam make up for the difference. Plus, there are some big specials and price drops on the Steamdeck itself. I'm kicking myself, if I had wanted a month, I could have gotten the OLED $400 cheaper. Still happy with the device though.
I have a Switch too, but my Steamdeck OLED is a different League. I can play most of my library (i'm a steam user since more than a decade) and also buy all my Games when they are in Sale.
Kind of a bummer. The Steam Deck as a SteamOS device is solid and performs very well, but as soon as you put Windows on it all of its "console magic" goes right out that window. I have been playing with the Ally X recently and just on its lowest 13w mode it will get a 2425 in TimeSpy and the Performance mode of 17w just destroys it with a 3205 score. But thats just in Windows. The Deck running on SteamOS, the difference does not feel that stark. Sure, it could be cool to have an option of running Windows on the Steam Deck just for S#!%s and giggles, but it feels like such a waste when it is so optimized for SteamOS.
Im still waiting for valve to one day release the option to dual boot, I love steam os but I would love to have the ability to switch for windows just for cupple of game that not run on Linux because of an anticheat
I don't know if W11 is good or bad on the Steam Deck. Every player has their preferences. One question I don't know if it has already answered, what about installing "non playable" Windows game with Vine?? Is it working not at all / similar to Proton / better than Proton??I have the Legion Go (still in its scelled box 😅) and I'm thinking to install, else Bazzlite or Linux on it. Windows services are "killing" the machine...
As a main Windows driver since childhood, 30s now I see no reason whatsoever to install it on my deck, imo you are giving up way too much, If you really want to play windows based DRM games then just dual boot or make an installed bootable flash drive
All your benchmarks are misleading because with cryo utilities enabled, you'd get to use more vram and thus can run these games at higher settings on Linux.
I could be wrong, but it looks like you’re running windows 11? I honestly prefer Windows 10. Is it worth upgrading to windows 11? For example, doesn’t just run better ? from what I understand, we do 11 requires more power from your PC and I decided to stay in windows 10😂 Any help is appreciated
Windows 10 was garbage on a Steam Deck. Windows 11 is Garbage period. If you want a good windows experience, get an Asus ROG Ally or a Lenovo Legion Go, not only can some games take advantage of higher resolution, but it just performs way better outside of the box. That said, for games that run on the Steam Deck/SteamOS Platform, unless you're playing games like Cyberpunk fully maxed out, you don't need a dedicated Windows Machine. If you want Windows on a handheld, not the Steam Deck.
Genshin Impact at 30 FPS on high settings on. the Steam Deck OLED? I play the game at 60 FPS on my Steam Deck LCD on Windows 11. Not sure why you're getting such poor results. Maybe the drivers need more work or something is poorly configured, but that's been my experience for the past year or so. I prefer Steam OS, but since I enjoy playing games like Genshin Impact, I installed Windows to avoid the risk of a ban.
Hypothetically.... Would MS Office run under Proton in Linux on the Steam Deck? Doubt I'll ever have a need to do so. Mostly just curious if it'd work.
On my lcd deck i used windows as desktop pc, mostly for Photoshop and other adobe stuff that's not available on linux, I'm curious with the oled drivers are these programs can use hardware acceleration? Because on the lcd nothing could use that
Not sure if it benefits in terms of workstation but in gaming, I read a few redditors said some games that didnt work quite well on lcd drivers worked nicely now on oled drivers.
@@MegaLeGaCyGaMeR It only came out when Borderlands 3 launched on Epic games. It has never came back and won't due to license agreement. It has a talking backbling which is the best part.
Yeah it's good to see windows on steam deck OLED . I also installed it on my SD card to play PUBG and stuff using LD player and my controllers didn't work and I tried handheld companion and stuff and that didn't work also and the Bluetooth didn't work for me too I think I installed windows and the driver without updating my steam deck to the beta version and I went back to the steam os and updated it to the beta and I also did reinstalled window on the steam deck SD card and the Bluetooth still didn't work for me so now I am just on my steam OS ...maybe I will try it again when they release the sound drivers and stuff my
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I tired Windows on my SteamDeck and I hated it. But I can totally understand why some people would want this
Obviously to play more games😂
Now I can sell rog ally og😊
Why did you hate it ? Any particular reason?
I would use it for one game . I wouldn't be playing competitive games on a small screen. I think Linux is simply more fun. I like the times when I have to troubleshoot if its needed
@@masudansari the user experience via the steam deck felt incredibly clunky and unresponsive (compared to using it via Arch). I find using SteamOS and Desktop mode so much smoother. Just my personal preference
I would do this for CoD and Minecraft. I'm waiting for Valve's official dual boot support. I installed a 2tb SSD when I upgraded to the OLED just so I could run both.
Prism launcher is available in the Linux store on Steam Deck, some mods and a bit of work on the controls and it run great
You can play Minecraft via the prism launcher or T launcher legacy
there is dual boot already tho, I use it for windows and steamos and it’s great
@@st1fish there a guide for that?
@@tarnishedd yeah
I can play genshin impact via steam os just fine
FYI, they have updated the windows drivers, and the speakers work just fine now.
I made an active decision about this. If it's not playable in Linux, I don't want to play it. :)
Fun fact, Genshin is playable on SteamOS/Linux these days.
@@PixelShade F
me 2, if it not windows, I do not wanna hear about it.
@@Shark-fj2sz yea same, I play a bunch of games that can't be played on steamos so Windows is the best option for me
Been using windows 11 exclusively on my deck for about a year. No issues! Love it.
@@rundattmedia2106 I’ve been having audio driver issues with the old and updated drivers. Which windows and version do you use (ex. Windows 10 ver. 21h2)? I have the 1TB SD OLED. Thanks
@@Lara-Lopez I don't have the OLED version I have the standard version. The OLED drivers have not been implemented from Steam yet.
@@Lara-Lopezthey've released the audio drivers now for the OLED
@@rundattmedia2106 😭 YES!!
Soon it will be the other way around. SteamOS on all other handhelds. Valve just confirmed that they'll be supporting other handhelds!
When I first partitioned my 1TB upgrade for my 64GB steamdeck, I dual booted windows. After about 6-8 months of dealing with terrible windows performance in to just deal with a very bad gaming experience in Destiny 2 and other exclusive games... I just formatted my WHOLE drive and started over. Now I stream my Windows specific games from a dedicated gaming PC and run everything else in Steam OS. Works pretty well.
@@greenprotag Could you possibly explain how you're streaming your games to your steam deck using your pc? And also does it work over wifi (For portability)?
@@choumeei6671He's probably talking about Steam Link which does stream over WiFi.
When you have a game installed on one PC using the same Steam account and Steam is running on that PC, the play/install button on other PCs will change to "Stream"
@@choumeei6671 there are several options. Steam has a native streaming app that works well over your local network/wifi. If I wish to stream over the Internet, I use an application called Parsec.
@@yippy7951 wonder if that's a good experience though
This legit makes the Steam Deck viable for me. I am a big Valve fan but I could not justify getting a Steam Deck because my most played game is Fortnite. But now I am really considering it.
U need to move on from fortnite 😂
Ima not lie it’s the same here for me, rn I use the ally but those touchpads are way too good and now that i can i know i will
dont buy it if you truly need windows. It will be frustrating and a subpar user experience. Only switch to linux if you are fine with playing indie games or single player games only. (I never play multiplayer games so its fine for me)
@@Ssebyt12 What games would you recommend?
I did install Windows (dualboot) on my OLED few days ago but tbh i dont really like it. I installed it mainly for COD, Destiny 2 and Fortnite. But then i also got a GeForce NOW subscription (50% sale, 30€ for 6 months!) recently which has all those games and many more. Quickly realized that playing on GFN is like ten times better than natively on Windows, so it kinda defeated the purpose of having Windows on the Deck for me. Now im thinking of removing the dualboot, we’ll see… However thanks for the video!
Genshin works on Linux btw 😛
Same as Minecraft
Yes, and runs well
@cedric6941 but star rail doesn't :((
@@kanatokazuya1637 😥
how?
Both Minecraft Java and Minecraft Bedrock can run on steamos
Genshin Impact as well via Proton.
1:32 he says that
Minecraft is on just about any platform, Android version works well with K&M
And Genshin Impact
How do you run the Bedrock?
Minecraft Windows edition and Genshin Impact can both be run on Linux and therefore steamOS.
Minecraft bedrock pc doesn't run on linux. Only the android version runs
@@oo--7714it’s the same game, that’s the whole point of bedrock
@@PeakKissShotthe android version performance on linux is awful tho
@@f_aaris Which is why its good to use for testing, because you can see how it runs on either OS, and get a sense of how unoptimized Windows is.
@@tutorialesTACHABI it is not. I can run it on 96 chunks with over 60fps. Use the minecraft bedrock linux launcher.
waited so long for the drivers, but still the audio is not working properly... come on valve, this was released day one for OG steam deck
I've been running Windows 11 on mine since launch.
Dual boot using Clover on a 2tb drive. Installed CSS loader to tweak the theme of Steam big picture mode.
Use lossless scaling for some games and basically it's a great experience.
I spend my time jumping between OS depending on the game but have Xbox games on Win11 running pretty flawlessly.
From what I've seen, lack of anti-cheat support on Linux is the biggest reason someone might want to install Windows, a lot of the major competitive multiplayer games don't run without anti-cheat installed, and with Rockstar just now adding BattleEye anti-cheat to GTA5 (and specifically NOT adding the Linux version of BattleEye!) a lot of people are going to be locked out of playing their favourite games on Steam Deck, through no reason other than developer laziness. Valve will need to come up with a solid alternative of addressing the anti-cheat situation if more game developers start adding anti-cheat without enabling it on Steam OS!
As someone who plays Fortnite on PC (not on Deck, just in general), I can confirm that the stutters are shaders and they do go away.
Switching to Windows was the best decision ever
my main reason for the switch was to utilize the *Lossless Scaling* frame gen software
so Its very worth it ....i gain a huge improvements in performance double if not tripling my games FPS
What software are you referring too?
@@kevinbuchanan67 it's literally called
Lossless Scaling💀 it sold on Steam
This is great news! I would love to see the performance with other eSports titles such as Valorant, CS2, Six Siege, and Rocket League.
Maybe try the beta AMD driver with AFMF 2 or Lossless Scaling, the deck would really benefit from framegeneration
It's a beautiful news. Thx Eta!
one of the best channels if you know the value of it's content ❤
LETS GOOO FINALLY NEW DRIVERS
people forgetting another benefit of using windows: LOSELESS SCALING, with a tiny display overclock it'll will actually be possible to achieve smoother experience on relatively the same hardware, most high end games run at 40 or sub 50 fps, just lock it at a consistent speed and run loseless scaling framegen x2
No lol
In another comment eta said he tried it on cyberpunk 2077 and it was a mess
lmao this comment aged well
If I'd be into these handhelds, I'd buy SteamDeck OLED no question about it. For Windows guys, Ally X is probably the best choice.
Omfg FINALLY!!! I have drivers !!!!😂 god literally 2 month ago i gave up thinking i’d never get them!!!
As always, ETA Prime slapping out bangers! :D Awesome stuff.
BUT!
Genshin Impact has always worked on SteamOS... You get the installer, add it to steam, use proton, run the setup, and add the installed game exe to steam. Works without any issues xD
Minecraft has an official Linux release, as well as Prism, and sometimes the Windows version of Minecraft works as well... COD and Fortnite and Battlefield's special anti cheat are the only ones that would need windows.
Sorry but the first 2 are not a reason to get windows, EVER. xD
Genshin works just fine on steamos with heroic!!
I got the steam deck sounds working🎉......speakers are working my friend
Finally! They took their sweet time.
This is literally what I wanted to see.
Ha, I just did this to play Honkai Star Rail on my Steam Deck. I used a extra m.2 I had into a m.2 caddy plugged into the usb and installed windows to it so I could leave my Steam OS alone. That's it, I just did that to play Star Rail. It runs great and is easily undoable
I dual booted Windows and i say it's a great desicion, i put 290gb on to my windows side so if i ever needed i could just boot up windows for one game i can't play on SteamOS 😊
I considered dual bootin windows on my deck. But after trying out geforce now, i think ill just go that route. So much easier, and the performance is obviously killer.
Dude mentions genshin impact when it runs perfectly fine in Steam OS.
For me WIndows on Steam Deck makes little sense. Usually when I'm on the go I play games that will run on Linux using proton even from other launchers and the few games that I would like to play on Steam Deck but can't because of anti-cheat or something I'll just stream using Steam Link.
I just don't think Steam Deck is Windows friendly yet and it takes much more resources than Steam OS which could be better used running the game. Using any type of desktop mode sucks on Steam Deck without proper mouse and keyboard - that goes for both Steam OS desktop mode and Windows too so unless you play one Windows required game it ain't worth it in my opinion.
Except for the Game Pass, I had all of these games (that I use and/or own) on my Steam Deck. But I get why people want Windows. I just don't have that need.
FYI you can run bedrock in linux using a custom loader that pulls the bedrock android version. Runs fine, looks just as good.
I have a Kingston 1tb usb c 3.2 thumb drive that has a windows 11 to go installation on it. Works great. Only draw back is because the deck only has one usb c port I have to shut it down then charge.
Get a dock
@@FPSmodz- how to have a on the go windows USB?
I tried this for bf2042 and destiny 2.
Both did not run well. Deck crashed frequently and in the end I had to re image. Went back to streaming them, much better if you have a good internet connection. I like the idea of duel boot, but in my opinion it's not quite there yet. Stick with steam os, it's great for a reason!
🕹️👾
Steamvr games using virtual desktop is a big reason to do this
What about the sleep / resume with a game ? Does it work correctly?
That's IMHO one of the most important features for an handled and I heard it's a big problem for windows machines.
I'm really surprised no one mentions this.
Having to quit/restart a game each time we go out of sleep mode is kind of a deal breaker for a handled that is supposed to allow you to pick it and play.
I went through a whole lot of trouble setting up dual boot on my LCD Deck, and I almost never use Windows. It's kind of nice to have the option.
OMFG ITS HERE!!!!!
in fortnite dx12 stutters because its caching the shader so u are correct. u have to play about 3-5 games to completely alleviate the stuttering and when its done caching, the fps also becomes higher which is higher avg's and 1% and 0.1%
you can also den bedrock version on seamdeck, also genshin impact without using windows as backend.
I would prefer steam OS for gaming mode and Windows for desktop mode
btw you can play minecraft bedrock and genshin impact on any GNU+Linux distro
Thanks Valve!
🤡
The only driver I needed was audio through the speakers
Destiny 2 would have been one i would have wanted to play, but with how Bungo is being lately, i would hesitate to even install it. Also, it's not optimized for even Windows on Steam Deck, so that is a miss on their end. Oh well, im happy to emulate and play other games.
Using atlas to make windows more usable and disabling useless things is a +
Steam deck has kinda gotten me interested in Linux Distros and its kinda hard for me to want to put windows on the thing
It's lame that you showcase your Genshin Impact gameplay on the beginning of the story (in this case you're playing on Mondstadt). I want to see the Steam Deck performance on further city such as Sumeru City/Desert, Fontaine with underwater, Natlan (as of this comment isn't out yet but it will be next week) and it's resource hog, the Pre-rendered cutscenes.
I guess that’s only games play and test because others games test on other videos are literally outdated
I am playing genshin impact on my steam deck lcd on steamOS since version 3.8 using the official installer from hoyo. they silently allowed GI to run. I play it with high - medium settings/60 fps just fine
0:04 That would be Bedrock edition, the worse version of Minecraft.
The actually good Java edition can be side-loaded easily through Discover.
Both the official and the (better) Prism Launcher are available as a Flatpak here.
And playing through these tend to yield better performance than playing Minecraft Java edition on Windows.
That said, my interest in MC is currently restricted to the BTA mod.
Which actually has major issues on Windows thanks to a memory leak in the AMD driver which they won't fix.
Which are not an issue to begin with in the Mesa driver used on Linux.
Do these drivers work for the old Steam Deck too?
They said Fortnite is having issues by calling stutter night Fortnite but just stutter night because Fortnite has so much issues that makes a performance issues. It doesn’t matter what kind of graphic card not optimise so they need to fix it so I think it’s a bug.
Not just cyberpunk running better in linux than windows! You should also mention that Microsoft are obviously making their games run better on Windows than Linux.
I love to play COD on my Deck because of these amazing analogue sticks.
ROG Ally X Sticks aren't that good.
I really wan't to buy the Steam Deck Oled, but the price is my BIGGEST Problem with it and i'm fine having my Nintendo Switch and wait for the Switch 2! But still Steam Deck Oled is the King of the Handhelds! 😮
You pay 300$ for a switch and 550$ for a steamdeck but you have to keep in mind that steam has big sales while nintendo games usually cost more even if its the same game.
For example Terraria on switch is 30$ while it is 10$ on steam.
There is also the new Nintendo console being announced next year and you will lose all your games. With the steamdeck you can literally keep your games and play them on any other gaming pc.
I think the cheaper games on Steam make up for the difference. Plus, there are some big specials and price drops on the Steamdeck itself. I'm kicking myself, if I had wanted a month, I could have gotten the OLED $400 cheaper. Still happy with the device though.
I have a Switch too, but my Steamdeck OLED is a different League. I can play most of my library (i'm a steam user since more than a decade) and also buy all my Games when they are in Sale.
@@danielschumacher6720 that's the reason why I wan't Steam Deck Oled to play my Steam games on it!
The Deck can run CoD? Man, I I have to test more games on this thing.
What a shame that this is only on the one model. Smacks of a company deliberately neglecting quite a large base of customers.
Kind of a bummer. The Steam Deck as a SteamOS device is solid and performs very well, but as soon as you put Windows on it all of its "console magic" goes right out that window. I have been playing with the Ally X recently and just on its lowest 13w mode it will get a 2425 in TimeSpy and the Performance mode of 17w just destroys it with a 3205 score. But thats just in Windows. The Deck running on SteamOS, the difference does not feel that stark. Sure, it could be cool to have an option of running Windows on the Steam Deck just for S#!%s and giggles, but it feels like such a waste when it is so optimized for SteamOS.
you can play both versions of minecraft on steamos btw
You can play genshin impact on Linux through some magic and also Minecraft Java with something called prism launcher
Use case scenario: you're locked in on 3 years of gamepass ultimate and want to download games instead of stream them
I put windows on my steam deck and it ran good no problems steam deck just was not powerful enough so I went and buy a ROG ALLY.
I noticed you didn’t use the steam deck controllers throughout the video. Don’t they work in windows?
Im still waiting for valve to one day release the option to dual boot, I love steam os but I would love to have the ability to switch for windows just for cupple of game that not run on Linux because of an anticheat
What software do you use to get the fps overlay in windows
Please use big font for TH-cam it is not suitable for people with visual impairments.
I don't know if W11 is good or bad on the Steam Deck. Every player has their preferences. One question I don't know if it has already answered, what about installing "non playable" Windows game with Vine?? Is it working not at all / similar to Proton / better than Proton??I have the Legion Go (still in its scelled box 😅) and I'm thinking to install, else Bazzlite or Linux on it. Windows services are "killing" the machine...
My only reason would be for lossless scaling❤
There is no game that I need to put Windows on my Steam Deck.
Doesn't Windows consume a lot more memory than SteamOS? Won't that impact a lot of games?
Are these only for the OLED model or with these drivers work on the lcd
I partition 300gb and its runny AMAZING.
Can you test World of Warcraft in the next one please, that might convince me to buy an OLED deck.
Exellent video, let me ask play fortnite in "performance Mode Boosts PC FPS" because is the most used to pro-game,
As a main Windows driver since childhood, 30s now
I see no reason whatsoever to install it on my deck, imo you are giving up way too much, If you really want to play windows based DRM games then just dual boot or make an installed bootable flash drive
hmm.... waiting for a portable gamepass machine... not sure this is it.
All your benchmarks are misleading because with cryo utilities enabled, you'd get to use more vram and thus can run these games at higher settings on Linux.
That genshin impact looks a lot like breath of the wild copy
I might try it for wuthering waves once the audio has been fixed.
I could be wrong, but it looks like you’re running windows 11? I honestly prefer Windows 10.
Is it worth upgrading to windows 11?
For example, doesn’t just run better ? from what I understand, we do 11 requires more power from your PC and I decided to stay in windows 10😂
Any help is appreciated
FINALLY...GAMEPASS BABY!!!
Windows 10 was garbage on a Steam Deck. Windows 11 is Garbage period. If you want a good windows experience, get an Asus ROG Ally or a Lenovo Legion Go, not only can some games take advantage of higher resolution, but it just performs way better outside of the box.
That said, for games that run on the Steam Deck/SteamOS Platform, unless you're playing games like Cyberpunk fully maxed out, you don't need a dedicated Windows Machine. If you want Windows on a handheld, not the Steam Deck.
Genshin Impact at 30 FPS on high settings on. the Steam Deck OLED? I play the game at 60 FPS on my Steam Deck LCD on Windows 11.
Not sure why you're getting such poor results. Maybe the drivers need more work or something is poorly configured, but that's been my experience for the past year or so.
I prefer Steam OS, but since I enjoy playing games like Genshin Impact, I installed Windows to avoid the risk of a ban.
The drivers are just for the oled?
Is it hard to put windows on the deck?
Let's go windows
Hypothetically.... Would MS Office run under Proton in Linux on the Steam Deck? Doubt I'll ever have a need to do so. Mostly just curious if it'd work.
Can You test the one plus pad 2 ?
Is OpenGL broken with the latest drivers in Windows? Can't get any OGL apps or games running 😢
Was curious how lossless scaling performs on Steam Deck with Windows!
So genshin runs natively just fine. Not wlsure why people think you need windows.
On my lcd deck i used windows as desktop pc, mostly for Photoshop and other adobe stuff that's not available on linux, I'm curious with the oled drivers are these programs can use hardware acceleration? Because on the lcd nothing could use that
same question
Not sure if it benefits in terms of workstation but in gaming, I read a few redditors said some games that didnt work quite well on lcd drivers worked nicely now on oled drivers.
With a LCD model or with a olead. Like did they use a LCD with olead drivers? @@rcarlom9882
Does both trackpads work? On desktop mode?
0:10 that’s a very rare Fortnite skin
@@TheHornet79 Is it? How much is it worth?
@@MegaLeGaCyGaMeR It only came out when Borderlands 3 launched on Epic games. It has never came back and won't due to license agreement. It has a talking backbling which is the best part.
@@TheHornet79 i have it, lol
Yeah it's good to see windows on steam deck OLED . I also installed it on my SD card to play PUBG and stuff using LD player and my controllers didn't work and I tried handheld companion and stuff and that didn't work also and the Bluetooth didn't work for me too I think I installed windows and the driver without updating my steam deck to the beta version and I went back to the steam os and updated it to the beta and I also did reinstalled window on the steam deck SD card and the Bluetooth still didn't work for me so now I am just on my steam OS ...maybe I will try it again when they release the sound drivers and stuff my