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Either the Ally for the VRR or the steam deck OLED
Steam Deck is getting VRR
I have both a Steam Deck and a ROG Ally, and bought one of these to try it out to see if it could replace the Ally for me.
Not a chance. It’s too big, the button placements feel bad, the sticks feel terrible (too slippery, with huge dead zones) the fan is very noisy even when not gaming, and the lack of VRR on the screen legitimately hurts it. Everything looks so juddery.
I recommend a Steam Deck OLED to most people, or an Ally for people that want the extra power and play plugged in most of the time like I do (in bed, when traveling and bored in my hotel room at night, etc)
Yeah when I saw no vrr… steam deck oled or ally for me.
Never had an ally but I got a legion go and sold my steam deck and don’t regret it. Yes it has issues software wise but so did they ally at launch. They released a road map and are working on fixing all the biggest complaints. VRR would have been great but locking fps is fine for me. Performance is great and the big screen is awesome. 800p with integer scaling look really good and 1600p for content viewing is perfect. The build in stand is something I use every single day when playing games or watching content. Also the removable controllers are really nice because I can basically use it like tablet and I have been wanting to buy a tablet for a while but now I don’t need to.
Currently, but that steam deck OLED. If the reviews are to be believed. It should win almost hands down just on efficiency alone
its 10% faster on average than the old version so if you limit frames to the old specs it becomes a monster in endurance 3-12 they claim with the 10% limiter that should climb to 6-18. yes thats how it works with graphics i cant help it the efficency curve is log not linear
Efficiency doesn’t really make gaming experience. Unless stuff gets hot and loud maybe.
Didn’t this have a huge screen? That would easily do it.
But I would not consider a windows console. And I’d want the touchpads too. And I would also prefer to support Volvo for what they do for Linux.
Don’t know about the Legion Go, but for the Steamdeck feature that no one else has been able replicate that is an absolute necessity is the sleep function.
In a handheld device efficiency is the key factor to it being a good or bad device. What’s the point of having a massive screen that pushes 1080 pixel resolutions if you’re reaching for the battery every hour. At that point buy a laptop or get a decent mid range PC for the Go price.
The title says best gaming experience. However short it is, it is better with a big screen.
Yes, battery and other stuff affects the overall device good/bad rating. Which is literally why I said I would not pick this. I don’t think it is the best. But I’d bet the gaming experience here is the best of any of these handhelds.
You don’t buy a laptop when you want a smartwatch. People buying this probably already have a computer and want to game away from it.
Ally vrr
I like how this segment of gaming is evolving, I have an ROG Ally which I chose after weighting pros and cons, and love it. All of them have something to stand out and give variety to users