What PC handheld do you have?Are you planning on getting one?What games are you playing on it?.
I'm using a Legion go 2 as a dual monitor lol
>>731143672Steam Deck LCD. I'm not getting a new one. I'm playing most of my games there, mainly games from older consoles as well as some indie PC games.
>>731143923Do you have it connected to an external GPU?
I'm finally upgrading from my rog ally z1 extreme to this monster of a device.Expensive as hell but I don't see games getting more demanding in a while and it runs effectively everything on medium or high.
Steam deck oled I got for 350 like new off facebook.I've mostly been using it to play pokerogue in bed. Beat a mono electric run last night.
>>731144324Sounds fun is it a good game? Should I download it?
>>731144259Don't bother it's a meme
>>731143672I have the Xbox Rog Ally X, barely using it but last game I played in it was Bannerlord
>>731143672yeah I got a legion go s and an OLED deck, they're fantastic. almost went for one of those handhelds with a 395 inside but they're too damn expensive
>>731144483What's the meme about it? I did a lot of research before I made the commitment.
>>731144583Don't get the 395 variants. It's literally too much CPU core for very little gain because they eat too much power.The 385 version are like 400 dollars cheaper and run everything at neglectable fps loss.There's videos on it even.
>>731144049No I don't think egpu is ready for primetime just yetMaybe with USB 5
>>731144579Ain't that just the normal Xbox ally? Not the Xbox ally x?
>>731145646No, I bought a white rubber case for it
>>731145876Ah neat.>>731145558I thought Lenovo had the other port type for gpus
>>731144414There is a standalone version of it. I just play through the browser because it's an easy way to sync my savefile. I really like it. My friend's opinion is "it is my favorite pokemon game, because it just turns it into my favirite aspect of pokrmon, an interactive puzzle where the pieces are funny creatures.I've also been playing diablo and terraria. Terraria with a controller is sorta miserable though. Idk how the 3ds players tolerated that.
>>731146340I'll give it a shot then
Are any of these devices actually worth the price point? Of are they still ment for enthusiasts?
>>731143672Steam Deck LCD, 64GB model. I upgraded the SSD to 1TB. I've had it three years now. It will have to last as long as it can because I'll probably never afford the OLED model.
>>731146907Only the cheap Steam Deck models were really worth it, they've been discontinued though so now you need to shill out more than 500 bucks to get a decent one
Only Gigachads use Steam Deck.
>>731147013My problem with them is that they are technically stronger than the switch 2 but there are so many games that specifically optimized for Switch 2 that it doesn't matter how much stronger some of these other devices are.Most of them can't run games like star wars outlaws in an even remotely playable state
>>731147126I hate the stick and d pad position on it so much but it does look like the most established product.
>>731147258Personally I find it really well done. Though, I will admit, I stick to the left trackpad instead of the d-pad.
Got a Steam Deck LCD version in october. The best handheld console i've ever had.
>>731147013>>731147450When exactly did they discontinue the the LCD version?
>>731147498I think it was a few weeks ago.
>>731147531What fps do you usually get on diablo 4?It's a pretty demanding game
>>731147684I haven't played it in a few months, but I limit the FPS to 30 or 45 and set graphics to the default "Handheld" preset, which is in the game under graphics settings, if I'm not mistaken.Make sure you have a solid connection since it's unfortunately always online. It'll help prevent lag and stuttering.Runs flawlessly once you do all that.
>>731147828Oh well that's neat I honestly thought the steam deck didn't play it very well without insane visual drops like cyberpunk
>>731147926I'm pretty retarded with noticing visual drops (I'm also partially blind and require glasses 24/7, so that might be why) but from what I can tell, it's flawless and looks quite good at the same time.I do notice visual drops when my connection is weak, but otherwise it seems fine.
>>731144668The driver's,the hardware has problems and the company.
I like my Steam DeckGoing to buy a Valve Cube
>>731143672So... do smartphones count? I'd say they're essentially computers now.
>>731148724not until valve officially makes steam mobile into a proper gaming platform and properly and directly ports protonwinlator and all its derivatives suck cock
I've had a Steamdeck for a long time but barely use because its really uncomfortable to hold imo, and my hands are not small.My only solution was to use a bluetooth controller while laying the SD on a table but kinda defeats its purpose.Still really cool what you can do with it.
>>731143672>What PC handheld do you have?A Steam Deck 64 GB LCD, to which I replaced the HD with a 1 TB SSD. I love it so fucking much; after buying it I started playing games again.>Are you planning on getting one?The next one I'll buy will be the Steam Deck 2 as soon as it gets released, nothing else.>What games are you playing on it?Generally old games, emulated games, porn rpgmaker games and so on.I also play some things like Outlast Trials, Phasmophobia and more, docked to a monitor with m&kb.
>>731148445I haven't heard any complaints about the drivers
>>731148445>amd linux driversmedication mr anonymous
>>731148724Smartphones are strong enough now for sure but the software is just incompatible still
>>731149459if i were you i'd buy a cube and a portable monitoryou place it down anywhere you want and you have a gaming setup in less than 2 minutes
>>731148724I got the red magic 11 pro and it's fucking awesome.The game sir controller add on feels great.I may just have to buy a normal controller from them considering how good it feels.
Has anyone gone from an LCD to an OLED steam deck, how is the difference, do you consider it worth the cost?
>>731150403the difference is down almost entirely down to battery life and your desire to play at higher refresh rates
>>731150403yaperformance is identical. oled is nice and the screen is 90hz instead of 60, bezels are way less ugly. battery is bigger. unlike the original eck, setting tdp is an actual hard limit so you don’t really ever want to do it. two things no one ever really mentions is just how much faster it charges and downloads stuff which is actually a really big convenience factor. I would say it’s not really worth upgrading unless you really love your eck
Any future proof handhelds? I wanted to get the steam deck but I hear it's outdated. I just want to play new games at 1080p 60fps.
>>731150403Many people don't realize that the deck OLED is significantly lighter, and this is probably the single biggest difference.Larger OLED is obviously amazing and the battery is somewhat improved.You will not notice any other differences than this so if those two things matter it's worth it
>>731150837nobest you're getting is 4x deck performance at a blistering 70w power consumption with the gpd 8060s handheld that costs more than 3x the deck oled while not having an oled or trackpads
>>731150837It's hard to say at the moment because AMD 385/395 are a huge improvement over Z2 Extreme but the devices that currently use it are, in my opinion, not very good otherwise.Intel is preparing a chipset that can rival AMD but who can say if it will be powerful enough, efficient enough, or cheap enough.Future proofing right now is locking in on SOMETHING before the price gets higher and stays higher for the foreseeable future.Legion Go 2 is the best "mainstream" handheld made by a reputable brand right now and GPD5 is the most powerful, so decide for yourself if either are viable for you long term.
>>731143672Don't have one, I'm mostly into chinkhelds. I've been searching on and off a little here and there looking for something between a chinkheld and a handheld PC, but I haven't pulled the trigger on anything. I don't really want a FULL PC handheld because I don't want it to be huge, I want it to have reasonable power use, and I feel like I'd be at a higher risk of it being stolen.The issue is that in the "upper chinkheld, lower PC handheld" space, everything's getting glass-front panels, which I think just feels gross and looks stupid, which heavily limits what shit I'm willing to pick from.
>>731151445Just get the Thor and call it a day. It can even do light PC gaming, or streaming if you have a desktop.Pretty much checks all your boxes IMO, if I only could have 1 device I'd probably pick this one because it can do a little bit of everything
>>731143672Which one should I buy? I had a lcd eck that acked and got $300 in insurance shekels since they couldn’t fix itI want something stronger than lcd deck
>>731151445android gamer phones are going to get a lot more interesting with xperia play patent expiring and valve porting proton to arm
>>731143672I have a Deck. Last thing I played on it was Card-en-Ciel.
My Steam Deck’s battery is incredibly weak and I’m not sure what to do about it other than replace it. I can only run a game off the battery for about an hour before it shuts the bed.
>>731151901At what power draw?
>>731151671If your budget is 300-500 the only real option for actual performance gains is a used Z1 Extreme device like the original ROG Ally and Legion Go. Ally X tends to be 550-600 if you can stomach that and want to future proof with 24gb RAM. Legion Go S Z1 Extreme with SteamOS is basically a Steam Deck Pro but it's no longer 650 like in November so it's a harder sell.
>>731151032The win5 does have a track pad.Barely but it is there
>>731150837The gdp win5 one onexfly apex are probably the most future proof right now.But they are bloody expensive. And while overall competent devices they lose a bit of appeal of handheld with the removable battery. It's a good design choice though for current tech to not overheat
>>731148724They have been "essentially computers" for a long time now but the kind of games they get are ass and are forced to work with the touchscreen which is like the worst input method for a video game imaginable. So no not really, they don't count, unless literally all you want to do is emulation and also buy some strap-on controller thing so you don't have to use the touchscreen.
>>731151598I kinda wanted one, but:>glass panels all over>capacitive touch screen, limiting use for DS/3DS, the thing you'd expect it to be the best for>hinged systems make me paranoid>wait lists to buy itThat said, I wouldn't be that surprised if I ended up picking it in the long run, IDFK.>>731151729Yeah, could be fun. I'm happy with my own phone though, and I use VoIP for calling, so I can use any Android chinkheld (with a mic) as a phone if I wanted, so I'm not really the target audience in 202X.God, I was THIS close to buying the Xperia Play when it came out, but IIRC it didn't support the phone services I would've wanted at the time, and I think I lost my job shortly after that anyway.
I kinda wish the legion go 2 controller worked more like the switch 2.Gotta give it to Nintendo the swaps to mouse mode are seemless.
>>731152673yeah, personally i'm hoping my redmagic 9 pro has its proprietary blobs released, haven't used it for fucking anything really and it'd just be wastedi'd love to move my phone to linux toothough if the unicorn phone that supports linux out of the box and has that slide out gamepad i'm impulse buying it
>>731143672>What PC handheld do you have?LeGo S 32GBI passed up on the $650 Black Friday sale because I predicted I would end up not using it, but with the supply being as fucked as it is I figured if I didn't get one now I might not have another chance, so I picked it up for $750>What games are you playing on it?Absolutely nothing as I had predicted
>>731153585That's a shame.Sorry to hear that man
>>731143672What's about android phones with Snapdragon and Winlator app?
>>731150632The thing is that you are not going to play games at 90 fps on that thing. LCD is arguably better for 30 fps gaming.
>>731154359Outside of emulation the biggest thing holding the phone market back is the lack of native transference of games.Valve could do it I guess but outside of that you are basically stuck with what's on the play store or apple store.
The mass market demand just ain't there for these things yet.The actual affordable versions can run anything modern at a playable rate and even then they are still massively over priced.The z2 extreme is an embarrassment of an upgrade.
>>731155806Can't*
>>731154359Wait a couple of weeks, Valve have made a "Proton" for ARM and because it's Valve and not Tim Weeney, also based off of Linux it won't be locked to a single eco-system, all androids phones are going to be able to play x86 games at near native performance very soon
