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Steam Deck OLED. Runs much better than my 3 year old Dell laptop that cost $2k, for $500. Steam for gaming is great value as I already have a library of games,

Steam Deck OLED. Runs much better than my 3 year old Dell laptop that cost $2k, for $500. Steam for gaming is great value as I already have a library of games, and you can play pretty much the entire switch library as well. Simple enough for my 6 year old to use, flexible enough to install mods and whatever. Don't do much gaming anymore due to life and kids, but this device makes it much easier to get started when I do have time.

Arialonomus 3y ago
I will absolutely second this. Working full time and going to school full time, I never game anymore because the last thing I wanna do is spend more time at my desk. I was an immediate early adopter of the LCD deck, since I’d been waiting for a device like this for years. While I absolutely loved it, I can concede it still felt a bit half-baked, especially on battery life. The OLED version feels like the proper 1.0 of the device in this form factor. Games that would drain the batter of my OG 512 model now run (EDIT) up to 3-4 times as long. I still carry my portable battery with me for it, but now outside of very long trips (international flights, etc) I don’t need to break it out if I start from a full charge. Plus the screen and user experience on the OLED just looks and feels better. While the OLED Deck isn’t perfect, I’ve been able to happily game so much more than before, and feel confident further iterations on the tech will improve it
- solardev 3y ago
  > Games that would drain the batter of my OG 512 model now run 3-4 times as fast. Wait, really? How does that work? I thought they didn't really upgrade the specs much? https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/steam-deck-oled-vs-steam-deck/#dt-heading-specs https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/steam-deck-oled-vs-s... These benchmarks show a few FPS difference (maybe 10% at most), nowhere near 3-4 times faster? edit: did you mean 3-4x as long? But that's also hard to believe... a 3-4x improvement in battery life for any device would be a HUGE upgrade that normally takes like a decade to achieve, not a year or two?
  - Arialonomus 3y ago
    Yes! Sorry I meant 3-4 times as long. It’s not universal to every game, but for a perfect example, my husband and I both played Mario Kart 8 on CEMU (Wii U Emulator) and I can play for about 6 hours uninterrupted before needing to charge, whereas my husband only gets 1.5 or so on my old LCD deck.
    - solardev 3y ago
      Wow, I wonder what they did to make such a huge difference.

Arialonomus 3y ago

I will absolutely second this. Working full time and going to school full time, I never game anymore because the last thing I wanna do is spend more time at my desk. I was an immediate early adopter of the LCD deck, since I’d been waiting for a device like this for years. While I absolutely loved it, I can concede it still felt a bit half-baked, especially on battery life. The OLED version feels like the proper 1.0 of the device in this form factor. Games that would drain the batter of my OG 512 model now run (EDIT) up to 3-4 times as long. I still carry my portable battery with me for it, but now outside of very long trips (international flights, etc) I don’t need to break it out if I start from a full charge. Plus the screen and user experience on the OLED just looks and feels better. While the OLED Deck isn’t perfect, I’ve been able to happily game so much more than before, and feel confident further iterations on the tech will improve it

solardev 3y ago
> Games that would drain the batter of my OG 512 model now run 3-4 times as fast. Wait, really? How does that work? I thought they didn't really upgrade the specs much? https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/steam-deck-oled-vs-steam-deck/#dt-heading-specs https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/steam-deck-oled-vs-s... These benchmarks show a few FPS difference (maybe 10% at most), nowhere near 3-4 times faster? edit: did you mean 3-4x as long? But that's also hard to believe... a 3-4x improvement in battery life for any device would be a HUGE upgrade that normally takes like a decade to achieve, not a year or two?
- Arialonomus 3y ago
  Yes! Sorry I meant 3-4 times as long. It’s not universal to every game, but for a perfect example, my husband and I both played Mario Kart 8 on CEMU (Wii U Emulator) and I can play for about 6 hours uninterrupted before needing to charge, whereas my husband only gets 1.5 or so on my old LCD deck.
  - solardev 3y ago
    Wow, I wonder what they did to make such a huge difference.