What is THE BEST handheld for 2024? | In-Depth Comparison
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- 2023 was an INSANE year for gaming, but it was an EVEN BETTER year for handhelds! As someone who's bought and played with the Asus ROG Ally, the Lenovo Legion Go, AND the Steam Deck OLED, which one do I consider the best device? Stick around for my end-of-year review to find out...
Video Chapters
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Disclaimers
1:30 - Recap of 2023 Releases
2:35 - Updates
4:20 - Current State of the ROG Ally
5:30 - Current State of the Legion Go
7:45 - Steam Deck OLED Mini-Review
9:30 - Comparison: Displays
11:15 - Comparison: What runs?
12:05 - Comparison: Battery & Performance
16:10 - Comparison: Ergonomics
18:35 - Comparison: Pricing
19:25 - Who is each device for?
21:50 - Conclusion
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I purchased my Legion go and have it since launch, and for me Legion is the upgrade coming from a LCD deck, bigger display with accurate colors as it's a juggernaut of power when running those triple A titles. as I been playing Robocop, Need for speed Hot pursuit remastered and PS5 remote play, Spiderman 2, Legion has been a very solid device. awesome review 👍
All great games, happy gaming and thank you!
@@JosephStillGames Will the steam deck, lenovo legion go, and rog Ally still be around in a few years or more.
Have had my Go since Christmas Eve. No regrets what so ever. I feel the same as you about everyone having a handheld. It is super convenient, and with the ability to stream my PS5 games, I am truly good now.
Awesome to hear! Happy gaming!
I already chose a Steam Deck OLED but I'm still addicted to these comparison videos lmao
Same
Im having the same issue lol
Buyers remorse do be kicking in
I’ve been watching 2 days worth of comparisons between the Switch oled and Legion GO and I have to say this is the best video out there. Keep doing what you’re doing!!
Another great video, and your summary wraps it nicely in with a bow. Personally, i have t had a handheld since the Vita and i am loving my LeGo. Like you said, of the games run you didnt make a bad choice with any. Play on!
We are one in the same on the vita! Thanks for your comment 😊
I've had all 3, but LCD Deck, not OLED. The one I decided to keep has been the Legion Go
It's just a bit of a treat innit?
if i didn't already have and pre-ordered the OG steam Deck LCD ... id have bought the Legion now too..
The Steam deck will have to do for now- it plays almost everything. almost
Been enjoying my Legion GO all week its the best choice for PC gamers that travel away from their main rig.
Main rig vibes for sure 🙌
I use my Legion Go to stream games from my main rig most of the time when I am home. The screen on it just looks so good.
@@Daxter609bro the deck seems to run fine without the vrr. But how is the legion go without the vrr? The only question no one answers.
@@misterpacha1 The deck runs fine without VRR because you can change the refresh rate to almost any number between 30hz-60/90hz which will cap your frame rate to that. Very useful if the game the Deck is playing can't maintain a high framerate so you cap it at a lower one that is still better than 30fps.
The Legion Go runs fine without a VRR screen. You can cap the FPS in game or with an external program like AMD Adrenaline if you can't keep a stable 60fps or maintain a framerate higher than 60fps. If you can cap the framerate to a perfect integer of 60hz or 144hz it will be very smooth.
Second, puls im getting the LLG tomorrow, hope i made the right choice. I just sold my gaming laptop as i last touched it was few months back, but i guess now i will have more time gaming especially before bed, instead of setting on a desk, thanks for the vid dude
I see you as well 👀👀 not spoiling the video but imo you won't be disappointed 😃 Happy gaming!
Just got a Rog ally, and it's been great so far.
Glad to hear! Happy gaming for the new year!!!
Literally just unboxed my Legion go downloading my first game currently. Love you videos.
Sick! What's your first game?
Insurgency sandstorm
As opposed to figuratively unboxing?
Okay, I had to sub to your channel. You legit made me crack up a few times, well done!
Been saving my pennies to get a "better" Switch that can run (mainly) anything in my Steam library and a few one-off's from other launchers (Mainly Epic Games and Star Citizen). A real thing for me is battery life as sometimes I just can't be near power, so it's an important thing. However the one thing that keeps me from just going OLED Steamdeck is support. I like that I can just take an Ally or Legion to my local Best Buy to get fixed/replaced if something goes terribly wrong.
Choices, choices!
Thank you, glad you had a few laughs! :)
While I can't 100% guarantee that nothing will go wrong, the Steam Deck and Valve seem to be pretty reliable so far. I would look a lot closer at the games you wanna play and see if they run well on the Deck. Otherwise, I'd likely recommend the Legion and a battery bank if you can justify the purchase. Happy gaming, and see you around!
My question is, how do games look running at like 540p upscaled upnto native res for better fps on steam deck vs ally vs go.
I've had a steam deck and running games down to 540p and using FSR with sharpening made games like RE4 remake run pretty nice (locked 40) and it honestly looked ok (yes I know the game has FSR2 built in which works better but I was experimenting. Also the game can run fine native res low settings for 40fps locked too)
Had the 3 of them and decided to keep the LGo! Love the screen and the controllers are perfect! 2nd runner is the SD Oled but missed my Xbox game pass that was my only complain
Glad to see your opinion for the Legion Go change. I am loving mine. Already finished Crysis Remastered and God Of War 2018 on it.
Solid games for a solid device! Glad the Legion was able to win me over :)
been looking to branch from the original switch to something else. this videos great for the honest opinion an such for the 3 handhelds.. kinda torn between a steam deck, the legion, purely for controller position and the optional removal one for the legion, or that gpd 4 which comes with a keyboard, which maybe needed.. for the steamdeck, i had queries on the os desktop mode being buggy, unless the latest updates have fixed those. Also the sdcard issue i hope they fix soon..
You just earned a subscriber! Not just because your take on the Legion Go is exactly the same as mine (it's my personal fave too!) I just dig your video style!
Thanks a mil! Hope your Legion Go continues to impress :)
Just got the Legion Go for Christmas, and I’m loving it so far. I had the original Steam Deck, but sold it when I got the Ally. Now I’m thinking about selling the Ally as well. I don’t see myself picking it up over the Legion Go.
What a sick Christmas gift! Thinking of what to do with my Ally now too 🤔
I'm getting the go for myself in a few days as a late Christmas present
Damn you know some rich mfs
The Rog extreme is £550 and the Go is currently £650 including a screen protector. Got mine for £570 from EE.
You sir have a new subscriber in me. Cheers !
Welcome welcome! We have donuts in the back 😊
Liked and subbed nice job.
Thanks for the sub!
Dude WHAT. Your shot at 8:12 with the black screen comparison with the OLED says more than any reviewer ever has either words. That shot tells all
Not really
Im leaning towards the Legion Go, only thing i dont like on it are the top firing speakers. Waiting to see what the MSI Claw looks like before deciding though
Me personally going with steam deck not for its cheap price but mainly for the accessibility and customization you can do with the steam deck
Oh yeah as clarification on emulation. A few watts wouldn't help the deck perform better as the high end emulators are CPU bound and the Deck just doesn't have the CPU power to keep up. More wattage wouldn't change that. It is comparing an 8 core CPU vs a 4 core CPU
Really awesome Review man, detailed but not boring and also fun to watch + I love the part at the end where you gave advice for different people
Somehow I’m still overthinking tho🤦♂️😅
I never played anything on PC and I want a handheld to play COD at home
So I’m not bothered too much about batter or portability
The Steam deck is a no go because if windows 11 and me not even playing most games it does easily
So it’s really the Ally or the Go and this is where I’m having a hard time
From the look and screen size I would immediately say the Go it is
But from a lot of reviews I saw that the Ally is supposingly the more polished and user friendly device which probably is smarter for someone like me who has no clue about setting up devices and so on
An advice is appreciated and keep up the great content 👊🏻
Do yourself a favor and get the Lgo, read the comment above about the guy whom limits the frames and resolutions to fit his needs and you'll be set.
@@thomaszinecker1785 thanks man
I actually went with the ROG Ally, playing on it since about 2 weeks now and so far very happy with it 👌🏻
love the video, i think im going to go with the go as i found it at 150 off
Steam Deck OLED for me I think. I like its interface and OLED screen.
I originally had an OLED Steam Deck, but decided to send it back due to a few issues with it not doing the things I wanted it to do.
Sent it back and got an Ally instead, and everything I wanted to be able to do it just did, so I'm very happy with my choice.
I feel pretty similar
I ordered the Steam Deck OLED but already asked the delivering service to sent it back cause all the research I made led me to think it’s just not the best for what I want
I’m a console player, never played on PC so far and I want to switch handheld while still playing my favorite games which is the latest COD, Gos of War, Red Dead Redemption and such, so basically all windows games😅
Now I’m just having a hard time deciding if I should go with the Ally or the Go
The screen and look of the Go are really what I like but the current performance and software is supposed to be more polished and userfriendly on the Ally from what I head
@@nils0603 It's probably down to personal preference, they both use Windows, just different overlays.
It'll come down to what screen size you want and how you intend to use it... plugged in or on the go, as the Windows handhelds battery life isn't spectacular, with some tweaking you can get a couple of hours out of them.
@@Pyrothekilla for me it would be mainly or probably solely at home for COD
I want it so I can play games but not always block the main TV so my wife and son can watch a movie next to it
So I could play plugged in
I like the size of the Go im just a little intimidated by the software or lack thereof and it might be „too much“ for me to figure out
@@nils0603 that's pretty much the same reason I got the Ally and a pair of Bluetooth headphones 😂
@@Pyrothekilla haha, seems like you understand exactly where I’m coming from then🤣
So you are fully pleased with the Ally screen size for gaming at home ?
Did you also play MW3 on it yet!
And I assume my arctic nova pro wireless headset work with it finde just over Bluetooth right ?
As of now I only have the deck OLED. I do want to get either the Ally or the GO but I'm torn. I prefer the screen on the Legion but the overall device is just too big. However the Ally has my preferred size but the smaller battery is less appealing
I ordered the 1TB oled steam deck it'll arrive Friday night mainly for the storage and anti glare screen the improved battery life is a huge plus also resolution and high specs isn't everything, your gonna end up ruining your battery if it's got too much power, these are handheld PC's after all
I plan on getting the Steam Deck 512gb OLED sometime this year (2024). I’m pretty set on this decision as of now.
Ouch, please do yourself a favor and read all these comments in here, everyone who actually has them all all pick the Lgo first, ally 2nd, and SD lastly. ONLY the deck owners who've only handled a steam deck say the deck is best... But they're poor, and only have a steam deck to test out. Literally, OR they are biased and improperly saying it can do things it CANNOT. They say this versatile, they say the customization, they say it can be an office on the go but the versatile they're saying is the joysticks swappable, and the skins and stickers they can put in it is so -called versatile..... Like what? And the SD apps like decky loader and all are straight just assebility options, not true options of magnitudes of playing or power... The OLED is also making many people sick and eyes are blurry for 10 mins to an hour later until valve makes changes google deck OLED issues to find pages of citations opened against them. Also steam OS is trash can't local thumb drives, or mount anything except microSD, can't recognize printers or anything of such, it merely can load older games, even the word pad on it is trash and emulation setup takes week plus to load up all the consoles it's straight bad to have to learn to navigate it. I repeat, steam OS is straight jank to use for anything other than running older games. They even ran a huge sale to clear out inventory before telling everyone that the following month OLED is dropping and all these poor kids are now stuck with wanting the more powerful refreshed OLED but spent their years raincheck of chores money and moms good graces on a jank old bad battery crap. Can't make this up but they don't see it and don't see valve did them dirty.
whats your suggestion if i like fighting game like street fighter 6 with classic mode? i need a good dpad to do movement like down quarter forward thingie
Gotta go with the ROG Ally for the circular d-pad and improved performance over the deck
The best handheld for me were Legion Go for many reasons. Had it since day 1 of launch.
Still good ?
Thanks for amazing comparison! I'm casual gamer, i used to have a gaming laptop and Xbox but i'm using an ultrabook for 2 years and i don't have any device to play. I'm looking to portable device to play most of time like FIFA-NBA or games that are fun to play handheld, probably at low power consumption on the go. I'm not hardcore PC gamer and also i'm not FPS gamer. I really like Rog Ally ergonomics. SD OLED's display and battery life are also amazing and sounds more important than performance to me. But at the same time as i said i'm casual gamer, I really loved using the Gamepass library so compatibility is important too. In my country costs SD OLED 570€, Ally 650€, Legion GO 800€.
In my opinion:
If it had good compatibility like the others, i definitely go for SD OLED.
If it had at least better battery life than Legion Go, i definitely go for Ally
If it were more portable and better ergonomics, i definitely go for Legion Go.
So based on these I couldn't decide what to get :( Which of these constraints is more tolerable? I think maybe I can solve Ally's battery life by using it connected to power at home and using a power bank on the go, but it still has a bad battery life. Sometimes the Legion Go's size feels like it might get used to it. But sometimes I want to buy SD OLED for the reasons you wrote in the who is each the for SD OLED section.
I hope you can give me some suggestion :)
Hey there! I personally used the ROG Ally for the first 4 months with a battery bank before deciding that the Legion was my next go-to. That being said, while I would normally recommend the Steam Deck for most people, if you want that game pass library I think the Ally is your best bet, with a sizeable charger. Especially if you're a casual gamer and will only play for like an hour or two at a time. Hope this helps and happy gaming!
What do you mean the legion go is running better than the steam deck, is that at 15 watts or under 10 watts?
My bad if I didn't make that clear, at under 10W the Steam Deck runs way better. At 15W and above the Legion runs better
@@JosephStillGames ah ok
Today for hours ago they anounce that in the mext month, aprox im 3 weeks thwy will update a lot of the problems you mention, they will add a better legion space qith a bwtter bios and a better certification for amd drivers, they will also ad custom tdp and gyro suport, also a fps limiter. Oh and also almost forgot they will add automatic bios updates so yeah a lot of the problems you mentioned are going to be solved
D
On 14 days away from buying my first gaming handheld and I don't know which one to get f*** steam deck I know what nothing to do with steam MSI I always buy their laptops with Alienware but I refuse to have Intel yes I'm an AMD Fanboy so it comes down to two the Asus Rog Ally or the legion go all I play is hack and slash games so Diablo 4 Path of Exile and I'm waiting for the last epoch to release on the 21st which one do you think would be the best one for me performance-wise
feeling like the Rog Ally is overall the best option
Have a had legion go about a month ..beats of a device
Love my legion Go! It is hands down the king from a hardware standpoint. The Ally started with a lead on software updates and smooth software functionality not the case today. Legion Go is the winner for now but I’m sure it won’t stay that way for long but still glad I chose it as it will hold up way longer and better than the Ally.
Also got my Legion Go 2TB storage from Microcenter on sale for $699.99 on Black Friday. you can’t beat that deal! The only reason to pick any other device is the OLED deck for longer battery. The Ally had a very short time as the best windows device and that time has past. The Go is #1 for how long who knows but it is more than enough to satisfy me for the next 3 to 5 years. About the same time as a console life cycle (slightly shorter) only I don’t loose my games when I get a new windows gaming handheld. PC gaming for the win.
Gonna buy the legion go . If it sucks im getting my ally back lol
I returned my legion go and just use the ally now. The legion go was $250 more and feels kinda shity like the controller are 100% gonna break off. There loader software was trash too
Eighth‼️‼️ also bro you can’t make that joke… too soon 🤣
You have been perceived 👀 also time is relative 🗣️
Me personaly, the ROG ally being windows and this powerful, to me its perfect, im playing GOW with 15w battery mod for 1h15min with still 20% left wich i never go below that to not damage the battery. And about tears of the kingdom its still not good to play in any handheld, it only does 30fps and it drops in many locations and the stutering its something i cant leave with. If you want to play ratro games, or not triple AAA games, i think the best one is the steam deck oled.
Ally is 599$ and SD oled 128 is 699 in my area 😢
My needs from handheld is Windows 11.... That's it. I'm only playing at home so i don't care about the battery life or size. I guess Legion Go would be better for me cause i like devices that do more than one thing like Switch.... But it's not good so it doesn't count
Almost every other device has a gimmick nowadays 🤷 Either way, let me know what you end up going with!
@@JosephStillGames well, then you would need to wait around.... 6 months cause i just bought a PC so no money for now
Not the bag of Coke😂😂😂❤
Broooooo what was that? Lmfao don’t think i didn’t see it 😂😂
You a fed? 👀
@@JosephStillGames are you a fed? Lmfao
Love the fact he honestly states how big, LOOONG and awkward and of a BOAT the lowest of all, the poor man's steam deck (for poor people) is, ally is the best overall cant go wrong, BUT revealed to me that if you have had the Lgo, every1 really gets used to the big pristine screen and performance of the Lgo and ive been seeing REreviews that the Lgo truly isnt replaceable once you get use to it. Theyre selling me to the Lgo. I wonder how hackable and such it all is. Can you place steam OS on it?
The rog ally is the best handheld
I have had the Steam Deck and the screen is too small, especially for someone older that uses progressive lens. I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max and in comparison I think after your video and all my reseach I will be choosing the Legion Go. Not only for the screen size but I watched a video "Linus Tech Tips" and he also mentioned what all else it does. Mobile PC, I just don't want to lug my laptop around everywhere.
i watch the full video
I LOVE MY 800 DOLLAR LENOVO 😢
Rog ally is by far better than both legion go is great but rog is way more optimized n steamdeck is just to weak at this point
Lenovo! The other ones dont have detachable controllers which ruins the portability id you’re wanting to play in bed
Go Go !!
Literally first
I see you! 👀
Literally second
Hey wait a minute...🤔
The Go is by far the best of the group.
Imo, what is the point of performance if it comes at the cost of basically what a handheld is made for; portability. Just get a laptop at that point. The Steam Deck OLED is the perfect combination of compromises, that ensure longer play sessions and offers a better software experience (it is so seamless and not at all janky)
You might as well get a switch if you want portability, these handhelds are massive.
@@oo--7714 I was thinking in terms of battery and I do find the Steam Deck OLED very portable
@@oo--7714 game library is very limited on the switch. You can’t play big games like god of war on it
@oo--7714 SD performs better, got better battery life in most cases, you can get games way much more cheaper, much bigger game library and you can do emulation as well. You can't compare Switch to any of this handhelds no matter what you say because switch is trash when it comes to sd, ally or go. Switch is for Nintendo die hards or little kids only. And if you have 6 year old hand size than yes go with switch. I never had a problem with SD portability, just throw it in your backpack and that's it
Never buy used handheld pcs…. It is literally 50/50 gamble on defectiveness
Lenovo...the official tech company of the Chinese government😁
I'll admit I'm a framerate whore 🤪
I literally have a counter going at all times for absolutely no reason 🙃
Lenovo legion go is just way to much and rog ally the same so I will get the steam deck oled
Wasting my time
The Nirvana "joke" hit my nostalgia the wrong way. I stopped watching.