Should you buy the Steam Deck OLED in 2024?
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- The Stead Deck OLED has been out for a few months now - is it still worth the $550+ price tag? The Steam Deck OLED used specifically in this video is the Limited Edition version, which cost almost $700.
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Anyone else here have the Steam Deck or OLED? How often do you use it?
I have the LCD Deck and i've been using mine to also stream my PS5. Playing FF7 Rebirth currently.
I use my steam deck mainly for emulation. I do still use it a lot. I also have a Legion Go I really like for the triple A titles, or when I want a bigger screen to play on.
I feel the oled came out too closely to the deck 1, like I did get mine late and that's fair enough, but had I waited 7 months, I would have held out for an oled.
I'll be saving for the deck 2 though!
Daily so far addicted to vampire survivors
I have the lcd deck and I use it just about every day. I've been playing ghostrunner mostly. The main thing I love about the deck is the ability to enter rest mode and pick up from where I left off at later. I don't have as much time to game anymore. It beats turning on my pc and having windows updates take up all my gaming time lol. I admittedly didn't like the idea of the deck at first as I've always been a keyboard and mouse gamer. The deck controls feel so amazing I don't miss the mouse and keyboard one bit.
As a long time PC gamer, who has always dreamed of the day PC gaming would go handheld, I'm just so happy we're finally here at this point. Not just with Steam Deck, but all the handheld PC's currently on the market. I'm excited for all of them; I want this market to flourish (and put the fear of god into Nintendo).
Steam Deck is still the best in terms of price to performance and simplicity, and its existence has encouraged other companies to compete in the market and keep their prices affordable, which considering how expensive PC gaming can be, is incredible.
The Ally, for example, would have cost $1000+ if the Steam Deck didn't exist, just like Chinese handheld PCS were priced at previously before the Deck came along and redefined the market.
Nintendo has no fear over these PC handhelds because its fans are mostly babies.
pc handhelds have been a thing for quite some years now, valve just made the genre famous by cutting the price in half basically
Ally Extreme is gatlike. 60fps
Ironic that you say this since Nintendo games are for the most part made for children. @@solkalibri1376
You are very welcome for our support on your previous video.
I do not own a Steam Deck but do plan on getting one soon and your videos have been instrumental to helping inform myself and others as to our decisions and considerations about the device.
Excited to see some more video's about the home brew capabilities of the device. The video about remote play to a PS5 was cool. I'm always looking for new ways to utilize tech and hand-held computers have come a long way in the past 20 years.
Thanks again for this video. Great job.
Oops! Mistake at 4:20. The Steam Deck doesn't support VRR on it's native screen. The OS only supports it when you connect it to an external display.
Bruh was high during 4:20 or somthing.
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why you run the game with gamescope?
i want a steamdeck but its too expensive i think (first new hardware for my itx pc)
I'm super happy with my OG Steam Deck. Will upgrade in a couple years maybe.
Great video. Steamdeck does not have VRR tho. Just a heads up
bro, you getting giddy over the xbox sounds in the dashboard was hilarious. same exact reaction here haha!
I've watched countless reviews of the oled I've been waiting to buy it based on the reviews but you have me sold! A sub to boot too! my guyy!
Have a deck since day 1, use it every single day. Love it so much i saved up and ordered an oled. Should be here in 3-5 days. To answer the taglines question. Yes, you should. Lcd or oled, both awesome.
Amazing job dude ! Keep Going
For all those people who like to point out how much more performance you get on the ROG Ally or the Legion Go, save it. Don't trash on the Deck until you've tried one. Specs aren't everything. You don't know it yet, but what you really want is the Steam Deck.
This. I had an ROG Ally at launch, returned it due to how janky it was most of the time. I get that it much better now compared to launch however the Steam Deck Oled has a much better ease of use, reliability, battery life and even though the Legion and ROG have much better specs, it only nets a slight increase in capability. I suspect it's more a Windows 11 issue but it is what it is. The SD is just better designed and optomized.
I’d have gotten a deck if I could play mw3 hopefully the next steam deck will be more powerful and then I’ll jump on the opportunity to get one but have to give credit where credit is due the steam deck was the first gaming handheld I saw I remember I saw videos of ppl playing mw on it or mw2 can’t remember and immediately knew I had to get one but now I have an ally I love it a lot and a legion go also love it all that’s missing is the steam deck
does it even run some modern games at high settings? i keep seeing people graphics settings at the lowest and yet still struggles with FSR3 on...
I have an 256gb LCD Deck because the OLED was completely sold out in Japan. Brought it back to Australia got it for cheap. But I came to the conclusion that the LCD was fine since my PC, PS5, even my xbox 360 take priority over it.
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Just a tip, it's hidden in the settings. But you can turn HDR on in Retroarch to add HDR support to all those retro games. Looks fantastic, especially with a nice CRT shader.
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I have the nintendo switch and recently got the steam deck since I play most of my games from steam. Been chipping away at cult of the lamb i Really love it.
I have a pretty decent gaming pc so I wanted a handheld device other than the switch oled. I didnt really know wich one to pick up and found somebody in my area selling his steam deck oled 512gb for 480$. The device was around 1 month old by that time. I am so in love with this little guy. There is only one minor thing I dislike and that is that 2 of the gacha games I play (wich are also on phone and windows) arent available for it. Other than that I have been playing a lot of older games aswell as the new persona 3 reload and I am just amazed by how well things run on this and look amazing because of the screen.
I hope everybody has such great experiences with their handhelds as I am and I am really looking forward to the handheld pc future.
good video, really enjoyed it. I have both models of the Steam Deck. The Oled upgrade is very much worth it. I use the LCD as a docked Steam Deck now but one game recommendation i have to give is Lies of P. the Oled panel and HDR in that game just makes it look so good.
That decky loader thing sounds neat. I kinda wanna make my Deck into a Shiekah Slate
Im digging the Carnifex shirt. I've been a fan since 2008
I wasn’t an early adopter of the Steam Deck when it was brand new but I did bite on the OLED 1TB and it is an absolute dream as a gamer. It’s what I’ve wanted from the Switch 2, and it exceeds my expectations in so many ways. The battery life is great, and it’s an absolute treasure of an investment. Well worth the $700 paid.
Personally I'm waiting for the next iteration of the steam deck, but its an exciting time for handheld PCs. I just cant justify buying one given that I have such a powerful PC already.
I bought the original LCD version when it first came out and it somehow bricked on me through a Steam update, so I had to send it back to get a refund. Pretty disappointing...
However, when the OLED version released I tried again and haven't had any issues with it so far. I can't believe how it is able to play so many AAA titles, I've just finished cramming this one with over 6000 games. I love it, such a great piece of tech!
,, you're the 1st person I've seen that explains the anti-glare isn't as big a deal, and with good reasoning, if you can't afford/purchase thta model. just a 'lil thing that made me happy watching this so far !
It doesn’t have vrr.
I've the og steam deck but it has too many compatibility problems. Also the performance is showing it's limit with newer games. I would go for Legion Go for that price.
There is no VRR support in the steam deck oled.
Tales of Arise looks gorgeous on OLED. It's the game I pick to show off the screen to people.
I use my LCD 512GB model every day. No complaints!
I love Handheld and small form factor portable PCs. I never could justify getting a GPD device back when they were the DeFacto only player in the game for super small form factor portable/handheld PCs. Because the overall price to performance ratios were just not cutting it, as much as I wanted a GPD Pocket or whatever the newest was at any given time. So now with the Steam Decks, The Ally, the Go, Claw, all the Aya Neo options, the OnexPlayer, just so many great options both from smaller boutique vendors and major volume manufacturers as well as technology catching up enough to make the formfactor more than just a passing curiosity with limited use. I have Both an OG 512GB Deck, a LE OLED Deck, and an ROG Ally [that I will eventually swap out, Micro SD card murdering failure that it is.] I love them all and want to be able to support all of them to some degree. Even with its issues, I like the existence of the Claw as well. Hoping my Next Ally doesn't end up having the SD card reader go rogue, but I just haven't had the time to go swap it out at best buy. [got the protection for a reason]
Personal impulse control problems aside, I love my steam decks, and my ally, The OLED deck is the only device I have that supports HDR, and it's nice, but I don't really get the hype of HDR all that much. But the OLED screen looks amazing overall. I mostly got the OLED deck because I am a sucker for limited edition stuff, and I was able to afford it at the time it was announced, and orders went live. So, I just jumped on it. And I am glad I did. The performance improvements are more noticeable than you would think despite the numbers being 'within margin of error' they are consistently just a little better, likely just because of the little bits of efficiency increases, but also that faster ram provides a huge boost.
We really have reached a point where a PS4 like handheld isn't a pipe dream. It's reality. My Nintendo Switch has basically gone unused since I got the deck. With the exception of the launch of tears of the kingdom I have spent so little time on my switch I have considered offloading my entire switch library. [including a fair number of games that are still sealed NIB.]
Tetris Effect looks awesome on the oled
You really should try Hades, great game on oled, 90fps, lots of action popping out.
If you are undecided: steam deck has 2 "exclusive features" over the competition: it has steam OS, and it has trackpads. If you're ok with windows and with aiming in shooters with analog sticks (or to play these games only docked and with mouse & keyb) then you'll be okay with more powerful and more recent devices, that will also cost quite some more (comparing the cheapest versions).
Sorry to be that guy, but you really don’t need to overspend. The base OLED is the best option @ $585 after shipping and tax. Within a respectable 512gb, id argue that’s plenty for most games, but even expanding storage on your own is extremely cheap with SD cards and only slightly more expensive with replacing an internal SSD to 1TB. At most, you’d spend $650 after the optional upgrades, making this an incredible budget PC handle. Personally my favorite piece of tech and game device of all time.
And the colors are slightly more washed out on the 1tb because of the etched screen. The glossy 512’s colors pop a lil more. I think the etched screen causes it to lose a little contrast. They need to improve on that.
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Been playing star ocean second story r and retrodeck
I don't like the anti-glare. I wan't to put on a screenprotector.
Whatchu talkin bout. Steam deck doesn’t have vrr. Its absence is the only thing keeping me on the fence about getting one
Is the Ayaneo 2 or Ayaneo 2s better?
Absolutely not
I bought the mega man 11 for $9.89 it was on sale from $29.99 on 3/3/24 playing on Normal mode, that game is fun/hard. It’s almost like playing Elden Ring.
@@dermitderwahrheit :( I have the Ayaneo 2. Maxed out fully loaded/Top Notch on the Specs.
Might sell my original Deck and get this new one
I wouldn't buy it now, not without knowing if Microsoft will release an Xbox handheld and learning more about the Switch 2. If I can I always prefer a console to a pc, less headaches for me tuning a pc to play games. Besides my laptop is good enough. Maybe a Steamdeck 2 could be interesting. My main concerns are not it's size and look, which are great, but the battery life and, above all, the weight. How long can one hold the Steam Deck in bed upright without sore arms ?
Xbox isn't releasing a handheld for 3+ years. Switch 2 is delayed until at least 2025. Valve isnt doing SD 2 for at least three years. Its just sounds like you don't need a handheld honestly.
To be honest idk why would you get a steam deck if what you are after are the best graphics and performance. This is more on the light gaming side which I believe the steam deck will do just fine for years to come.
yes , it worth for me❤
I was highly thinking about it 🤔 💬 but then I saw my steam games weren't even tested to work to be compatible for it yet
use ProtonDB to check if your games are compatible instead of Steam's system. Info on ProtonDB is provided by the actual players and give more accurate details on how a game performs on not only the Steam Deck, but also on Linux in general.
Yes.
Pretty sure it’s not a VRR display 🤷🏻♂️
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I've been playing Mario Wonder, Dragons Crown, Muramasa and freaking Odin Sphere on PCSR3. That last one is seriously one of the most beautiful games I have ever played.
had the steam deck oled, $700 unit and cant even connect to wifi it only will run off 2.4 GHz if you have 5GHz it most likely not want to connect, kind of disappointed with a unit being that much not to work... I went with the legion go and it is hands down a great system
This guy is waffling so hard, mate the steam deck oled does not have vrr. Though tbh it doesn’t make much of a difference .
As for the performance, yea you aren’t totally wrong, I did get crashes in miles morales when web slinging.
Def not, try to hold out until next year, the competition is heating up, so it’s pushing the handheld market forward. You could get it sure, but by the end of the year it will be obsolete. Better graphics, less heat, better battery times are on the way.
Um … it is
slow device , no futere proof ! facts
We have the LCD steam deck a oled steam deck and both the z1 and z1 extreme ASUS rog ally I actually don’t like the steam deck that much now that I have the ally it a much better handheld and the people that complain about it being on windows haven’t played with it it work perfect and have given me zero issues not even the sd card issues
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Steam Deck 2 with nvidia tech would be better
Not worth 700 when you can get a rog ally z1 extreme for 450 or 500. Performance wise it's definitely better than the steam deck. Also you can add an external GPU further future proofing the ally.
Yeah but then I'd have to use Windows. Automatic deal breaker. Plus OLED 512 GB is 549. Idk why you are butthurt but try having an actual life.
@@darthrex6267 Nobody is butthurt but you .Steam deck is nowhere near ally performance wise. Especially with frame generation. I'm playing Mk1 at high or very high settings 1080p 60 plus fps. Steam deck can barely play on low settings at 800p and can't even maintain 60 fps lol😂😂😂
The real test is AAA games, why spend all that money just to play a relic of a game from the 1980’s, of course it’s going to play and look great, the technology today is more advanced. We don’t want things to be sugar coated, we want the truth when it comes to spending our hard earned money. $700-$800 is what I paid for my PS5, and they want the same price for something that’s less in size and performance ?
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"should you buy the steam deck OLED In 2024 " - steam deck OLED release year : 2024. *sigh*
Im strait the fk up unfollowing anyone claiming the oled is the king of handhelds.. at this point lol.. idk if yall being paid or what, eveyone is strait up... L y i n g. Steam Deck is POOP. Legion go will give X5 the performance... ally too. I HAVE BOTH, playing on the legion vs deck, is like comparing a ps3 to a full PC... there is no comparison.. to even put them in the same league is insulting.
Battery life, price, and performance at low wattage. But to mention ui and customer support