Biggest improvement is probably the 30-50% increase in battery life. The deck already gets much better battery life than the ROG Ally or Lenovo Go (especially on low demanding games, it can get 2-4x the battery life), so this will further cement it as the best handheld PC for actually playing without the device plugged in.
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I mean running the same game at the same settings/resolution/etc the Deck will get significantly better battery life. You can offset this somewhat by using task manager to close background processes in windows, but it still takes a lot more power to run stuff on the ROG Ally than the deck.
An example from Ally reviews was Stardew valley ran at 6-8w on the deck, but was pulling 16-20w on the Ally with same settings. Using task manager to close windows processes for the Ally down to the 12-15w range, but that’s still a huge jump. This isn’t even taking into consideration that you can tweak deck performance settings to run Stardew valley at a much lower power setting, I’ve seen people go as low as 3.8w giving them 10+ hours of battery life.
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I love my steam deck, I also just got it like 2 months ago. If I knew this was coming, I might’ve waited. Either way, my girlfriend is probably going to get a cool hand me down in the next couple months.
So who wants to buy my 512gb LCD? 😅
I keep getting tempted to buy this or the LCD version, but I don’t even play on the go. Anybody with a powerful desktop (mine is 6800xt) have a steam deck? Do you prefer one over the other!
The pause functionality is awesome. You pause/suspend the deck with one button. Then whenever you come back to the game you hit the same button and boom right where you left off. Perfect for short sessions here and there. I’ve completed more games on the Deck in the past year than I have on my desktop in the past 5 years.
I mostly game stream to mine but I still get AAA mileage out of it when there’s no network available. I’ve been chipping away at TotK, streamed from my desktop.
How good does streaming work? I have a steam link box attached to my tv on an ethernet cable, and it’s always hit or miss, more miss than hits, so i’ve given up using it. How does steam deck compare to that?
I don’t use the Steam Remote Play thing, I use Moonlight. Also streaming works better outside my home than in it, I think perhaps my router is insufficient
You want one cause everyone is talking about it. You already said
you dont need it.Mine sits next to my other
computers, and I dont really
use it, and Yes, I dare say
it, I put win11 on it!!!I use it to play roms and
test linux distros.I have a 8 inch laptop
for bed, that perfect.
Light, not to bright.
easy on the eyes.I love my steam-deck.
Its great for those long
streaks in the bathroom.Ill never sell it-
Yeah I’m a sucker for small electronics. I have a GPD Win that wouldn’t turn on anymore, but liked it when I had it. I stopped using it after a while for whatever reason, and it’s not turning on now.
Good news, call them and ask for a replacement battery. You battery was recalled the GPD is fine, still works!
That battery when depleted went full empty. Bad circuit board.
Ask for the new one only. see if they honer your purchase.
new one should cost less then
30 bucks anywayThanks for the info, I’ll try that, thanks!
*Deck
thanks, I didn’t notice
So glad I held off on buying one before. Now if I do decide to get one, I’m definitely gonna go for a beefy 1TB model.
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For anyone reading this… stupid comment: they never said they wouldn’t release a refresh.
Yep, never. People just assumed thats what they meant in an interview, but they only said it would take a large amount of work.
They said they wouldn’t be releasing Steam Deck 2 for now, this is a refresh
It doesn’t look to bad, and knowing I don’t currently have a Steam Deck I’d love to get one at some stage.
