This is an option easily changed in steam input, its linked to the Desktop layout. I use my own config for the desktop layout so i didn't notice that it changed
@@ColeCaccamise you may or may not like this but I really do love using it, but try turning on gyro as mouse in desktop mode. That way you can rest your thumb on the right joystick and move the deck around to control the mouse and then move the stick to make minor adjustments. Set the haptics all the way to high because why not?
something people don't talk about often is streaming on the steamdeck actually has lower latency than the rog or the go, also, streaming at 90fps on the deck has lower lantency than playing 60fps natively reason for this this is valve actually optimized hardware decoder for this, it can decode 4k in under 1ms which is absolutely overkill so if you want to play AAA games at home, the deck wins with streaming, and if you want to play on the go, the deck wins again with battery life also as of a few days ago, you can stream with HDR with moonlight+sunshine on the nightly build
@@ColeCaccamise ruclips.net/video/DvSx8opgOtU/видео.html This guy benchmarked it with the old LCD model, I wouldn't say "drastic", it's roughly like 4ms added lag for steamdeck and 8-10ms added for rog. But then the steamdeck has natively like 1-2ms less latency on top of that cuz linux with a kernel tweaked for latency outperforms vanilla windows in latency, and you can't tweak the windows kernel. (Valve did this already, not a tweak you need to do) So in practice, streaming 60fps on the deck should feels roughly like playing 50fps natively on the rog, or 40fps streamed on the rog, not really something most would feel in most games but imo enough to be a tie breaker when deciding between the two for what it's worth, i played through lies of P completely streamed at 90fps+hdr despite it being a game requiring frame perfect inputs for parries, never had an issue timing my parries and the game was absolutely gorgeous on that screen with hdr
Bought the SD 512 OLED and played more this past weekend playing older unfinished games than I have on PC in years. I'm super impressed with the SDs performance, and the screen is absolutely beautiful. I kind of feel like a kid at Christmas, though I'm in my 40s. Messing with Linux instead of Win is also refreshing to learn. Installed Discord and found it runs no prob. Next is emulators and a larger SSD. Gonna need a couple TB for this thing soon. Look forward to what Valve brings in the future.
The biggest selling point for me with the Steam deck was the symmetrical thumbsticks. I hate how the Ally puts the right thumbstick halfway down the device. To me, it feels really awkward to hold, especially if you're playing for a long time. The Steam deck is much more user-friendly than the Ally, especially if you're a casual gamer.
I've been playing with xbox and PS controller my entire life (and PC mouse-keyboard) They both have symmetrical joysticks, so moving from them to Ally ROG seems impossible for me
After the switch, when I started using the deck, I realized just how uncomfortable non-symmetrical sticks are on a handheld, even with comfortable ergonomics, it still gets hard to hold for long periods of time or just not fun to control
@@erickpenaloza1 the distance to the thumb is still the same on both sides with the xbox controller. So the thumb is extended and relaxed which is not the case with the Ally I think.
As other already said about circular motion for scrolling, I'd want to add that you can change that into vertical or horizontal motion too, just go into desktop layout or setting it for any game, for example, game that has bottom screen inventory, like Stardew valley, you'd want to use trackpad scroll horizontally. I encourage you to look more deeply in detail setting for everything else too, like learning how to use modeshift, action layers and virtual menus.
I actually got a chance to play with the steam deck a couple days ago, it’s so much fun to just be able to play wherever. I was only able to play two games, Ori and the whisps, and control. I was honestly very surprised at how well it handled control, of course I had to play at lower settings and play at like 30-60fps because of how crazy Control is but I wasn’t complaining. Those couple bite size sessions honestly made my urge to get one of my own, too bad I’m broke af.
Absolutely in love with the oled so far. It took a few days of tinkering but I finally have ps2 games running 2-3x resolution at 60fps and I'm reliving my childhood with old dragon balls, madden, nfs, etc. It also plays the newer games I play like dr2 at 60+fps. Simply amazing.
What did you use/do, emu deck or something else? I have a deck and have really never tried emulation but I’m intrigued nonetheless, so I don’t have much experience either
@@warnerplatt4740 I used emudeck and pcsx2. Most games ran like poop until I figured out how to install power tools through decky. Power tools enables you to turn off “smt” and run the cpu on 4 cores vs 8, which makes ps2 games run perfectly for some odd reason. There also an option to “downclock memory” on power tools that also helps the ps2 games run super well. Without power tools I was getting 20-40fps causing a slow motion like effect where games where running at 50-80% speed.
If you're playing an fps game and it feels a little winky, check the controller configuration to see if the deadzone is set too high. This can make precise aiming adjustments very annoying, but it is easily changed. Go to controller settings > edit layout > joysticks > right joystick behavior > click gear icon > click on deadzones > Dead zone "custom" > Then adjust deadzone inner to something like 1696 for something similar to a controller. I've noticed for games like half life 2, the default dead zone was set WAY too high, making controller aim next to impossible.
I did this as soon as I got my OLED and I put the deadzones all the way down to 0. It's still a new unit and there is 0 drift a month later and it's way better than Valve's default settings. Played on my LCD without turning down the deadzones and it was complete hell.
I put so much games on it, I can retire happily in a lumber cabin 😂 Minecraft mod packs, emulation, my free epic games games, all my Steam library I love there is little to no concession. I never had a switch but, the form factor to play on the go and plug it with HDMI with any screen, and play with any Bluetooth controller is unreal to me. Really my ultimate gaming device
I have a switch and it was amazing for Nintendo games, and I am a HUGE fan of Nintendo games. But once I tried downloading normal games for switch the experience went to shit. I bought Witcher 3 for $60 on switch and it looks like absolute shit. Same with so many others, I just gave up eventually. But what I have seen from the steam deck is it is the complete opposite, the deck makes those games look GOOD So I’ll be getting it for sure hehe
@@theNimboo For the price I recommend it 😇I personally also use it as a PC, I only have the SD at home with an iPad. The desktop experience is very neat ! And I'm confident Valve will make it last very long.
I have grippier thumbstick covers on mine and find it great for FPS games. The default deadzones are huge but easy to adjust for anyone finding it a problem.
1:09 It's based on the game's app ID, which you can find out in various places, but an easier method is: 1. Launch the game. 2. Set Dolphin to sort by modification date. 2.1. Optionally switch to list view. 3. It's the top folder.
Hey, first of all, this is a great informative video ... but it was VERY painful to listen to. Being soft-spoken is fine, but not when the background music randomly amps up and drowns you out. Then there's the fact that you tend to mush certain words together. I find myself having to go back to hear what you said, and turn captions on.
@@user-yk1cw8im4h it's constructive criticism, calm the hell down. I didn't have issues understanding him but the random & sudden music coming on that was louder than his voice was also distracting to me & probably many others.
This handheld is lit! I’m going through a nostalgia phase right now with all the emulators and classics I grew up on. Shit make me feel old when I see the years these came out lmao 😂😂😂😂
ahoy! great video, sometimes the music would get a little louder than you when it’s first introduced tho, but apart from that it was very detailed and well done
The deck is unironically fixing my "instagram reels" addiction Instead of watching reels before going to sleep, i play games i had on the back burner of my library for months
I find myself liking my ally way more then my steam deck i have a good amount of AAA games that just dont run good on steam deck but the ally plays everything i through at it
Yeah I can see this for someone who doesn't have a pc, for me who already has a pc the steam deck is far better cause if I need performance I'll just play my pc the steam decks not meant to be a portable pc that's the opposite of what I want
@@Games.Gadgets.Sports All I play is COD, WWE and the occasional triple A. The Deck doesn't do anti cheat. WWE 2k22 suffers from frequent crashing and triple A or high fidelity games are hit or miss on the device.. usually to fps or graphical quality. And sometimes you still have to tinker to get things to even run. It's a Hard pass for me. These are problems I don't have on the Ally.
@dirkwood4544 still think steam decks better regardless cause it's an actual handheld it's accessible and easy to use for most gamers the ally isn't you need someone who has a good idea on how to operate a pc in order to own and use one other wise they will have a terrible experience
@@goestheboom5211 Open Steam>Settings>Start Steam in Big Picture Mode... Now the Ally operates as a Steam Deck does Plus the Command Center opens immediately with Steam pre installed. Even an total idiot can figure it out.
Was going to get the 1TB and then saw the same thing as you, I just love gaming on a glossy OLED so saved myself some money and changed my 512mb LCD Steam Deck for the 512MB OLED.
as somebody who had Play Station Portalbe (psp) in my childhood, where i played games 24/7 outside. I fully support steam deck. its amazing to play AAA games on a small screen in your hands. Back then on the PSP all i could play is like Crash Bandicoot games.
So there is still a chance for Thumb stick drift ? Also a bit concerned about the dead pixels and headphone jack issues. Are the new batch of steam decks have less issues that i mentioned ?
Is it region locked? I'm thinking of purchasing whilst I live in Australia but may have to move countries back home (UK) or emigrating to Canada, will it still work perfect?
I got mine last week, and coming from PC, 40-45 FPS in the Steam deck is quite good, barely comparable with 60s. I just love the couch gaming experience with my Steam library.
Have you figured out with scrolling? It works nice: talking about left touchpad - left part works as a touchpad scrolling, right part works as a mouse wheel (or vice versa) It's not that obvious, but it's fantasticly comfy
i wish they would allign the buttons correctly to the joystics after playing with a joypad for 20 yrs it feels finicky as hell i keep pressing the start button by mistake
I recently got a steam deck it’s good and all but my main problem is I already have all the decent games already on ps5 and only playing overwatch 2 on it for now until I decide which game to buy for it.
Watched your video which convinced me to order a SD OLED vs the ROG Ally X. Great video production my dude. As a video editor (for a company, not RUclips), I recommend checking your transition dB between scenes. Your voice got muddled by the transition music. Otherwise, I see you doing big things on here! Subbed!
i have a normal steam deck iv had it for like 2 months now and i love it i like it better then my gaming pc and man i love that thing do you think i should upgrade to the oled or what i mean is it a really big difference
I waited on the OG deck since i got the switch OLED around the same time, but i think i’m going to go for this instead of the NG switch for the time being
So call of duty can’t be played on this? Even though it’s available in Steam? All bc of the anti cheat? I mainly want a handheld for FPS. Should I go ally x?
Love my ally but sometimes I boot it up go to start a game and it bugs out 30 minutes later 30% battery gone and I've yet to fully set my game up, it's not with every game but man it's annoying. Then I grab my deck pick my game and I'm in playing, rather deck easily the better handheld.
I have the old model Deck. It says Hogwarts is verified but even on the lowest settings the game ran at 5 to 15fps. I don't know how it runs well for others. Every other game works fine.
2:56 The problem here is you playing FPS games on sticks alone. But for e.g. driving games, the mechanism of the Deck's sticks are noticeably sloppy. For FPSes you can switch to the trackpads or flick-stick with gyro, this works by far the best on Deck. But in cases where you actually need an accurate stick, even the original Steam Controller's stick is more precise.
Hey, windows is also a proper touch base OS. It works surprisingly well imo. The UI etc. is not made for touch, but neither is the desktop version of the Steam deck :)
Just ordered my OLED Steam Deck. Seems perfect to just travel around (really don’t want to use a laptop) or just chilling in bed. Hope this was some money well spent 😅
could you play with both trackpads? because I never got into console games but I play with the idea to buy the Steam deck and tried to play with a controller and holy sh*t I see 1/3 of the time the sky or ground, 1/3 of the time a death screen and only 1/3 of the time enemies and hitting them with anything is even with aim assist more luck then anything well and I hope the touchpads are more precise if I need to aim but at the same time fast enough that I can rotate and move properly if something runs at me or behind me (I tried serious sam by the way)
@@dasjupyep you can use both. The way I have it set up right now is this: the right joystick I use as a flick stick, so basically you flick it in whichever direction and it rapidly runs that way. And then I use the right track pad to aim and gyro movement to do a more precise aim. It takes a bit of time to get used to but I can actually play the game and make accurate shots and not be dying all the time. There’s some good tutorials on yt on how to set up gyro and trackpad
@@dasjupthere is a setting in steam input for both trackpads and sticks, that lets you reduce vertical sensitivity, if you see sky 1/3 of the time then you'd want to use that function. I play with both trackpads frequently too, left for wasd, right for mouse move.
@@chariothe9013 yes that would be the exact configuration I would try that I can alter the sensitivity for the X and Y Axis is cool but I hope it's not necessary.... because they should be more precise than my 10 year old Xbox controller where the thumb sticks are more like.... dead zone ... dead zone... dead zone.... move across half the display in an instance.... it's nearly as if I would try to aim with the arrow Keys and the trackpads should be better then that
as an owner of the rog ally i have enjoyed using it but because of it being a windows device i had a login issue and it was sometimes glitchy along with the sd card the battery life isnt for me i still love using it but i will hopefully get a steam deck oled next month it seems like a good handheld pc!
Use the command line tool locate. You might have to install it I don't know but locate space the term you're looking for will instantly find the file you want. Right after installing run the command updatedb
Wanted a handheld for travelling so portability and battery life were top priority. I chose Odin 2 over SD OLED. I think SD would be more fun in general, but it doesn't fit the main requirements I sought a handheld out for. While probably just a coincidence, it was consolation to me that in almost every shot of this video the SD was low on juice 🤣
I almost pull a trigger on ROG Ally but end up with Steam deck oled instead. The device is just perfect for an handheld like you said. I understand the Ally is more powerful but the steam layout, less messing around with settings and console like layout makes me want to play on this more.
So? It runs some games better than the rog because of the Linux optimizations and proton. It's cooler and more quite. Much more comfortable than a rog. Idk.
I got my deck yesterday and was pretty happy with it until i played elden ring for a bit. The bumper and joystick placements just dont feel right to me. The joystick feels too high up and the bumpers are inconvenient to reach, especially for a game like elden ring. I like the easier setup though. Im picking up the ally today open box to test out though.
Love my OLED SD. I'm playing Arkham Knight at 60fps on high settings and getting around 2 hours. Similar with Hitman WoA. The screen looks great, especially if you're playing on a HDR enabled game. I tried the ROG Ally and Legion GO before purchasing and don't regret my decision to go for the SD.
@@PoTTe1986Don’t take the Go. Playing in native res will fuck up frame rate so it’s pretty much pointless. Either Ally or SD. Maybe wait until a new Ally comes out or until a new Aya device drops wich might happen in the next five minutes ;D Anyway I’m thinking about getting a SD OLED myself but I’m trying to hold back for now.
Have an lcd deck and upgraded to a 1tb oled was out for delivery on friday and the driver jusr decided not to deliver it and return it back to the depot 🤣
Question so if I buy red dead redemption 2 off the steam store on the Deck I need to launch rdr2 off rockstar launcher?? Wouldn’t the game be on my deck off of steam store already ???
Honestly the way you can see it is the steam deck is like having a console on the go and a rog ally is having a pretty decent powerful gaming laptop but portable.
If it wasn't for the deck being limited to such a large amount of games you could play on it, I definitely would've never switched over to the ally. The deck was so simple and offered a console-like experience. Having a desktop mode and game mode was such a great idea. Not to mention, this is the most comfortable handheld device.
I don't even want to hold my Steam Deck anymore after having the ROG Ally. It feels smoother and I can crank up the graphics and being windows 11 is a plus. I can play genshin without getting ban or using dual boot just to play it. I can install many launcher as I want and all games are compatible.
For other consoles, I'd say use Playnite with Handheld Controller. Steam Deck seems huge to me so I stuck with my Ayaneo 2. The graphics is also something I can't tolerate on the Deck. Hi-res is most impt for me then the other graphic settings follow.
Your voice is soooo quiet, in the video. Especially compared to some moments in which the music gets so loud I had to rely on subtitles to figure out what you said.
I haven’t tried using micro sd so can’t answer to it. There were some reports of the ally overheating causing the sd car slot to break, but I don’t think nearly sd much with the deck
Yes it's fine, you'll get the exact same performance in games, lower end cards will have slower game downloads on super fast WiFi but most people don't have Internet nearly that fast anyway
The performance has been about the same for me in game, I'm using a SanDisk 512GB micro SD. As mentioned above the download speeds are slower especially when downloading large titles like Forza Horizon 4/5 and Genshin Impact. Seemed to cap out around 30MBs for downloading to the SD.
@ColeCaccamise Hey, a really well made video! And you did address some things a lot of peopl don't talk about like frame consistency, which is really important (honestly more important than occasionally higher fps) and input lag. Speaking of input lag how noticeable is iton the Oled Steam Deck? Im pretty sensitive about this and heard mixed reports about latency on the original Steam Deck. Like how is the Oled comparde to your desktop PC? Thanks in advance! Have a great New Year :)
Happy new year! It’s very subtle imo but in the more competitive or reflex games feel slightly smoother. In terms of my pc I always use a keyboard and mouse so that’s always going to feel snappier
I'm here to support all steam deck videos
Honestly though good video
Support mine😅
When you scroll with the left trackpad, you need to go in a circular motion as compared to up and down.
I've never known that
WTF i never knew that
Ah I never knew that, thanks man!
This is an option easily changed in steam input, its linked to the Desktop layout. I use my own config for the desktop layout so i didn't notice that it changed
@@ColeCaccamise you may or may not like this but I really do love using it, but try turning on gyro as mouse in desktop mode. That way you can rest your thumb on the right joystick and move the deck around to control the mouse and then move the stick to make minor adjustments. Set the haptics all the way to high because why not?
something people don't talk about often is streaming on the steamdeck actually has lower latency than the rog or the go, also, streaming at 90fps on the deck has lower lantency than playing 60fps natively
reason for this this is valve actually optimized hardware decoder for this, it can decode 4k in under 1ms which is absolutely overkill
so if you want to play AAA games at home, the deck wins with streaming, and if you want to play on the go, the deck wins again with battery life
also as of a few days ago, you can stream with HDR with moonlight+sunshine on the nightly build
I didn't know this, I'll have to give it a try on both the deck and ally to see how drastic it is
@@ColeCaccamise ruclips.net/video/DvSx8opgOtU/видео.html
This guy benchmarked it with the old LCD model, I wouldn't say "drastic", it's roughly like 4ms added lag for steamdeck and 8-10ms added for rog. But then the steamdeck has natively like 1-2ms less latency on top of that cuz linux with a kernel tweaked for latency outperforms vanilla windows in latency, and you can't tweak the windows kernel. (Valve did this already, not a tweak you need to do)
So in practice, streaming 60fps on the deck should feels roughly like playing 50fps natively on the rog, or 40fps streamed on the rog, not really something most would feel in most games but imo enough to be a tie breaker when deciding between the two
for what it's worth, i played through lies of P completely streamed at 90fps+hdr despite it being a game requiring frame perfect inputs for parries, never had an issue timing my parries and the game was absolutely gorgeous on that screen with hdr
The steam deck oled has a faster WiFi antenna. I have a feeling that also might play a role in its streaming quality.
I stream a lot from my Xbox to my SD. Works great but limited to 60fps it seems.
THATS CRAZY! Thanks for sharing! This solidified my choice in whether to choose the ally or the steam deck! Thankyou once again!
i have a lcd and a oled and the oled is absolutely worth upgrading to
Same i just upgraded because my r2 was a little messed up and fan rattled. Man the oled is way better.
I don’t really think so, where I live I can get lcd for 400 dollars and Oled for 1000 dollars
why am I watching a lot of steam deck OLED reviews when I have one……
Bought the SD 512 OLED and played more this past weekend playing older unfinished games than I have on PC in years. I'm super impressed with the SDs performance, and the screen is absolutely beautiful. I kind of feel like a kid at Christmas, though I'm in my 40s. Messing with Linux instead of Win is also refreshing to learn. Installed Discord and found it runs no prob. Next is emulators and a larger SSD. Gonna need a couple TB for this thing soon. Look forward to what Valve brings in the future.
love that man, glad you're enjoying it
The biggest selling point for me with the Steam deck was the symmetrical thumbsticks. I hate how the Ally puts the right thumbstick halfway down the device. To me, it feels really awkward to hold, especially if you're playing for a long time. The Steam deck is much more user-friendly than the Ally, especially if you're a casual gamer.
This! Especially with large hands the right stick placement of the Ally and Legion Go seem bad.
I've been playing with xbox and PS controller my entire life (and PC mouse-keyboard)
They both have symmetrical joysticks, so moving from them to Ally ROG seems impossible for me
After the switch, when I started using the deck, I realized just how uncomfortable non-symmetrical sticks are on a handheld, even with comfortable ergonomics, it still gets hard to hold for long periods of time or just not fun to control
@@ArariaKAgelessTravellerXbox controller is non symmetrical, what are you talking about?
@@erickpenaloza1 the distance to the thumb is still the same on both sides with the xbox controller. So the thumb is extended and relaxed which is not the case with the Ally I think.
As other already said about circular motion for scrolling, I'd want to add that you can change that into vertical or horizontal motion too, just go into desktop layout or setting it for any game, for example, game that has bottom screen inventory, like Stardew valley, you'd want to use trackpad scroll horizontally. I encourage you to look more deeply in detail setting for everything else too, like learning how to use modeshift, action layers and virtual menus.
I actually got a chance to play with the steam deck a couple days ago, it’s so much fun to just be able to play wherever. I was only able to play two games, Ori and the whisps, and control. I was honestly very surprised at how well it handled control, of course I had to play at lower settings and play at like 30-60fps because of how crazy Control is but I wasn’t complaining. Those couple bite size sessions honestly made my urge to get one of my own, too bad I’m broke af.
Absolutely in love with the oled so far. It took a few days of tinkering but I finally have ps2 games running 2-3x resolution at 60fps and I'm reliving my childhood with old dragon balls, madden, nfs, etc. It also plays the newer games I play like dr2 at 60+fps. Simply amazing.
What did you use/do, emu deck or something else? I have a deck and have really never tried emulation but I’m intrigued nonetheless, so I don’t have much experience either
@@warnerplatt4740 I used emudeck and pcsx2. Most games ran like poop until I figured out how to install power tools through decky. Power tools enables you to turn off “smt” and run the cpu on 4 cores vs 8, which makes ps2 games run perfectly for some odd reason. There also an option to “downclock memory” on power tools that also helps the ps2 games run super well. Without power tools I was getting 20-40fps causing a slow motion like effect where games where running at 50-80% speed.
I wanted to try switch emulation but was too lazy to deal with all the setup lol. I still think at some point I want to play around with it
@@warnerplatt4740same here bud! I have had my Steam Deck OLED for several months now and I don't know where to start when it comes to emulation 😂
The best way to actually play games in steam deck oled is to lock the framerate to 45 in the games as its a perfect 2x cut for stability
This. I keep it at 45 for everything, 90 hz refresh and it feels so good. For indie games I'm usually playing on 60.
This is how I play resident evil 4, Ratchet and Clank, and Death Stranding. Very smooth experiences
If you're playing an fps game and it feels a little winky, check the controller configuration to see if the deadzone is set too high. This can make precise aiming adjustments very annoying, but it is easily changed.
Go to controller settings > edit layout > joysticks > right joystick behavior > click gear icon > click on deadzones >
Dead zone "custom" > Then adjust deadzone inner to something like 1696 for something similar to a controller. I've noticed for games like half life 2, the default dead zone was set WAY too high, making controller aim next to impossible.
I did this as soon as I got my OLED and I put the deadzones all the way down to 0. It's still a new unit and there is 0 drift a month later and it's way better than Valve's default settings. Played on my LCD without turning down the deadzones and it was complete hell.
I put so much games on it, I can retire happily in a lumber cabin 😂
Minecraft mod packs, emulation, my free epic games games, all my Steam library
I love there is little to no concession. I never had a switch but, the form factor to play on the go and plug it with HDMI with any screen, and play with any Bluetooth controller is unreal to me. Really my ultimate gaming device
Oh man absolutely 😁
I have a switch and it was amazing for Nintendo games, and I am a HUGE fan of Nintendo games.
But once I tried downloading normal games for switch the experience went to shit. I bought Witcher 3 for $60 on switch and it looks like absolute shit. Same with so many others, I just gave up eventually.
But what I have seen from the steam deck is it is the complete opposite, the deck makes those games look GOOD
So I’ll be getting it for sure hehe
@@theNimboo For the price I recommend it 😇I personally also use it as a PC, I only have the SD at home with an iPad. The desktop experience is very neat ! And I'm confident Valve will make it last very long.
Halo 3 hits 80 fps LOCKED with all settings MAXED(except medium shadows), no upscaling, raw 800p. I definitely didn't expect that
FINISH THE FIGHT!
Very clean well shot video. Production looks great. Keep it up!
Definitely the best sd oled review i seen so far,simple to the point
I appreciate that man
Nice video! I recommend turning down the volume of the music down a bit. At times it was a bit hard to understand you. Anyways, great work! 😊
I appreciate all the feedback about that, will make sure to adjust the volumes properly next time. Thanks for watching!
I have grippier thumbstick covers on mine and find it great for FPS games. The default deadzones are huge but easy to adjust for anyone finding it a problem.
Great review, I'm thinking of buying one for my daughter and this helped a lot.
1:09 It's based on the game's app ID, which you can find out in various places, but an easier method is:
1. Launch the game.
2. Set Dolphin to sort by modification date.
2.1. Optionally switch to list view.
3. It's the top folder.
Hey, first of all, this is a great informative video ... but it was VERY painful to listen to. Being soft-spoken is fine, but not when the background music randomly amps up and drowns you out. Then there's the fact that you tend to mush certain words together. I find myself having to go back to hear what you said, and turn captions on.
Don’t watch then, no one is forcing you.
I liked the video
@@user-yk1cw8im4h it's constructive criticism, calm the hell down. I didn't have issues understanding him but the random & sudden music coming on that was louder than his voice was also distracting to me & probably many others.
@@krypticsz4154 either shut up or don’t watch it, no one is forcing you.
@@user-yk1cw8im4h It's just constructive criticism for future videos
you're doing the left trackpad scroll wrong. make a circular motion. clockwise is scroll down, counter-clockwise to scroll up
didn't realize that, thank you!
This handheld is lit! I’m going through a nostalgia phase right now with all the emulators and classics I grew up on. Shit make me feel old when I see the years these came out lmao 😂😂😂😂
Bro your footage looks so damn good compared to other RUclipsrs who have made Sdeck videos
ahoy! great video, sometimes the music would get a little louder than you when it’s first introduced tho, but apart from that it was very detailed and well done
appreciate the feedback man, I'll watch out for this next week
If you're having issues with FPS games I highly recommend adjusting the analog deadzones
The deck is unironically fixing my "instagram reels" addiction
Instead of watching reels before going to sleep, i play games i had on the back burner of my library for months
love that
@@ColeCaccamise Why should i get lost in a scrolling black hole when i can play Spyro the dragon or heavy rain
I find myself liking my ally way more then my steam deck i have a good amount of AAA games that just dont run good on steam deck but the ally plays everything i through at it
Yeah I can see this for someone who doesn't have a pc, for me who already has a pc the steam deck is far better cause if I need performance I'll just play my pc the steam decks not meant to be a portable pc that's the opposite of what I want
@@goestheboom5211 i wonder about comments by ppl that say the deck dont play alot of their games dang near all my games mostly all aaa n all run great
@@Games.Gadgets.Sports All I play is COD, WWE and the occasional triple A. The Deck doesn't do anti cheat. WWE 2k22 suffers from frequent crashing and triple A or high fidelity games are hit or miss on the device.. usually to fps or graphical quality. And sometimes you still have to tinker to get things to even run. It's a Hard pass for me.
These are problems I don't have on the Ally.
@dirkwood4544 still think steam decks better regardless cause it's an actual handheld it's accessible and easy to use for most gamers the ally isn't you need someone who has a good idea on how to operate a pc in order to own and use one other wise they will have a terrible experience
@@goestheboom5211 Open Steam>Settings>Start Steam in Big Picture Mode... Now the Ally operates as a Steam Deck does
Plus the Command Center opens immediately with Steam pre installed. Even an total idiot can figure it out.
Was going to get the 1TB and then saw the same thing as you, I just love gaming on a glossy OLED so saved myself some money and changed my 512mb LCD Steam Deck for the 512MB OLED.
as somebody who had Play Station Portalbe (psp) in my childhood, where i played games 24/7 outside.
I fully support steam deck. its amazing to play AAA games on a small screen in your hands.
Back then on the PSP all i could play is like Crash Bandicoot games.
So there is still a chance for Thumb stick drift ?
Also a bit concerned about the dead pixels and headphone jack issues. Are the new batch of steam decks have less issues that i mentioned ?
Is it region locked? I'm thinking of purchasing whilst I live in Australia but may have to move countries back home (UK) or emigrating to Canada, will it still work perfect?
Slight correction the internal battery went from 40whr to 50whr not 60
Thanks, I misspoke
I got mine last week, and coming from PC, 40-45 FPS in the Steam deck is quite good, barely comparable with 60s. I just love the couch gaming experience with my Steam library.
Have you figured out with scrolling? It works nice: talking about left touchpad - left part works as a touchpad scrolling, right part works as a mouse wheel (or vice versa)
It's not that obvious, but it's fantasticly comfy
i wish they would allign the buttons correctly to the joystics after playing with a joypad for 20 yrs it feels finicky as hell i keep pressing the start button by mistake
Bought one 2 days ago its really great plays alot of games runs for honor smooth af
I recently got a steam deck it’s good and all but my main problem is I already have all the decent games already on ps5 and only playing overwatch 2 on it for now until I decide which game to buy for it.
I bought it day one and besides some incompatibility with some games I am loving the oled deck. The games will only get better and more compatible..
Watched your video which convinced me to order a SD OLED vs the ROG Ally X. Great video production my dude. As a video editor (for a company, not RUclips), I recommend checking your transition dB between scenes. Your voice got muddled by the transition music. Otherwise, I see you doing big things on here! Subbed!
Thanks a lot man, yeah I was experimenting with changing the music volume but didn't realize it got so loud. I've stopped doing that since
i have a normal steam deck iv had it for like 2 months now and i love it i like it better then my gaming pc and man i love that thing do you think i should upgrade to the oled or what i mean is it a really big difference
I waited on the OG deck since i got the switch OLED around the same time, but i think i’m going to go for this instead of the NG switch for the time being
okay I see you, nice video. really want to get my hands on a deck one day. but the lenovo and asus entries are interesting as well.
thanks! I want to check out the legion go tbh
So call of duty can’t be played on this? Even though it’s available in Steam? All bc of the anti cheat? I mainly want a handheld for FPS. Should I go ally x?
Love my ally but sometimes I boot it up go to start a game and it bugs out 30 minutes later 30% battery gone and I've yet to fully set my game up, it's not with every game but man it's annoying. Then I grab my deck pick my game and I'm in playing, rather deck easily the better handheld.
I have the old model Deck. It says Hogwarts is verified but even on the lowest settings the game ran at 5 to 15fps. I don't know how it runs well for others. Every other game works fine.
What is that game you're playing at 7:28 ?
brothers tale of two sons
2:56 The problem here is you playing FPS games on sticks alone.
But for e.g. driving games, the mechanism of the Deck's sticks are noticeably sloppy.
For FPSes you can switch to the trackpads or flick-stick with gyro, this works by far the best on Deck.
But in cases where you actually need an accurate stick, even the original Steam Controller's stick is more precise.
Hey, windows is also a proper touch base OS. It works surprisingly well imo.
The UI etc. is not made for touch, but neither is the desktop version of the Steam deck :)
Just ordered my OLED Steam Deck. Seems perfect to just travel around (really don’t want to use a laptop) or just chilling in bed. Hope this was some money well spent 😅
you mentioned bluetooth mic when using airpods? I haven’t been able to use that mic :(
gotta play FPS games using the right trackpad and gyro aiming. it's a game changer and much more precise.
could you play with both trackpads?
because I never got into console games but I play with the idea to buy the Steam deck and tried to play with a controller and holy sh*t I see 1/3 of the time the sky or ground, 1/3 of the time a death screen and only 1/3 of the time enemies and hitting them with anything is even with aim assist more luck then anything
well and I hope the touchpads are more precise if I need to aim but at the same time fast enough that I can rotate and move properly if something runs at me or behind me (I tried serious sam by the way)
@@dasjupyep you can use both. The way I have it set up right now is this: the right joystick I use as a flick stick, so basically you flick it in whichever direction and it rapidly runs that way. And then I use the right track pad to aim and gyro movement to do a more precise aim. It takes a bit of time to get used to but I can actually play the game and make accurate shots and not be dying all the time. There’s some good tutorials on yt on how to set up gyro and trackpad
@@spicynoodleboi thank you for your answer
@@dasjupthere is a setting in steam input for both trackpads and sticks, that lets you reduce vertical sensitivity, if you see sky 1/3 of the time then you'd want to use that function.
I play with both trackpads frequently too, left for wasd, right for mouse move.
@@chariothe9013 yes that would be the exact configuration I would try
that I can alter the sensitivity for the X and Y Axis is cool but I hope it's not necessary....
because they should be more precise than my 10 year old Xbox controller where the thumb sticks are more like....
dead zone ... dead zone... dead zone.... move across half the display in an instance....
it's nearly as if I would try to aim with the arrow Keys
and the trackpads should be better then that
I want this to play rpg's from the past. Is this good for role playing games?
Great video and great camera work! Just when your talking the audio is very poppy not sure what it is unless your not using a pop filter
yeah I messed it up on this video
@@ColeCaccamise haha I thought It was my speakers because I watched some other stuff of yours and it sounded fine!
4:45 what game is that?
brothers tale of two sons
what is the game at 4:45?
Brothers tale of two sons
as an owner of the rog ally i have enjoyed using it but because of it being a windows device i had a login issue and it was sometimes glitchy along with the sd card the battery life isnt for me i still love using it but i will hopefully get a steam deck oled next month it seems like a good handheld pc!
6:13 if the 1TB is 100$ more then why bother spending the cheaper one and moding it, isnt it going to add up and be the same price in the end?
No it’s like 20$ cheaper and you don’t have to have the anti glare screen
What is the game at 4:45?
Song name at 6:09?
Good video
small suggestion, the background music between the chapters is startlingly loud
yeah i didn't realize how loud it was
Use the command line tool locate. You might have to install it I don't know but locate space the term you're looking for will instantly find the file you want. Right after installing run the command updatedb
Wanted a handheld for travelling so portability and battery life were top priority. I chose Odin 2 over SD OLED. I think SD would be more fun in general, but it doesn't fit the main requirements I sought a handheld out for. While probably just a coincidence, it was consolation to me that in almost every shot of this video the SD was low on juice 🤣
Lmaoo I was playing the shit out of it for b-roll 🤣
I almost pull a trigger on ROG Ally but end up with Steam deck oled instead. The device is just perfect for an handheld like you said. I understand the Ally is more powerful but the steam layout, less messing around with settings and console like layout makes me want to play on this more.
does it support hdr in you tube, netflix ?
that OLED screen on the deck is super😍
I want to get a steam deck so bad but I just don't know how I feel about that processor. I don't think it runs games as well as other hand held pcs
So? It runs some games better than the rog because of the Linux optimizations and proton. It's cooler and more quite. Much more comfortable than a rog. Idk.
It does.
STEAM DECK suport also 3D AIM TRAINER?
I got my deck yesterday and was pretty happy with it until i played elden ring for a bit. The bumper and joystick placements just dont feel right to me. The joystick feels too high up and the bumpers are inconvenient to reach, especially for a game like elden ring. I like the easier setup though.
Im picking up the ally today open box to test out though.
Damn you must have some smallllll ass hands
I use a back button to map my bumpers to.
@@jarednmckinney might try that out, thanks
How is Elden ring on ROG Ally? Already try it?
Love my OLED SD. I'm playing Arkham Knight at 60fps on high settings and getting around 2 hours. Similar with Hitman WoA. The screen looks great, especially if you're playing on a HDR enabled game. I tried the ROG Ally and Legion GO before purchasing and don't regret my decision to go for the SD.
what do you think about lenovo go? I have doubts to choose
@@PoTTe1986Don’t take the Go. Playing in native res will fuck up frame rate so it’s pretty much pointless. Either Ally or SD. Maybe wait until a new Ally comes out or until a new Aya device drops wich might happen in the next five minutes ;D Anyway I’m thinking about getting a SD OLED myself but I’m trying to hold back for now.
I don’t have a pc, but used to, have a few games in my steam library, is it still worth getting one without a pc?
It's a portable gaming handheld no PC required.
Have an lcd deck and upgraded to a 1tb oled was out for delivery on friday and the driver jusr decided not to deliver it and return it back to the depot 🤣
Lmaoo
Can you play to zombie mw3 on the Steam deck oled ?
Question so if I buy red dead redemption 2 off the steam store on the Deck I need to launch rdr2 off rockstar launcher?? Wouldn’t the game be on my deck off of steam store already ???
You launch it from steam and it launches into the launcher where you’ll sign in the first time, you’ll never have to go through the launcher first
eyyy what is the game with the top down view, man holding a torch in the dark forest?
brothers tale of two sons
Can’t you use a third party controller with these things? Like an Xbox controller or similar?
Yes
Has anyone played the master chief collection on the steamdeck does it run well
What is the game at the 4 minute time stamp please?
watching all the reviews i can find until mine arrives the next few days
Oh you too?
Hope you love it man
hey, how you clean your logitech mx master mouse? mine get dirty easily, thanks!
how did scratching cause creaking?
Honestly the way you can see it is the steam deck is like having a console on the go and a rog ally is having a pretty decent powerful gaming laptop but portable.
Can you test on helldivers 2 level 9 difficulty?
Peace and blessings. I'm saving up to get the steam deck oled . Can I play steam games with a wireless controller?
Yes
Thank you. @@Nickbaldeagle02
You have a beefy desktop and play at home, don't you use in home streaming at all?
If it wasn't for the deck being limited to such a large amount of games you could play on it, I definitely would've never switched over to the ally. The deck was so simple and offered a console-like experience. Having a desktop mode and game mode was such a great idea. Not to mention, this is the most comfortable handheld device.
Limited? Im playing like every game lol
The paragraph you wrote fried my brain. No offense but I didn't understand any of it
you can get much longer battery if you adjust the tdp and screen refresh rate aswell
I don't even want to hold my Steam Deck anymore after having the ROG Ally. It feels smoother and I can crank up the graphics and being windows 11 is a plus. I can play genshin without getting ban or using dual boot just to play it. I can install many launcher as I want and all games are compatible.
I know the nvme can be updated, what about the memory?
Can it be changed?
no
Actually yes, you can.
For other consoles, I'd say use Playnite with Handheld Controller. Steam Deck seems huge to me so I stuck with my Ayaneo 2. The graphics is also something I can't tolerate on the Deck. Hi-res is most impt for me then the other graphic settings follow.
Your voice is soooo quiet, in the video. Especially compared to some moments in which the music gets so loud I had to rely on subtitles to figure out what you said.
appreciate the feedback, i'll watch out for this next time
@@ColeCaccamiseIt’s fine for the most part, the only times that it happens is at around 3:04
which game is shown at 7:30 ? thank you
brothers tale of two sons
4:44 game?
brothers tale of two sons
4:45 what game is it?
brothers tale of two sons
Cool review. What is the helicopter game called. Thanks
Hi I ask its worth installing games via micro sd? I wonder if they get same improvements as Nvme disk if they are safe
I haven’t tried using micro sd so can’t answer to it. There were some reports of the ally overheating causing the sd car slot to break, but I don’t think nearly sd much with the deck
Yes it's fine, you'll get the exact same performance in games, lower end cards will have slower game downloads on super fast WiFi but most people don't have Internet nearly that fast anyway
The performance has been about the same for me in game, I'm using a SanDisk 512GB micro SD. As mentioned above the download speeds are slower especially when downloading large titles like Forza Horizon 4/5 and Genshin Impact. Seemed to cap out around 30MBs for downloading to the SD.
@ColeCaccamise Hey, a really well made video! And you did address some things a lot of peopl don't talk about like frame consistency, which is really important (honestly more important than occasionally higher fps) and input lag.
Speaking of input lag how noticeable is iton the Oled Steam Deck? Im pretty sensitive about this and heard mixed reports about latency on the original Steam Deck. Like how is the Oled comparde to your desktop PC?
Thanks in advance! Have a great New Year :)
Happy new year! It’s very subtle imo but in the more competitive or reflex games feel slightly smoother. In terms of my pc I always use a keyboard and mouse so that’s always going to feel snappier
@@ColeCaccamise Thanks for the quick response!
With smoother you mean slightly more delayed?
Smoother meaning less input delay
@@ColeCaccamise Ah, so you mean smoother than the original Steam Deck?
i thought you were talking compared to the ally sorry, i havent used the LCD deck
How is the deck when docked? Is their much lag when using an external controller
Good questions, interested in it too!
No
Wheres drivers for WIndows?
Im here because am curuntly thinking to upgrade my current lcd to oled version.