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 🤣
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😂😂😂😂
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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 🤣
honestly the steam deck is hands down the best in terms of feel and actual use the steam deck is the best the rog ally or something is clunky with windows and its only more powerful, i find that the steam deck was made for gaming it doesn't have any stupid gimmicks such as the rgb lighting around the ally joysticks and deck has a great feel and now also a beautiful screen and also the 800p is just fine and the price is absolutely insane for what you get i mean its literally a ps4.5 and it has a great battery life
It looks awesome handheld but I will not buy it. I will wait till these handheld gets more powerful. Right now they're too expensive for such low performance.. Next gen handheld however might be a huge improvement. I would really like to see 120-144Hz on OLED at 1440p. I wish they made a swap able battery as this don't last long..
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 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.
Why dont you try benching the Ally and the Legion go at the same resolution and setting as the stream deck and at different power levels, And show us how poor it really is. sub 60fps is clearly noticable on the steam deck compaired to the competition, and a cost per frame would also give people a better idea where there there money gets them, So why doesn't anybody who reviews the deck give us a cost per frame against the competition? The Go and the Ally might be more expensive but when you compare them on a cost-per-frame basis where does the deck stand?
I’m making a review specifically comparing the ally to the deck and I am comparing the 10 15w modes to the 10 15 25w for the ally. Will make sure to mention cost per frame
If none of the games you "care for" runs at 60 or 90fps on Steam Deck, you entirely missed the point of the device. Go buy yourself a handheld that is limited to 30Hz instead. :D
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
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.
Thank God, the steam deck, came out to kind of start this thing going but like hey the ROG Ally is way better sorry man. You can butter up the Steam Deck all you want is not as good dude.
It can be true for your needs, but it’s not “absolute”. I have a legion go and a Steamdeck. Overall experience is way better on Steamdeck, in each every aspect. It only miss the power of Legion Go hardware, but I play much more with Steamdeck, and even most recent AAA games streaming them from my PC or using Cloud gaming. I am seriously thinking to sell my Legion Go. So if the Ally give you want you want, it’s the best choice for you, and it actually is a very good device! But it’s not so obvious it is better. I agree completely about the happiness these devices are growing more and more…
The steam deck oled is a little bit overrated I love it don’t get me wrong but it’s overrated my legion go is Far better and that’s not talked about enough I have Both
@@ColeCaccamise the versatility the screen and quality picture is crazy and also I can run any game on it and do ps3 emulation flawlessly I like to place NCAA 14 football on my legion go through ps3 emulation and my steam deck oled is just not powerful enough to handle it
If were talking about in terms of hand helds the legions trash, not user friendly, wayyy too big, it's just a handheld pc which is just a completely different system than what the steam deck is it's a true hand held so you really can't compare you'd be better of comparing the rog and legion to just laptops at that point, cause that's pretty much what your buying is a laptop but without the keyboard which I already have a powerful pc so I don't need it but I can see how it would be good for people who can't afford a pc
@@goestheboom5211 how did you come up with your opinion do you even own a legion go or steam deck Oled? And ha I have a 4090 desktop it being affordable is not a problem bro
Oled look stunnig, but they should have upped the performance. Nvidia based switch 2 and its oled version will be interesting. Ofc pc is better than console though. But why not atleast put enchanted z1 extreme with 32gb of memory in sd oled?
Not me getting hypee again for the same handheld, it’s like I didn’t own one for a whole year lol. But jokes aside, I’m copping this cuz the lcd panel is getting egregious at this point, I ducking hate 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.
@@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.
Man I am itching to buy a steam deck or a rog ally. But there is only one thing that stops me from doing it: Knowing that I can get a really powerful laptop for same price which will most likely have better performance and battery life. Can someone please convince me to buy a handheld pc instead?
I definitely feel like there is more to be desired on AAA titles, but my experience on older classics has been awesome with exceptional battery life (3-5hrs on WaW and similar titles), IMHO the fancy newer titles will never be done justice by any handheld- they're simply better on a desktop.
@ColeCaccamise it took me like 3min total to add rockstars launcher and the two games to it. Everyone is different I guess. It's better then not having rdr2 or gta on the deck.
@ColeCaccamise I was actually really surprised how great rdr2 and gta5 run on this thing. I got mine delivered on Saturday and my expectations were super low and I was planning on using it for older games and emulation but I am very happy with how it's been handling what I've thrown at it so far.
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 ?
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 :)
I had high hope for steam deck and I went to great lengths to purchase a steam deck OELD. But the user experience so far has been appalling! So much compatibility issues! Controller issue, display issue, black screen issue, need to go through lots of fuss just to get basic things to work, and you will need to rely on external plugins just to record a 30 seconds gameplay video. Worst of all, Steam store will not refund you for any games even if they don’t work on steam deck at all. Unlike Nintendo switch or PS5, you can’t buy games in physical forms either so you can’t resell either. From what I can see steam deck valve does not care about player experience. They just throw whatever shits to players and let them figure it out themselves. Seriously, you should save yourself heartache and buy any other gaming consoles, they do better jobs for users!
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!
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.
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
Basically, if ur a lazy gamer and aren’t playing Fortnite/Warzone or those wack multiplayer games then steam deck is waaayyy superior. Such less of a headache.
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.
You need to balance your voice audio and your music audio better. The music overtakes your voice several times, especially during the start of new chapters
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.
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.
Feel like the tech isnt there yet for the games id want to play on it but maybe the deck 2 i like the look of the legion go but the software sucks and the price is way to high for a handheld
![BEST Gaming Handheld in 2024!? [Steam Deck OLED | Ally X | Legion Go | Claw]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/czoKrKcgHaY/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm here to support all steam deck videos
Honestly though good video
@@AJailani Thank you
Support mine😅
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 🤣
Steam deck самое лучшее решение за последние годы,не могу представить что будет представлять из себя Steam deck 2❤🎉
That's a bummer u can't play COD Modern Warfare 3. That's a big bummer for me
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?
why am I watching a lot of steam deck OLED reviews when I have one……
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
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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 😂
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!
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.
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 😂😂😂😂
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!
Another piece of advice is to press the4 rear buttons on the flat part, not the side part, will make it much easier to press them.@@ColeCaccamise
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.
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
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
Cool video but lay off the vocal fry at the end of your sentences. There were a few words that were almost unintelligible.
thanks for the feedback, audio is the area I'm really working to improve.
nice vid overall but work on your audio mixing
especially on loud music parts i'm like wtf he just say
thanks man, yeah I f-d it up on this video, didn't realize the music was as loud as it was
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
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 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
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.
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
The steamdeck isn’t the most powerful but it’s the best experience preiod. And my god that oled battery life! Muah!
honestly the steam deck is hands down the best in terms of feel and actual use the steam deck is the best the rog ally or something is clunky with windows and its only more powerful, i find that the steam deck was made for gaming it doesn't have any stupid gimmicks such as the rgb lighting around the ally joysticks and deck has a great feel and now also a beautiful screen and also the 800p is just fine and the price is absolutely insane for what you get i mean its literally a ps4.5 and it has a great battery life
Definitely the best sd oled review i seen so far,simple to the point
I appreciate that man
It looks awesome handheld but I will not buy it.
I will wait till these handheld gets more powerful.
Right now they're too expensive for such low performance..
Next gen handheld however might be a huge improvement.
I would really like to see 120-144Hz on OLED at 1440p.
I wish they made a swap able battery as this don't last long..
Bought one 2 days ago its really great plays alot of games runs for honor smooth af
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 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.
Why dont you try benching the Ally and the Legion go at the same resolution and setting as the stream deck and at different power levels, And show us how poor it really is. sub 60fps is clearly noticable on the steam deck compaired to the competition, and a cost per frame would also give people a better idea where there there money gets them, So why doesn't anybody who reviews the deck give us a cost per frame against the competition? The Go and the Ally might be more expensive but when you compare them on a cost-per-frame basis where does the deck stand?
I’m making a review specifically comparing the ally to the deck and I am comparing the 10 15w modes to the 10 15 25w for the ally. Will make sure to mention cost per frame
If none of the games you "care for" runs at 60 or 90fps on Steam Deck, you entirely missed the point of the device. Go buy yourself a handheld that is limited to 30Hz instead. :D
Why? It can play at 90 Hz light games and at 45 fps 2 years old AAA games, it seems perfect to me.
@AtrusDesign why would you want to play lighter games at higher frame rate? Why is 30fps not good enough anymore?
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
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..
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.
Thank God, the steam deck, came out to kind of start this thing going but like hey the ROG Ally is way better sorry man. You can butter up the Steam Deck all you want is not as good dude.
It can be true for your needs, but it’s not “absolute”. I have a legion go and a Steamdeck. Overall experience is way better on Steamdeck, in each every aspect. It only miss the power of Legion Go hardware, but I play much more with Steamdeck, and even most recent AAA games streaming them from my PC or using Cloud gaming. I am seriously thinking to sell my Legion Go. So if the Ally give you want you want, it’s the best choice for you, and it actually is a very good device! But it’s not so obvious it is better. I agree completely about the happiness these devices are growing more and more…
The battery is 50W
Solid video. Ordered my Steam Deck on the 29th and cant wait for it come.
How is it? Which one did you get? I'm waiting for mine to come in 2 days. Got the 1tb OLED.
Where did you guys order the steam deck
@@LeshaunThomas-q1rsteam store
Has anyone played the master chief collection on the steamdeck does it run well
Bro your footage looks so damn good compared to other RUclipsrs who have made Sdeck videos
If you're having issues with FPS games I highly recommend adjusting the analog deadzones
The steam deck oled is a little bit overrated I love it don’t get me wrong but it’s overrated my legion go is Far better and that’s not talked about enough I have Both
I want to try out the legion, I've not looked into it much. What do you like more about it?
@@ColeCaccamise the versatility the screen and quality picture is crazy and also I can run any game on it and do ps3 emulation flawlessly I like to place NCAA 14 football on my legion go through ps3 emulation and my steam deck oled is just not powerful enough to handle it
If were talking about in terms of hand helds the legions trash, not user friendly, wayyy too big, it's just a handheld pc which is just a completely different system than what the steam deck is it's a true hand held so you really can't compare you'd be better of comparing the rog and legion to just laptops at that point, cause that's pretty much what your buying is a laptop but without the keyboard which I already have a powerful pc so I don't need it but I can see how it would be good for people who can't afford a pc
@@goestheboom5211 how did you come up with your opinion do you even own a legion go or steam deck Oled? And ha I have a 4090 desktop it being affordable is not a problem bro
Are you getting 60fps on modern AAA games?
Why you lowering your voice it comes off as fake
Oled look stunnig, but they should have upped the performance. Nvidia based switch 2 and its oled version will be interesting. Ofc pc is better than console though. But why not atleast put enchanted z1 extreme with 32gb of memory in sd oled?
I hope the steam deck 2 has more comparable power to the ally without having to sacrifice as much battery
Not me getting hypee again for the same handheld, it’s like I didn’t own one for a whole year lol. But jokes aside, I’m copping this cuz the lcd panel is getting egregious at this point, I ducking hate it.
I wish I had the LCD to compare it to, is it that bad?
Can’t wait for Steam Deck 2 + Copilot LMAO
I hate the ergonomics if the ally as well as the flimsy analog stick. The placement of the sticks are also crap.
The sticks are my least favorite favorite part of it
Very clean well shot video. Production looks great. Keep it up!
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.
350GB/s is crazy bro, mine is 60 :(
Man I am itching to buy a steam deck or a rog ally. But there is only one thing that stops me from doing it:
Knowing that I can get a really powerful laptop for same price which will most likely have better performance and battery life.
Can someone please convince me to buy a handheld pc instead?
I ended up pulling the trigger on the steam deck late last night just to finish my backlog on the go lol
AAA titles on Low settings 30fps is pathetic. Far from perfect.
I definitely feel like there is more to be desired on AAA titles, but my experience on older classics has been awesome with exceptional battery life (3-5hrs on WaW and similar titles), IMHO the fancy newer titles will never be done justice by any handheld- they're simply better on a desktop.
does it support hdr in you tube, netflix ?
Slight correction the internal battery went from 40whr to 50whr not 60
Thanks, I misspoke
how did scratching cause creaking?
Rockstar games launcher is super easy to install and play the games from there.
its easy just annoying having to add the downloader as a steam game and then the app itself
@ColeCaccamise it took me like 3min total to add rockstars launcher and the two games to it. Everyone is different I guess. It's better then not having rdr2 or gta on the deck.
oh 100%
@ColeCaccamise I was actually really surprised how great rdr2 and gta5 run on this thing. I got mine delivered on Saturday and my expectations were super low and I was planning on using it for older games and emulation but I am very happy with how it's been handling what I've thrown at it so far.
It went from 40 to 50 wh battery, not 60
Yeah I misspoke
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 ?
Could you send me one steam deck please
watching all the reviews i can find until mine arrives the next few days
Oh you too?
Hope you love it man
Power isn't everything, the steam deck is perfect , if valve releases a more powerful version with all the buttons and mouse pads again I'll buy it
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 :)
I had high hope for steam deck and I went to great lengths to purchase a steam deck OELD. But the user experience so far has been appalling! So much compatibility issues! Controller issue, display issue, black screen issue, need to go through lots of fuss just to get basic things to work, and you will need to rely on external plugins just to record a 30 seconds gameplay video.
Worst of all, Steam store will not refund you for any games even if they don’t work on steam deck at all. Unlike Nintendo switch or PS5, you can’t buy games in physical forms either so you can’t resell either.
From what I can see steam deck valve does not care about player experience. They just throw whatever shits to players and let them figure it out themselves. Seriously, you should save yourself heartache and buy any other gaming consoles, they do better jobs for users!
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!
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.
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
What is that game you're playing at 7:28 ?
brothers tale of two sons
Basically, if ur a lazy gamer and aren’t playing Fortnite/Warzone or those wack multiplayer games then steam deck is waaayyy superior. Such less of a headache.
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.
bro , wtf with the sound !
your music is louder than your voice !
mistakes were made
You need to balance your voice audio and your music audio better. The music overtakes your voice several times, especially during the start of new chapters
Can’t wait For Iron Saga Vs
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.
I sold my ally cuz it was so annoying to just play game lol I’m hoping the deck is easier to just pick up and play especially offline
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.
Im here because am curuntly thinking to upgrade my current lcd to oled version.
4:45 what game is that?
brothers tale of two sons
i think if u lock every game at 60fps it will be great, for performans, battery etc.
Feel like the tech isnt there yet for the games id want to play on it but maybe the deck 2 i like the look of the legion go but the software sucks and the price is way to high for a handheld
you mentioned bluetooth mic when using airpods? I haven’t been able to use that mic :(
Hi.. could you please tell me if the steam deck will play fight angels special edition?
portable windows yay
Nah, pretty sure performance is better on the OLED, based on a LOT of tests done.
Now I want this oled screen I’m too broke since I got the ally 😢 the battery sucks man
what is the game at 4:45?
Brothers tale of two sons
I want this to play rpg's from the past. Is this good for role playing games?
You have a beefy desktop and play at home, don't you use in home streaming at all?
I bought it and the legion go, I like the steam deck but I’ll only keep one and I’ll return the deck.
2:37 it's a wheel... You literally show how to use it in the next frame xD
What is the game at 4:45?
STEAM DECK suport also 3D AIM TRAINER?
no wonder you aint enjoying the sticks on here, you aint playing with gyro!