I was convinced for me it would be the 90hz refresh rate, or the improved touchscreen/haptics - but the moment I picked up the new OLED I knew my answer straight away:

The 30g they removed from the weight.

I’m sure that sounded minimal and inconsequential for a lot of us when we heard about it, but when you pick it up, you feel it immediately.

The original steam deck was always a bit too heavy for me to hold comfortably. Especially as I struggle with a disability which makes me pretty weak in general.

Now the device is so much more comfortable to hold. I can actually pick it up and hold it with one hand now, whereas before it would always overbalance and I could never keep it straight.

What’s the best upgrade from your experience so far, if any of you are lucky enough to have an OLED now?

  • Kingslayer1337@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    90Hz is definitely the biggest one for me since I stream a lot of games from my PC, but aside from the screen I would have to say the battery!

    • clocktowertank@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Does that not introduce significant input lag when playing action games? I haven’t tried streaming anything from my PC yet.

      • Kingslayer1337@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        With my PC always connected to our router via ethernet I’ve measured about a frame of lag at 60 FPS. Streaming at 90 FPS will definitely help mitigate that but there will always be some.

        I’m really sensitive to input lag and I find it more than playable for anything I’ve thrown at it so far. I probably wouldn’t play CS or Halo on it though.

        I’ve played Nier Automata, Spider Man, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for hours streamed to my deck and not once did I ever feel frustrated by it. It’s astonishing really.

        I’ve even read that an even snappier experience can be had with Moonlight, a third-party streaming app so I’ll have to give that a try.