SD OLED! the software support, OS and long-term commitment is important for me. Running windows on a handheld is just a bad taste in my mouth 🤮

Depend on you need, for gaming only. I think you better go for steam deck oled. Big battery, efficient processor, and oled benefit + hdr

If you want to somehow use it as laptop replacement, go to lenovo legion go. Big screen really help.when you use as workstation. But yeah, windows suck on handheld.

Personally i will go to steam deck, as current apu (even the z1 extreme) dont have enough power to run AAA game with high setting comfortably. And you also save money while doing it (if I’m not wrong 1tb deck oled still cheaper than other handheld, atleast in my country)

Please don’t interpret my tone as derisive, but as statement of fact. If you do even the slightest bit of sleuthing from tech reviews of the products, SD always prevails as the best value with the least complications. The prevailing factor seems to be the OS and track pads, as well as price. The power of the other devices is hampered by them running windows.

If you are the kinda guy to put steam OS on the ROG, maybe there is then more value there, idk.

But for the average person, steam deck seems to clearly be the winner (for now).

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I’m looking at all 3 myself, I’m going to ask for one for Christmas and I’ll put up half of what it costs. I really just want a Nintendo switch, but a PC. Something that can run, Game pass, GoG, Steam, Epic, Ubisoft and have access to my entire digital library. Since switching to PC a couple years ago, I’ve struggled with the portability aspect, I can’t just take my Gaming rig everywhere.

I’m actually looking to sell my Ally and get the OLED.

As much as I thought I’d like the better performance, it’s marginal at 15w, and 30w only works when plugged in anyway, and I’m that case I’d probably be as home and can stream it from my PC at higher quality anyway.

The “it just works” nature of the Steam Deck is such an advantage. It looks better than the Armoury Crate home screen anyway (and the Legion’s is almost nothing but ads, it’s like a Fire TV), and I realize I’m dealing with Windows more than I’m actually playing games, you know, the thing I bought it for

I ordered the SD OLED and while waiting for it to arrive I have been wondering if should have tried the Lenovo Go instead. But thinking about it now while the Lenovo Go seems intriguing, I am more interested to see the next interation of the product… Like I passed the OG SD and only picked SD after it got refined now.

All in all I hope all of these handhelds do well to keep competition and innovation alive and well while tech also hopefully still takes leaps forward to allow more performance with the same power levels.

i am conflicted, ive only ever had my main beefy pc and just bought the limited edition SD OLED now without any research. Im thinking about pirating games but I am also an artsy person that likes using windows for work/creativity/ and my company. Can you play super mario games, epic games or other types of games on steam deck?

Not sure to buy legion or steam deck oled.

Late to this party but I’m in the process of returning the Legion Go in favour of the Steam Deck.

I have a PS5 and play AAA titles on that, with Chiaki for ‘handheld mode’. SD was just easier and less faff, yes the LeGo is more powerful but the control layout just didn’t click and I found it uncomfortable to hold.

I had the LCD 512 for just over a year and I’m selling it upgrade to a 1TB OLED

I’m going to give a different opinion to the norm

I like the ROG Ally because of the performance improvement and the VRR 1080p screen is great. VRR is a underated feature where you can leave frame rate uncapped and it looks smooth. The Ally also has less input lag as there is no proton later or V Sync enabled. I find the position of the D Pad better for fighting games as well as 2D games. The speakers are also best in market. It doesn’t have the smooth sleep mode as Deck but if you enable hibernate you get something that’s decent enough and works with 90 percent of games. Windows interface is surprisingly good, you can use Armory Crate or Steam Big picture mode. The touchscreen is more responsive and Windows is way better on Ally than Deck. The fan noise is also way quieter on Ally compared to Deck on 15w. Ally fan noise is quiet all the way to 20w. Being able to do mods, play from any store and have no comparability issues is great. Everything just works.

The only main issue is battery life where Deck is the king of battery life so if that’s important to you definitely get the Deck. But if you plan to play plugged in around the house the Ally is a no brainer. You can grab a bargain now I bought mine used for the same price as a OLED Deck 500gb, but my Ally was preinstalled with 1tb SSD. Another thing I forgot to mention is Ally has issues with SD card stop working. But there is a easy mid where you can install a full size SSD drive on the cheap. Opening up an Ally and installing an SSD is even easier than a Deck. There are people who have installed 4TB SSDs.

I have the Deck to stay away from Windows.