I had been saving for one and was waiting for the next sale to come around (I missed the one in September by accident) and when I saw the price drop I knew it was time! My steam deck arrives tomorrow, happy almost Nov 16th!

I have a bit of leftover cash for accessories, obviously a microSD is first on my list, drop any other recs below! I’m looking at cases & docks now.

  • soosh19@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Maybe a stupid question, if I plan on mainly playing docked. Would OLED version make a difference?

    • ScootyPuffJr1999@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m using mine to stream in 4K 60fps, docked most of the time, but that’s cause I have a pc that can run those settings, and a fast internet connection.

      I don’t know what to expect as far as output resolution and frame rates if it’s just running games natively when docked, but I know your results will vary depending on the game you’re playing and how power hungry/graphically intensive it is.

    • TacoshaveCheese@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      In addition to the thermal/memory performance improvement, they also upgraded the bluetooth a bit which may be useful for docked mode. They added an extra dedicated bluetooth antenna on the top of the device to work better in docked mode and with multiple controllers. You can also now wake the device from a bluetooth controller instead of having to push the power button. It now supports the aptX low latency codec as well, although last time I went shopping for that 5 years ago, device support was pretty rare.