I‘m thinking about getting the new Steamdeck OLED to play some games when i‘m not home. Is it worth it, if i‘m used to gaming in 1440p ultra settings with 144+ FPS? or will i be disappointed? From what i‘ve seen on YouTube, most triple A games don‘t really look that good and run with like 30FPS on the Steamdeck.

  • Gerald_the_sealion@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    SD is not a console gaming system. It can run AAA games but it’s not going to run them at 60+ FPS, it’s the highest refresh rate on the OLED is 90hz. If you’re okay playing some games on medium settings and less intensive games on higher settings, it’s perfect. If you just want to be able to play your games when you’re gone, it’s good for that.

  • RHINO_Mk_II@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    IMO not if you expect to play modern AAA games on it. Yes if you have a backlog of 2D games, previous gen AAA, and indies that you can work through on the Deck.

  • Librae94@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My main gaming rig is a 4090+7800X3D with a 4K QLED 165hz display. LCD steam deck is not disappointing for me, and I’m used to playing everything on ultra 4K.

    Gonna upgrade to OLED tomorrow tho

  • Facehugger_35@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you’re used to 1440p ultra settings at 120fps and unwilling to consider low settings at 30-40fps in exchange for portability, no handheld is gonna be good for you. The Deck generally gets 30-40 on low-medium settings in most current gen/ps5 era games, and the windows handhelds can sometimes get 35-50 on the same settings, but rarely reach 60 in current gen.

    1440p ultra above 100fps is strictly expensive gaming laptop territory there for even a modicum of portability, or gaming desktop territory if you don’t care about being portable.