Im currently contemplating should i get steamdeck oled or ROGAlly or the extreme one. I almost never play shooter or the AAA titiles so im curious what is the better option for me. Also i prefer linux ngl

Ps. I already placed the order ffor the steamdeck oled yesterday but i wanted to do i final pass to see if i made the correct choice hehe

  • JaCrispy222@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Well, the rog ally literally destroys sd cards due to poor design, so I’d say deck for a device with no major defects

  • TheSenileTomato@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    From what I gathered the Rog Ally is mostly a handheld Windows machine with the fixings of Asus software and what else, however there’s a design flaw with the SD card reader that can get contentious reactions in their Reddit if you bring it up.

    Namely, depending on your luck in life, inevitably your SD card reader will either cease operation period and or fry your MicroSD card in the process.

    Most people recommend just upgrading the SSD and not bothering with the Micro SD, but at that price point, everything should work out of the box until its natural conclusion (IMO.)

    From what it sounds, looks like you’re already set on the SD.

  • Oumen29@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This subreddit is dedicated to Steam, so naturally there are going to be a lot of biased opinions towards the Steam Deck. I would recommend you to look for comments with the ones pointing out the pros and cons of both devices and decide from those.

    • chrisdpratt@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Unless you just like collecting handhelds so you have all the things, it’s nonsensical to have both. The Steam Deck is the better portable, so you’d be more apt to use that one in on the go situations, but for docked, you’d do far better with a mini PC like from Miniforums where you’d get far and away better performance than the Ally would ever get for the same price. The Ally makes sense as a single portable/docked device, but then you don’t need the Steam Deck.

  • 27days27nights_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    ive had both … no track pad so it’s pretty wonky using analog as a cursor and the sd card ended up corrupting a 1TB sd card. Not saying steam deck is perfect but it sure ain’t eva bricked my damn sd or have a failed unusable sd drive.

  • VisceralMonkey@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The question should be “Should I get the Legion Go or the Steam Deck”?

    As someone who has owned both the Ally and Legion, the legion is a much better device and just needs software improvements. Having said that, I returned the Legion to get the OLED SD when it launched. But I loved the Legion Go

  • LordDinner@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Advantages of ROG Ally:

    1. Better raw performance
    2. 100% game compatibility due to Windows
    3. RGB lighting
    4. Higher resolution screen

    Advantages of Steam Deck:

    1. Better quality screen with OLED
    2. Better OS software made specifically for the Deck, unlike Ally with Windows.
    3. Better battery life
    4. Better customer support
    5. Trackpads
    6. Reliable SD card slot
    7. More 3rd party accessories and parts