alessandro to PC Gaming · 9 months agoAcer could be working on a PC gaming handheld — I want to see these 3 features if it's truewww.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down17
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minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThat’s the one with better hardware than the Steamdeck, but is shipped with a worse OS, right?
minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe base performance is the same but worse battery life because of the OS but it has a performance mode that performs better but even worse battery life then a super performance mode where it has to be plugged in to use
minus-squareNevromelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago worse OS Not necessarily worse, it depends how you see it. Windows lets me run my PC Gamepass for Xbox as well as Steam, retro console emulators, Python IDE etc, out of the box. However, it doesn’t let me suspend games and it sure is more taxing on the hardware to run. As I’m not exclusively playing on Steam, the ROG is perfect for my needs.
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI don’t use any of the game-rental/pass services, so I hadn’t considered that angle. I am glad it suits your needs
minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYou can use gamepass streaming on any system that has a Chromium browser
That’s the one with better hardware than the Steamdeck, but is shipped with a worse OS, right?
The base performance is the same but worse battery life because of the OS
but it has a performance mode that performs better but even worse battery life then a super performance mode where it has to be plugged in to use
Not necessarily worse, it depends how you see it.
Windows lets me run my PC Gamepass for Xbox as well as Steam, retro console emulators, Python IDE etc, out of the box.
However, it doesn’t let me suspend games and it sure is more taxing on the hardware to run.
As I’m not exclusively playing on Steam, the ROG is perfect for my needs.
I don’t use any of the game-rental/pass services, so I hadn’t considered that angle.
I am glad it suits your needs
You can use gamepass streaming on any system that has a Chromium browser