I have 2:

  • Steam Deck 256gb
  • GPD Win Max 2020

Willing to answer any questions about them if you’d like.

Fun fact: I got Diablo 4 to run at smooth framerate (30+ fps) on the GPD Win Max. It wasn’t pretty, but it was playable😆.

What do you have/want?

  • Klanky@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I just got a 256 GB Steam Deck and I am loving it so far. Gaming while laying in bed at the end of the day has been a game-changer lol. Finally working through my backlog.

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      1 year ago

      Nice, sounds like you prefer the Ally. You could sell the Deck if it’s not getting any use.

      I believe the Ally is overall a better performer, but for me the Steam Deck’s touchpads are a must.

      What do you like about the ROG Ally over the Steam Deck?

      Also ChimeraOS’s latest version update includes ROG Ally support if you’re into exploring outside of windows.

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        1 year ago

        … the touchpads on the deck are so great, and i wish everything had them, though they do feel like they’re in the way of a where a button could be…

        Mind: I only used SteamOS for a couple of days before moving to Win11 on the deck, and it got eventually bothersome to kludge together all these community components and still cross my fingers on simple things like connecting it to a TV. Steam deck tools is great, and handheld companion is a comprehensive suite, but I think i want to start with “just works”.

        I like that the ally’s screen is natively horizontal 1080p so Duplicate display doesn’t misbehave on externals and random games don’t have resolution/scaling/vsync issues; all the fancy controller stuff is built in and easy to use, and it’s windows by default so I’m not fighting it with GOG + playnite (my main use case). It also has a really nice fit and finish!

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          1 year ago

          I will say, steamos was that just works part for the deck assuming you don’t absolutely need anticheat blocked games.

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            1 year ago

            It’s excellent!

            There’s a couple of things that bother me that are in a wontfix status, but overall it’s been a great experience.

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              1 year ago

              I’ve been meaning to try it on my “steamOS” PCs but never got around to it. One thing I don’t seem to understand is how you’d go and purchase games through it. I assume you can’t, it’s more for just a library of the games you already own. Am I mistaken?

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                1 year ago

                sadly, though understandably, no purchases. it’s just a 10 foot launcher for games you already have.

                I have a ton of gog, some steam, some itch.io, and a few emulators, and it auto scans them all!

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                  1 year ago

                  Yeah I wouldn’t know how they could implement such a thing without APIs from those services that support it, and even then I can’t see it NOT being a huge undertaking.

                  Still there’s a lot of value in a consolidated library manager. You can just use your phone to buy the games anyway, at least for steam.