Steamdeck Refresh OLED!

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Captain Answer

1,355 posts

189 months

Friday 17th November 2023
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Narcisus said:
miniman said:
Will I be able to play Euro Truck Simulator on one of these?
Yes have it on mine
Yep same, and American Truck Simulator

Lucas Ayde

3,590 posts

170 months

Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Junglebert said:
I’m very tempted by one of these, what are the best games. Driving games or 1st person shooters?
There's a good bundle of driving games (from Steam) going on Fanatical now, games work out at £1.50 or less depending on how many you buy so you can 't go wrong:

https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-yo...


Narcisus

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8,114 posts

282 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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Did anyone go for an oled ?

leglessAlex

5,502 posts

143 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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I got mine, eventually, after a battle with Parcel Force.

I like it, but I also only have the Switch OLED to compare it to. It's definitely a more versatile console in my view, and the screen is just as good, which is to say excellent. Speakers are a little better, battery life better from what I can see from playing the same game (Hades).

Other than that, it's exactly as the reviews made it seem. It's bigger than I thought it would be, and is a little unwieldy in my small hands, but that's fine. No regrets, but I think the discounted LCD probably makes the more pragmatic purchase.

Narcisus

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282 months

Friday 1st December 2023
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Damn it the dangers of too much rum while sat at the side of the pool !

Ordered the 512 because I don’t want the non reflective screen have it on my LCD but want to make the most of the oled and I play 99.9% in the dark.

Have a 1tb sdcard and combined it’s enough for me.

Edited by Narcisus on Friday 1st December 12:23

Narcisus

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282 months

Sunday 3rd December 2023
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Now at packing stage I’m 55 now I wonder if I will still be like a big kid I at 70 if I manage to get there !

I put it down to growing up through the micro revolution I think I started video gaming around 1976.

Narcisus

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282 months

Thursday 7th December 2023
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Oled arrived and a fantastic bit of kit it is !

Worth the upgrade ? Probably not for me to be honest but you know … I had to have one biggrin

Now to flog my old one !

Narcisus

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Friday 8th December 2023
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Now had a few hours on the oled and the screen really is superb.

Swapped to using the lcd then back and it really is night and day.

leglessAlex

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143 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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I’d say that’s not toooooo surprising tho right?

I get the same with my Switch, which is why I don’t recommend people try the OLED versions of the Switch and Steam Deck if they can’t really afford them.

In isolation, the LCD is fine and you’ll be more than happy with it, next to the OLED it’s not even close!

Narcisus

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282 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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leglessAlex said:
I’d say that’s not toooooo surprising tho right?

I get the same with my Switch, which is why I don’t recommend people try the OLED versions of the Switch and Steam Deck if they can’t really afford them.

In isolation, the LCD is fine and you’ll be more than happy with it, next to the OLED it’s not even close!
Nope not toooooo surprising just letting anyone who maybe interested how I feel about it

happygoron

424 posts

191 months

Saturday 9th December 2023
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Mine is on it's way. Hoping to make it a bit of an emulation machine, especially console and arcade racing games. Any tips? I see emudeck/lutris/heroic mentioned a lot. Doesnt seem to be a one size fits all solution?

Narcisus

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282 months

Saturday 9th December 2023
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happygoron said:
Mine is on it's way. Hoping to make it a bit of an emulation machine, especially console and arcade racing games. Any tips? I see emudeck/lutris/heroic mentioned a lot. Doesnt seem to be a one size fits all solution?
I did have my LCD running a load of emulators N64, SNES, Mame, Dreamcast, Gamecube etc etc but to be honest I have too many games unplayed in my Steam Lib and it's a bit of a faff....

One thing I would recommend if you are going seriously down the emulation route is get yourself a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse it makes setting things up much easier.

I bought a Logitech keyboard also have the Steam Dock again much easier working on a monitor.

Narcisus

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282 months

Monday 25th December 2023
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Jedi Fallen Order looks absolutley stunning on the OLED.