So here's the sitch:
I principally vidya on my desktop PC
When practical, I use an xboner controller so I can game from any room (my pc screen is mirrored to all TVs in the house)
I only play single player games, mostly normie stuff like Fallout, BioShock, Elder Scrolls, etc
I have a laptop with okay specs, AMD 8700P or similar. It could run BioShock Infinite all the way through the story, but it wasn't happy about it. It's been getting laggy about even watching fullscreen YouTube, possibly due to thermals. Fresh reinstall of Windows didn't fix it.
I'm on the road for work for a couple months. I don't like to travel, but sometimes it's either this or be on layoff
I also take one or two vacations annually, usually flying.
I'm home every weekend for the duration of this project, so it's not really practical to bring my desktop PC to the hotels.
My laptop can't handle my current fixation, shapez 2, unless I really throttle down the visuals to bare minimum. I'm kinda reaching my endpoint in that game anyway.
I can't decide if I get a used gaming laptop (2-3 years old) or a Steam Deck. I don't play the latest and greatests -- the newest AAA I have is red dead 2.
My laptop feels a bit dated but I like the big 17" screen, and it still gets a bit clunky trying to use it in a hotel room -- especially with this week-to-week where I'm not going to bother hooking up to the TV.
I see there's a 512GB OLED model for $450 near me, brand new.
But, I don't REALLY know if it's worth it to me. I can afford it, no doubt, but I need to JUSTIFY it. Even though I could always sell it if I end up not liking it.
I also looked at the Asus thing, everyone says the Windows is better for modding, battery life is DOGSHIT.
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If you want 1080p (docked to external display) on AAA games don't get the deck. Performance is hot butt even for old shit like Fallout 4. 720p runs fine though.
The hardware of the deck is good, trackpads feel smooth and responsive, not the chinesium shit they put in the steam controller. Proton (windows compatibility layer) works fine for 95% of titles, the rest of SteamOS is ehh usable but not great, basically a gimped version of the desktop client. If the game you're playing has native gamepad support it should 'just work' without having to mess with anything. It includes a KDE desktop and the full steam client as an alternate option but game performance will take a large hit.
Nexusmods works but it's a pain in the butt to setup because of the way steam uses wine prefixes. Not sure about other modding clients.
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AAA games are gay dont play them
SteamDeck has a million other games that work at 1080p.
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I feel like if I'm in a hotel, I can settle for 720p.
Like I said, played all the way through BioShock Infinite on my laptop averaging like, 20fps the whole time. I'm pretty easy to please.
When performance matters I'm on my desktop
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