“So I said I wasn’t gonna get the Steam Deck OLED, but then I did,” is literally the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard in my life. Solid video dude, I’m on the same page and love the OLED so much.

@shableep

6 ай бұрын

It was my story, too. “Buying that isn’t reasonable. And I’ll hold off. I’m buying it.“

@brandongabel

4 ай бұрын

@@shableep easier said than done, but happy to have done it regardless lol

Got my Deck like 5 months ago, can’t justify it but you’re not wrong, this looks like a final product, the inflection point for mass adoption. Now back to 90 minute sessions of Midnight Suns before charging.

@Icybubba

6 ай бұрын

haha. I got Midnight Suns as well, haven't gotten that far yet. I finally got Jedi Survivor working well though, I installed Cryouilities which made Jedi Survivor actually feel like a verified game, I think I got 90 minutes on it as well lol

I went with my gut and ordered it on day 1. Got it last week and I’m so much happier with it. It feels great, the screen looks amazing, and the less heat make it feel so refined. Valve did a phenomenal job with the OLED Deck.

I got the 1TB Steam Deck OLED and I’m loving the heck out of it! My favorite games to play on it are the Resident Evil 4 remake, Red Dead Redemption 2, KOTOR 2, Halo: MCC, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. (The best games for performance and looks so far have been Mass Effect. They look and run like a dream!) 😊

Brother I’ve been watching your videos for over a year now, you are super underrated you have great content

The face buttons are also a little less stuff and slightly shorter travel. Makes them much better imo

@4:26 LOL! Great review brother! I already owned the 512 LCD and decided to pull the trigger on the limited edition OLED. Super happy with the upgrade!

Really beautiful review, wondering if you'll be doing a comparison between this steam deck and other portable gaming pc like how you did between the og deck and switch.

The shot of you is so good, so well lit and the set design is awesome. Its probably just your home but it looks so gooood

Upgraded to the top tier OLED from base model LCD and have not looked back. I love this thing.

Never got the OG deck but just ordered the OLED, can’t wait to experience some games on this thing

im happy for you, you finally found your device

I was contemplating getting the OLED model for the screen alone.

Got one in September. Then they announced the OLED. Bought the OLED LE and gave my LCD to my brother as a Christmas present ❤

Thinking to get 512 gb oled but have some concerns. So there is still a chance for Thumb stick drift ? Also a bit concerned about the dead pixels and headphone jack issues. Are the new batch of steam decks have less issues that i mentioned ?

I was waiting for some kind of upgrade before buying the Deck, OLED is definitely one that’s caught my eyes now

I've decided to get my buddy in the States to help me get one, glad to hear your positive review!!

With the die shrink, the bigger battery and the better cooling I think they could've upped the clock speeds on the GPU and CPU a little and raised the max TDP a couple watts. I know as is most games get a couple FPS boost with the faster RAM but it would've been nice to get an additional few frames with clock bumps elsewhere. I could see Valve or someone in the community doing this down the road I just think Valve should've done it out of the gate. Either way an incredible update and someone who never even considered buying a Steam Deck (me) is now almost definitely getting one.

@Aethelbeorn

6 ай бұрын

Nothings stopping you from overclocking.

@erebostd

6 ай бұрын

Just undervolt & overclock, it’s easy…

@james_917

6 ай бұрын

Valve were smart not to do this. Dividing the Steam Deck's user base so soon would be a very bad move.

@SolidSt8Dj

6 ай бұрын

​@@AethelbeornActually, there is something stopping you from overclocking. It's called BIOS118.

@SolidSt8Dj

6 ай бұрын

To OP, the increased RAM speeds do give you a few percentage points better speeds, but more importantly, make frame times significantly more consistent. So you do actually get a minor performance bump, but the overall performance target is still the same.

Good review buddy! One of the few youtubers that can rock a beard and without too!

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

For OG deck owners… that’s a lot of money to burn re-buying this product. I just can’t justify another $800 for a screen.. I’m glad they upgraded it as well as a more efficient system giving you an extra hour of battery…. but just like when Nintendo came out with OLED… its for new users… I’m in Canada and the base OLED is $800 with tax. If the price ever comes down maybe but otherwise I’m completely fine with my NON OLED steam deck, and non OLED switch.

@MrREAPERsz

6 ай бұрын

It's not just the screen that's upgraded. Everything is is upgraded.

@Drivenby

6 ай бұрын

I think you’d have to hold it in your hands and use it to realize this is a massive upgrade in every single way. Sell it bro , buy an oled , you know you want to

@resmarted

6 ай бұрын

Flaw with your government, not the steam deck.

hello sir, i just bought the SteamDeck 1TB OLED, do you think its worth it and/or better than the ROG Ally?

I just bought the steam deck oled and its incredible, im loving it.

Hey I hope you can help me with this or anyone else: How noticeable is input lag on the Oled Steam Deck in your opinion? Im pretty sensitive about this and heard mixed reports about latency on the original Steam Deck. Like how is the Oled when compared to your desktop PC? Thanks in advance! Have a great New Year :)

@TechSpaceCowboy

5 ай бұрын

It’s better but still not as good as a PC. 90hz refresh rate vs 120hz that most are used to for PC gaming

Im wondering, are they going to create a dual boot capability for games like Call of Duty? I have the OLED Steam Deck and I would gladly get rid of my Ally before the return period if this is in the works officially. Anyone know?

@chriseich1978

6 ай бұрын

Dual boot has been supported since June it looks like, but the OLED does not support windows just yet. Need to wait for drivers for new hardware I think. There's some PSA on KZread

@PMTCards

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I can grab an open box ally for less than the SD, and really only considering it cause of stupid blizzard games. I enjoy classic wow and Diablo, otherwise all my other games are steam games.. I’d much rather have the SD, but $499 ally z1extrene chip that allows me to play ALL games seems like the better “value”. I just know it’s gonna be abandoned by asus, windows will never optimize for hand held, and it’s battery life sucks… not OLED but nice 1080 p screen though

@hotheadedgamer9126

5 ай бұрын

@@PMTCards To put it in words I heard from someone else. The rog ally is a pc that is a handheld vs the steam deck being more of a consolized experience that can also function as a pc.

“Ohhhhh” techspacecowboy sounding like Beedle in zelda.

Great review! Handsome man! Beautiful house! Quick question, have you ever fallen down those steps? 🤔

My original Steam Deck got its right bumper broken as a random failure. I'm still waiting for availability of DIY daughterboard to fix it, but the part still can't be found. Until those replacement parts are readily available I'm not buying another hardware product from Valve.

The new glossy oled is so sexy! ❤❤❤❤

They couldve put VRR on the screen also lol, but I agree with you if you can buy one gaming device and that's it I would get a Steam Deck OLED, best bang for buck, biggest library outside of an actual PC and great reparability and value not just hardware but software side which is heavily supported and constantly improving. Without a question 5 out of 5.

@jebril

6 ай бұрын

@@DDracee makes sense how do u enable it and does Valve plan on implementing this in SteamOS?

@DDracee

6 ай бұрын

@@jebril nah forget what i said, i misunderstood, was for external displays, something steamos already does the lack of VRR support with the internal display seems to just be a connector issue, but changing that would require a complete redesign, so even with a VRR screen the deck won't be able to actually use the VRR

did they fix the sliipery d-pad on the new oled sd? my fingers tend to slip on the d-pad while playing fighting games on the lcd sd

@JDabz96

6 ай бұрын

I heard the dpad is better, games that rely on them feel better

@MrTigidoo

6 ай бұрын

Got my LE edition today, the dpad still have that glossy finish that allows you to slip your finger on it. I kinda like that especially for charge characters. Otherwise it feels more firm and less prompt to error when pressing down and not diagonal. I guess it means a bit harder for shoryuken but I need more testing.

Real talk. How does this handle full game play of RDR2? People are saying it plays great, but there's not a ton of long walk throughs which makes me think otherwise.

Luckily for me, I didn’t own the original steam deck so I just picked up a 1t steam deck oled. Pretty pumped

Anyone having a problem with the touchpads, my left touchpad is way more punchy then my right. I've tried messing around with the sensitivity levels but its still noticeable, especially when typing on the keyboard

@2greenify

6 ай бұрын

Just have it replaced, had the same. Gets more annoying over time

@mistarj2580

6 ай бұрын

@@2greenify yh mate I ended up sending it back, I actually requested a refund instead as my LCD version is more then enough to be honest

Absolutely loving mine. Never had the OG so can’t compare. Have to say, I hate the bumpers though. It’s literally the only thing I don’t like but I really don’t like them. I just find them super awkward. Everything else is just so good. I was playing Hogwarts Legacy for ages with HDR on and when I turned it off, it still had about 30% left. Also, I bought the 512 and upgraded to 2tb and it’s totally worth it and way easier than I expected. It was filling up really fast.

@jarathen1625

6 ай бұрын

The bumpers don’t feel great to me, either. They require a bit of reach, even with the Satisfye case.

@sullyy2k1

6 ай бұрын

@@jarathen1625 oh thanks for the heads up! I was considering getting that. Well I still might just for the grip or the skull and co. Best part of getting something new is getting accessories 😂🙌🏽

Please do a battery drain test

bought an rog ally for 3months now, although performance is great battery life kills it. Just ordered a steam deck oled after watchimg tones of review.

Space cowboy do you have a gaming pc as well? I like the steam deck Oled (first time owner) because it allows me to play lots of games on the go continuing from my PC. I too also have a ps5 and switch Oled because I love Sony and Nintendo exclusives. sad Oled crush the ally absolutely not. Crush the legion go absolutely. The only down side at this point with the ally is the sd card issue but I really enjoyed it and also battery life isn’t the best but that’s more a windows thing and more power. The legion go I had for three days and was like nope. The ergonomics were good and the display but that’s where everything stops. Legion space is an absolute joke. The ally has proven to be awesome esp with the support and updates it has received and imo is the best windows based handheld. But for what I wanted the sd Oled slaps. Although I still hope they can have epic games, game pass and gog on the steam deck in the future as I have a ton of games there.

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

I used to but never played so I sold my build to a kid who needed it when GPU’s were through the roof.

@kaiichinose9590

6 ай бұрын

@@TechSpaceCowboy that’s very kind of you. And yes if I could only have one gaming device it would most certainly be the ps5

He's a Tech Space Cowboy 🤠 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

❤The Video Bro…

Im sold! Glad i waited

Aughhh 😩😩 I bought the original one not too long ago so I'm just gonna wait out for a steam deck 2 even though that new OLED display is enticing.

Yea i just KNEW you was cappn in that other video.

@TechSpaceCowboy How to play rocket leaugue on steam deck tutorial pls

I bought the original steam deck like 1 and a half months before they brought this out, i know its mostly the same but i would of liked the upgraded battery at least :(

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

That sucks man. Hope you are enjoying your deck though

funny to see a chad doing a steamdeck review

@TechSpaceCowboy

5 ай бұрын

💪😎#sigmaGrindset

Sold my upgraded 1tb OG deck for $400 and bought the limited edition OLED. Well worth the $280 out of pocket. It's such a massive upgrade in almost every way.

@erebostd

6 ай бұрын

Same 😁👍

@God-mb8wi

6 ай бұрын

really surprised the dude who bought a 1tb used deck wouldn't just shell out the 3 hundo more for an oled, that's like 2 pairs of ray bans, two premium fountain pens, one premium knife, idk not too terribly much more

The first Nintendo Switch had a shite battery life too until they released another model with just that changed.

@Mr.Chimpazee

20 күн бұрын

Aaaaaand still use ancient Soc 😂

I’m getting 3h30-4h playing The Last of Us capped at 30fps. Its amazing

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

Original or remake? Can it handle 45fps? That’s my sweet spot cuz it gets 90hz still

@jc74435

6 ай бұрын

@@TechSpaceCowboy remake. It can handle 40-45 in some parts, but will dip do low 30s in others, so I just cap it at 30 because I prefer a more stable frame time.

I learned today what 120 HZ means! Danke, man!

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

Glad to help lol

I just bought another one a few days ago just for my nephew, I'm going to live abroad so he can't borrow my deck anymore until i come to visit. I was planning to just buy the same as mine 512gb oled for him but when i see the price between this and the 1tb oled is just like 100 in my currency (like 20 usd) differences+ free accessories, i grab the 1tb immediately and i gave my 512gb oled to him 😂

Great video, my only critique is when color grading pay more attention to your skin than anything else Edit : 3:33??

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

I use Final Cut so I don’t have the greatest color grading tools. I’ll keep that in mind though! Good tip

Good review, I totally agree that it's worth it for current Deck users to upgrade to this. With today's technology it's a near perfect device. The only thing I would say for somebody who hasn't bought one yet, is there is a "screen lottery" between the Samsung panel and the BOE panel as Valve used two different suppliers. The 1TB Limited Edition guarantees the BOE panel, the other ones you are playing the lottery. The BOE panel allows higher refresh rates over the Samsung panel when the display is overclocked. Anything over 90hz does have a slight gamma increase, mostly over 109hz, but playing at 120hz on a portable OLED is smooth as butter. I've been playing Portal all morning at a solid 120fps and it's absolutely gorgeous. The Samsung panel will OC also, but to a much lesser extent.

@AH-hm2mq

6 ай бұрын

But the BOE displays have QC issues. Many of them come with dead/stuck pixels.

I have decided next year because of xmas to get a handheld pc and even though they are more powerful handhelds they all have problems so steam deck oled it is

What rank are you in rocket league?

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

Plat 2 right now. Was a diamond for a bit before I took like 2 years off playing

@everborn3406

6 ай бұрын

@@TechSpaceCowboy Nice, I'm a C1. I just ordered a 512gb model & was curious if I would be able to play RL well on it. At least for training.

Oh, wait, it has a USB4 port now?

@jeevejavari8461

6 ай бұрын

No it doesn't. Still a 3.1 port

Lenovo legion go !! Review it or else i will break every steam deck i come across!

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

Okaaaaaaay fiiiiiiiine

I bought a 2tb rog ally used for £476 (the steam deck is like £479 in the uk). Overall I think it is alright. And the screen isn’t pixelated compared to the steam deck that I gave to my brother. The battery life on the old seems cool but realistically I only play games for short burst of time so it isn’t that much of an issue. I also find the power button to be a lot better, I can simply switch it off by holding the power button and it switches off so the battery percentage where I left off doesn’t change all too much, unlike the deck where it just goes to sleep.

Ooohh this is an HONEST NOT PAID FOR REVIEW 😅😅 WE GOT IT 👇

My oled will be mine in 23 days. Most of the 880 steam games I have are about to be available on the go for the first time! And I'm optimistic for game streaming from my 5800x/3080 pc.

FOMO sucks doesn't it. Funny how in the last video, he couldn't care less that it's OLED and didn't seem like he cared for any other aspect of the update. I wonder if his wife was puzzled that he sold, then bought another one. "but honey, it's got OLED now" 😆

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

Shhhhhhhhhhh

i like the burp

Not the aggressive groaning!

The Steam Deck is the better product of the 3, Legion Go and ROG, but, but now, the price point is a bit too close to what rivals are offering whiles the rivals are offering much better specs. That might not matter to some, but it put me off buying the Deck when I know there are others for just a little more money that offer better specs, still, the Steam Deck has by far better quality control on the software side and that counts for a lot. If the lower end Steam Deck had much of these enhancements, especially on battery life and screen, it would be a no-brainer, the Deck wins hands down, but now, to get this quality, you need to spend over $500, that's turning some away towards the ROG and Legion Go and in my case, I decided to skip them all and wait for a Deck 2, especially because the cheaper Steam Deck model is basically the older model with a bigger SSD. As it is, I personally think that if you already own the older Deck, you're better off waiting for the Deck 2, if you don't own the original Deck, well that's up to you in if you think it's worth upgrading too, but honestly, considering the price point of the OLED models, if the Legion Go and ROG had SteamOS on them with all the quality control that goes with that, those two devices, especially the Legion Go would be more appealing, especially as rivals are more powerful and are dropping in price that I suspect Valve could do a big price drop next year on the OLED Steam Decks. This also depends on what kind of games you're playing, if you are playing lighter indie games or older games, the Deck is fine, but newer games are starting to struggle on the Deck now, that the idea of spending over $500 on a device that's showing its age doesn't appeal to me, the Deck 2 will likely solve all those issues for me, but for now, the price point of the Deck, ROG and GO are close enough whiles the specs of the ROG and GO are more powerful that it's made me wait and see what the Deck 2 offers, basically, I like what Valve is doing with SteamOS, far better than what rivals are doing, but I also like what rivals are doing on the hardware specs, so none of these devices measure up for me

@4RT1LL3RY

6 ай бұрын

I think in terms of handheld experience the Oled Steamdeck is significantly better then the Ally or Legion Go. Like the Limited Edition Steam deck is 618grams, just 10grams more then the ROG Ally. While it is lower performance, but with the improved display with real HDR on linux, it looks great. And for the really heavy games streaming within your own home with triple A games or the PS5 with Chiaki. That great battery life, improved wifi, much better bluetooth, and HDR display make is a very solid option. I've gotten to be hands on with the original Steamdeck, the ROG Ally, Legion Go, and the Steamdeck Oled. Original Steamdeck when I touched it was not polished with SteamOS yet, the Ally was great in games, but Windows dragged it down. The Legion Go has a really nice feel to it and great docked experience with fps mode. The Steamdeck Oled is just so much better then the OG Steamdeck. SteamOS has come a long way, the display is way better, its quieter, it feels cooler to hold, and the fit and finish feels much tighter. The Steamdeck Oled is basically the DSLite to the original Steamdecks OG DS

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

It’s the Mac vs pc debate. Specs don’t go toe to toe when it’s windows vs custom linux

I sold my 256 deck . Don’t regret it one bit . My rog ally has essentially become a destiny 2 /gánelas machine as it’s not worth playing anything else on it

handsome

@HUYI1

6 ай бұрын

😅😅 i thought the same also, he looks a bit like brad pit and Daniel Radcliff 😍groovy

@uychuadongenrich

6 ай бұрын

Thats why I subscribed… and im loving it😂

Too bad, I want a dishonest review.

First

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

This guy fucks

@hre2044

6 ай бұрын

@@TechSpaceCowboy You're too old to be saying that old man

@inasuma8180

6 ай бұрын

@@hre2044no one cares

Another honest review? Where are the dishonest reviews?

This video seems dishonest. You got the steam deck bc you needed to make content for your platform instead of just wanting the thing which is inherently dishonest.

@TechSpaceCowboy

6 ай бұрын

I genuinely love this thing. I only make videos now when I have something I feel like talking about. You can see that in my video history when I have large gaps in uploads.

@sonicandroxas

6 ай бұрын

I'm guessing you're one of the persons that disliked the video haha. Difficult comments, got to love em.

exaggerated review. Yes we know the obvious but the problem was the performance. If we will just play old games and retros in the SteamDeck OLED just to experience good FPS, I think the 512GB variant should go down more. Totally crash the Ally and Legion GO? are you out of your rational mind?

@TechSpaceCowboy

5 ай бұрын

Didn’t realize halo infinite, Elden ring, and Baldurs Gate 3 were retro

@oo--7714

5 ай бұрын

​@@TechSpaceCowboylol