Barron Posted March 22 Member ID: 20987 Group: +++ Insurgency Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 190 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1794 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1775 Achievement Points: 14304 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12 Birthday: 01/09/1996 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22 Just purchased the newer OLED model to try it out. Anyone else own one? and if so whats the pro's and con's you have experienced piglo, bds1961, TheLastColdBeer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ALanHim Posted March 22 Member ID: 30793 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 301 Content Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 219 Achievement Points: 2290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/18/23 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 22 (edited) Can it do retro stuff... Rom's and such? What are its limitations? Any modding available to expand usability? I have a little RG 350 by Anbernic and it's pretty cool but can only play older Roms. Edited March 22 by ALanHim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barron Posted March 22 Member ID: 20987 Group: +++ Insurgency Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 190 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1794 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1775 Achievement Points: 14304 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12 Birthday: 01/09/1996 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 22 12 minutes ago, ALanHim said: Can it do retro stuff... Rom's and such? What are its limitations? Any modding available to expand usability? I have a little RG 350 by Anbernic and it's pretty cool but can only play older Roms. It's totally customizable, its running steam OS which is linux basically but you can install windows and everything on the device. It's a handheld PC pretty much baldie, piglo and ALanHim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
codpiece Posted March 22 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 371 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2482 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 3552 Achievement Points: 22894 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22 What games are you playing @Barron. Do you think this thing can handle something like ARK? Also, does have to be tethered to wifi, or can it stand alone with out it? ALanHim and Barron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted March 22 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6946 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4486 Achievement Points: 58227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 58 minutes ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22 10 minutes ago, codpiece said: What games are you playing @Barron. Do you think this thing can handle something like ARK? Also, does have to be tethered to wifi, or can it stand alone with out it? In other words, can he fly the plane with it... LOL ALanHim and codpiece 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 22 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4466 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3627 Achievement Points: 36490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22 (edited) 2 hours ago, BUDMAN said: In other words, can he fly the plane with it... LOL Or control Suzy 9000 sex doll just kidding, have you checked that your software is up to date anf the firmware for version of Steam Deck Edited March 22 by KaptCrunch ALanHim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Barron Posted March 23 Member ID: 20987 Group: +++ Insurgency Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 190 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1794 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1775 Achievement Points: 14304 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12 Birthday: 01/09/1996 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) 12 hours ago, codpiece said: What games are you playing @Barron. Do you think this thing can handle something like ARK? Also, does have to be tethered to wifi, or can it stand alone with out it? It can pretty much play any game that is compatible. You can use your mouse and keyboard with it too and hook it up to TV or Monitor. You can play games offline and online once they are downloaded. I will be testing mine out now when it arrives in a few days, should be interesting. Edited March 23 by Barron ALanHim, baldie and piglo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
piglo Posted March 23 Member ID: 26915 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 925 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1834 Achievement Points: 14911 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 03/19/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 02/14/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted March 23 Had one for a couple of years now: The key is finding the right sized wireless mouse and keyboard to go along with it. baldie, ALanHim and Barron 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
piglo Posted March 23 Member ID: 26915 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 925 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1834 Achievement Points: 14911 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 03/19/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 02/14/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted March 23 16 hours ago, codpiece said: What games are you playing @Barron. Do you think this thing can handle something like ARK? Also, does have to be tethered to wifi, or can it stand alone with out it? Works fine stand alone you can also stream from it to another device via Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ALanHim Posted March 23 Member ID: 30793 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 301 Content Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 219 Achievement Points: 2290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/18/23 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 23 23 hours ago, Barron said: It's totally customizable, its running steam OS which is linux basically but you can install windows and everything on the device. It's a handheld PC pretty much I could totally see owning one of these rather upgrading to a new PC. I could also see myself kicking my dog out of bed and sleeping with that Steam Deck at times. It's quite cool and looks very cozy. For sure a good purchase in my opinion. I guess from watching these about it, you have to worry about the OLED display getting a burn in. I like it runs fine at 1080 but is 720 on the deck at default external setting. I bet you can put a USB-C ethernet port so you can bypass the WiFI. I can't do WiFi so I'd have to have a ethernet port. Cool stuff.. I bet you're excited like a kid waiting for Santa to arrive. I sure would be. Congrats on that bad ass machine. baldie and Barron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALanHim Posted March 23 Member ID: 30793 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 301 Content Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 219 Achievement Points: 2290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/18/23 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 23 They have 1T SSD cards now? Well crap that fixed any problem with storage... VERY COOL! I'd still want to upgrade the internal I think it's 256GB but for ROMS and TV/ Movies archive... SSD's would be PERFECT! I'm 4 years out of the hardware loop. I've no idea what's new today minus that Apple iVision thingy and now this Steam Deck and SSD cards going to 1T. SSD 1T is my favorite part. I need cheap large reliable storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barron Posted March 23 Member ID: 20987 Group: +++ Insurgency Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 190 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1794 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1775 Achievement Points: 14304 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12 Birthday: 01/09/1996 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, ALanHim said: They have 1T SSD cards now? Well crap that fixed any problem with storage... VERY COOL! I'd still want to upgrade the internal I think it's 256GB but for ROMS and TV/ Movies archive... SSD's would be PERFECT! I'm 4 years out of the hardware loop. I've no idea what's new today minus that Apple iVision thingy and now this Steam Deck and SSD cards going to 1T. SSD 1T is my favorite part. I need cheap large reliable storage. They still sell the LCD model but probably wont be around for too much longer : https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck But yeah even if you buy the cheapest model all their hardware is pretty much the same, so a SD card with extra storage pretty much does the same thing. Just make sure its not a 1TB one from wish or something Edited March 23 by Barron ALanHim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Barron Posted March 23 Member ID: 20987 Group: +++ Insurgency Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 190 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1794 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1775 Achievement Points: 14304 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12 Birthday: 01/09/1996 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 23 2 hours ago, ALanHim said: I could totally see owning one of these rather upgrading to a new PC. I could also see myself kicking my dog out of bed and sleeping with that Steam Deck at times. It's quite cool and looks very cozy. For sure a good purchase in my opinion. I guess from watching these about it, you have to worry about the OLED display getting a burn in. I like it runs fine at 1080 but is 720 on the deck at default external setting. I bet you can put a USB-C ethernet port so you can bypass the WiFI. I can't do WiFi so I'd have to have a ethernet port. Cool stuff.. I bet you're excited like a kid waiting for Santa to arrive. I sure would be. Congrats on that bad ass machine. https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeckdock The steam dock addon comes with a ethernet port and such to hook it upto displays more easily. I definitively may purchase this next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ALanHim Posted March 23 Member ID: 30793 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 301 Content Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 219 Achievement Points: 2290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/18/23 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, Barron said: They still sell the LCD model but probably wont be around for too much longer : https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck But yeah even if you buy the cheapest model all their hardware is pretty much the same, so a SD card with extra storage pretty much does the same thing. Just make sure its not a 1TB one from wish or something Oh man I had one of them fake 1T cards. You keep throwing data on it and the other data keeps disappearing once the 4MB's or so was full. I knew what I was buying... I had to check how they faked it. The prices of the LCD models are not bad at all. 6 hours ago, Barron said: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeckdock The steam dock addon comes with a ethernet port and such to hook it upto displays more easily. I definitively may purchase this next That dock is a must option. It would be in that dock 20/7 to 24/7. Very impressed with that 50Wh battery and I love how they rate it, the correct way.. Watt hours. I have 11,500 Wh's at 48v DC running my cabin. The powers supply... wow only 45W? Another reason it's bad ass. A neighbor has my main PC using it for video editing and it has a 850w PSU but uses it in town at his other place. Besides that being an unwanted heater, that's just way too much power consumption so not in no hurry to get it back. Winter time is the only time I would want it, it would be a bad ass heater. Better than my crockpot.. but my crockpot is pretty bad ass as a heater. Barron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALanHim Posted March 25 Member ID: 30793 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 301 Content Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 219 Achievement Points: 2290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/18/23 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 25 This came out 5 days ago about the latest update. For parents who have multiple accounts or a partner who games, now you can share a game in your library while playing a game in your library. 6 members in your family and the parental control has all kinds of features added like limiting play time making getting your kids one a good idea if you let them game. That's bad ass. This guy covers it in the start. I can see two good friends doing the same thing to shar each others games if you can do this on any network. Barron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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