Valve Goes Hard: Steam Deck OLED Review & Benchmarks vs. ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, Deck LCD

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This deep-dive review of the Steam Deck OLED goes in-depth for gaming benchmarks, thermal testing, battery life of the Steam Deck OLD, LCD, and ASUS ROG Ally, and more. Testing primarily focuses on the Steam Deck LCD, Steam Deck OLED, and the Z1 Extreme edition of the ASUS ROG Ally. We're still building-out charts of this brand new market, so we hope to next add the Lenovo Legion Go. The non-Extreme Z1 has already been through our testing and is linked below. As a first for our handheld test suite, we added total end-to-end system latency benchmarking as well! This testing will also help answer questions about the differences between the Steam Deck OLED and LCD hardware.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - The Deck OLED Major Changes
02:21 - Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD vs. ROG Ally Z1 Extreme
04:52 - Game Testing Methodology Notes
06:52 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Benchmarks
07:35 - Dying Light 2 Handheld Gaming Benchmarks
08:16 - Frametimes of ROG Ally Z1 Extreme vs. Deck OLED
09:04 - F1 Gaming Benchmarks
09:35 - Cyberpunk 2077 Steam Deck Benchmarks
10:23 - Resident Evil 4 Gaming Benchmarks
11:03 - Baldur's Gate 3 Benchmarks
12:00 - Latency (Total System): Steam Deck OLED vs Ally
14:30 - Latency Benchmarks (Hollow Knight)
15:37 - Latency Benchmarks (Dying Light 2)
16:55 - Handheld Battery Life Methodology
17:44 - Video Playback Battery Life on Steam Deck OLED
18:06 - 2D Gaming Battery Life (Dead Cells)
18:54 - 3D Gaming Battery Life (F1, No Cap)
19:46 - Battery Charging Time Benchmark (Deck & Ally)
22:07 - Thermal Testing: Deck OLED vs. LCD
23:21 - Noise Levels & Acoustic Testing
24:59 - Conclusion: Steam Deck OLED or Ally Worth It

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