Steam Deck OLED: A Stunning HDR Upgrade... But There's So Much More

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Coming out of nowhere, Valve delivers a brand new Steam Deck, packing a 7.4-inch OLED HDR display with a 90Hz refresh rate. But that's just the headline bullet point on what is actually the most comprehensive 'mid-generation console refresh' we've ever seen. Improved battery life, cooler, lighter, improved haptics and audio, increased repairability - the new Steam Deck is simply brilliant.
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00:00 Introduction: A Fantastic Product Across The Board
02:09 The Brand New Steam Deck Line-Up
03:44 The New 90Hz OLED HDR Display
04:43 Bigger Battery, More Efficient, Longer Game Time
07:18 Steam Deck OLED Performs Faster Than LCD
09:49 So Many Extra Enhancements
12:00 Steam Deck's Software Continues To Evolve
14:21 Summary
15:56 And Now, The Conclusion

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@glottis8 6 месяцев назад

I find comfort when Richard looks happy when going over new hardware. Always enjoy his enthusiasm and breakdowns.

@wile123456 6 месяцев назад

You know when he says "gamechanger" without saying "qoute unqoute" before, he really loves a product 😂

@user-ik8vy1rg8f 6 месяцев назад

This may be the happiest I've seen him!

@zeeg404 6 месяцев назад

I know, right?! Just hearing the joy in his voice in the opening, you know it's gotta be good!

@Horrorz95 6 месяцев назад

Yeah the tone of this video was fucking positive. Literally nonstop gushing about it. Well played Valve.

@Feanaro5503 6 месяцев назад

Much happier now than a decade ago when he was trying to tell us how balanced the Xbox One was.

@JFinns 6 месяцев назад

90Hz HDR OLED? What an awesome upgrade. Great video as always Richard.

@ReachTea 6 месяцев назад

That also means lower input latency at lower refresh rates

@ThisisCitrus 6 месяцев назад

@@ReachTea It wouldn't, would it? Latency is tied to Hz and FPS so at lower refresh you get higher latency. My 120hz TV has to play Starfield at 60hz VRR, and so I get 60hz latency not 120hz latency.

@fVNzO 6 месяцев назад

@@ThisisCitrus Yes and no, the minimum latency and response time has to go down (if it doesn't the screen will start ghosting, be unusable). Higher refresh rate means you also *need* better response times - that is for the screen to actually be functional. Therefore it is safe to assume that it is a faster screen as well. You could technically imagine higher refresh rate with still shitty reponse times, and this is what we have seen with some low end monitors before but it would be highly unusual.

@AbrahamZX1 6 месяцев назад

No VRR, no buy

@user-kg4mq1qk6f 6 месяцев назад

@@fVNzO But it only has a faster screen at 90hz, the Steamdeck is VRR so at 60hz the Steamdeck OLED will have the EXACT latency of a 60hz Steamdeck LCD. Also Steamdeck won't run MOST games at 90fps, it can barely get 60fps. Meaning the latency will only be improved on content over 60fps/hz. Now the OLED vs LCD will give it better response times because OLED is faster.

@ZylonFPV 6 месяцев назад

Props to valve for listening to the community and making such great changes in such a short time

@sharinglungs3226 6 месяцев назад

Except performance wise it’s not as powerful as it’s competition but perhaps they wanted to stick to the same price point.

@roadrash2005 6 месяцев назад

@@sharinglungs3226I think that was done more for developers

@RobbyHargett 6 месяцев назад

Valve is exhibiting pro-consumer organizational behavior and I wish more companies would hop onboard that train.

@Catgirl_may 6 месяцев назад

@@RobbyHargettyea, its not even that they are pro consumer tbh. They just respect their consumer slightly more then other companies and thats all we need

@cv643d 6 месяцев назад

Wish they released HL3, Portal 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 too

@JJSideshowBob 6 месяцев назад

I don't think I have ever seen Richard so enthusiastic. If anything he's the voice of reason at DF when it comes to new hardware being launched.

@Keytap15 6 месяцев назад

As an early adopter, this is so tempting; especially the limited edition clear model. I'll just hold out and wait for the eventual Steam Deck 2. Such an impressive update though.

@FreeAimDog 6 месяцев назад

same, although i will have figure out if logging in will be annoying.

@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968 6 месяцев назад

Well that'll be a 2 or 3 year wait according to today's news.

@Keytap15 6 месяцев назад

@@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968 I think I’m okay with that. Did valve specifically mention the SD2?

@JohnHenryEden2277 6 месяцев назад

@@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968I'm okay with that.

@imanoldurango8213 6 месяцев назад

@@FreeAimDoglmao you just login once and you never have to login again. And it’s super easy to login

@Dr904 6 месяцев назад

This makes me seriously consider a Steam Deck. It’s so compelling now.

@simonrockstream 6 месяцев назад

Just get one, it's already incredible. This new version is unbelievable

@MorrisseyMuse 6 месяцев назад

Get a Switch if you want reliable, hastle free gaming, or a ROG of you want 60fps modern gaming. The Deck is all media shills and Valve sheeple

@hyper9984 6 месяцев назад

@@MorrisseyMusewhy do you say that?

@user-ds8rj2vc4v 6 месяцев назад

I'm going to get one. Even if it's just an emulation machine. Run all of my ROMs from generations before the PS4/XB1 era but at an ultra-efficient 15W or so. Beautiful OLED screen etc. Plus, I like the idea of supporting Valve in this endeavor so that the Switch 2 can be a thing down the line.

@user-ds8rj2vc4v 6 месяцев назад

@@MorrisseyMuse The ROG Ally is about 10-20% better performance than the old Steam Deck, so probably about 5-10% more powerful than this one. But that's running at twice the TDP. The Steam Deck OLED will almost match the performance of the ROG Ally, but it'll be; 1-Cheaper by a significant margin. £479 vs £699 is not even close. 2-Have a better screen. OLED is literally the best screen tech out there. 3-Much better battery life. 4-SteamDeck OS which is far superior to the Armoury Crate. I would never recommend the Ally over the Steam Deck OLED. I could argue it over the original Deck, but now that performance gap has closed, making the Ally just more expensive with worse battery, worse screen and worse OS.

@MrLathor 6 месяцев назад

An amazing product just became almost perfect. Valve continues to provide gamers almost exactly what they want at the right price.

@DrumsBah 6 месяцев назад

Unless they live in Australia

@MorrisseyMuse 6 месяцев назад

Lol! you're a bigger shill for this underpowered device than DF are!

@protocetid 6 месяцев назад

Still waiting for an x86 Steam Phone, or at the very minimum a pocketable model.

@TopMiner1 6 месяцев назад

@@MorrisseyMuseYour recent comments on DF tell me everything I needed to know.. people are allowed to enjoy “underpowered” devices just like how you enjoy the switch. Though I would argue that the next switch revision is gonna be underpowered in comparison to the steam deck.

@frankzappa3156 6 месяцев назад

@@MorrisseyMuse Amazing how you're an expert on portables when your paranoid comments suggest you don't get out much

@uhkingdom 6 месяцев назад

Ori will of the wisps has to be one of the most impressive displays of HDR I’ve ever seen, at least on the Series X. The fact that you can now get that exact same experience in a handheld is nuts

@autoscopy 6 месяцев назад

You can't get 4k 120hz on the steam deck so not really the same experience at all.

@uhkingdom 6 месяцев назад

@@autoscopy even just 60 fps with HDR is insane

@bigt4135 6 месяцев назад

Awesome on switch oled too.

@Web720 6 месяцев назад

@@uhkingdom Its a 90hz screen for SD OLED, so 90fps, pretty close to 120fps.

@exmosquito 6 месяцев назад

@@autoscopyit’s also a 7.4 inch screen. The dpi will be close to a 50” screen. You’re being very pedantic…

@saier1414 6 месяцев назад

HDR on linux? That's huge, that's actually huge, that is something that I want to hear more about

@hueypautonoman 6 месяцев назад

It's been in the works for a while. I'm truly amazed at how fast Valve, Codeweavers and the Wine community push changes out. When UE5 came out, I thought, "Oh no, Linux is in trouble because Nanite and Lumen don't work in Proton." Now that UE5 games are out, they just work.

@MrJeanjean2009 6 месяцев назад

@@hueypautonoman Valve Time in PC gaming hardware is making up for the notorious Valve Time in PC gaming.

@hueypautonoman 6 месяцев назад

@@MrJeanjean2009 Is that a Half Life 3 reference? 🤣

@MrJeanjean2009 6 месяцев назад

@@hueypautonoman Among other games yes ^^

@Rocksteady72a 6 месяцев назад

I'm so glad I held out & didn't buy the Steam Deck when they were on sale. Longer battery and better screen is exactly what I'd want from a followup!

@AdityaWaghmare 6 месяцев назад

And here I am, with my 1st gen Steam Deck, tempted to buy this one 😅 It will be wiser for existing owners to wait it out till SD2

@sonic_owl4465 6 месяцев назад

I was waiting for the fall or winter sale to grab one where it would probably be on sale again, this is even better!

@nohs8776 6 месяцев назад

you should wait 2-3 years for the fully upgraded steam deck then,

@halfbelieving 6 месяцев назад

Same, i was gonna wait for the Steam Deck 2 but i might pull the trigger on this one eventually.

@defeqel6537 6 месяцев назад

I'm glad I've been able to play on my SD for quite a while now. There is always a trade-off, I guess..

@cosmosofinfinity 6 месяцев назад

90 Hz refresh rate on top of everything else is truly going above and beyond expectations

@trignite 6 месяцев назад

Its not hard for them to do, the all oleds are capable of 120hz minimum effectively. So they just have to enable it in the settings, and software support.

@They24 6 месяцев назад

@@trignitecompletely false lmao

@trignite 6 месяцев назад

@@They24 No its not. Some manufacturers will put in an oled screen and not allow it to go over 60hz, but thats not fault of the panel. The panels themselves can practically all support 120hz or higher.

@quinton1630 6 месяцев назад

The only thing I’d like more is VRR

@They24 6 месяцев назад

@@trignite If it’s not manufactured at 120hz then it’s not capable of 120hz. A software update won’t change its design. OLED panels all have different refresh rates, just like other display types.

@ARBESProductions 6 месяцев назад

That's wonderful! I'm sticking to my 64Gb with the 1TB SSD while I wait for the SD2 though. That might take another 2 or 3 years but here in Brazil it's quite expensive. For the new owners: you won't regret buying the Steam Deck. You'll be happy with any version you ended up buying.

@ShredzZ 6 месяцев назад

I got mine 2 months ago, same I will wait for new version with better APU, it’s not worth to buying new one now.

@MorrisseyMuse 6 месяцев назад

I did, it gathers dust since about 2 weeks after launch and I went back to my Switch. It's underpowered, has iffy battery life and no modern games hitting 60fps..but am I talking about the Switch or the Deck there..? ;)

@gavrawlinson3099 6 месяцев назад

@@MorrisseyMuseI play .y steam deck more than my ps5 series x or my 4060ti gameing pc it's unreal for emulation

@AAFroes 6 месяцев назад

To so vendo review desde que o SD original saiu mas nao tenho a grana pra ter um PC + deck, agora com esse refresh to com mais vontade ainda :( Acho que vou ter que esperar o SD2 mesmo.

@ARBESProductions 6 месяцев назад

@@AAFroes Aqui no Brasil é foda mesmo :(. O meu foi R$3050,00 no Mercado Livre (já incluso frete). É um valor bom se comparar com outras ofertas no nosso território, mas dá vontade de chorar olhando quanto os gringos pagam no mesmo dispositivo.

@Jimmy-ph8xn 6 месяцев назад

Glad I supported Valve by purchasing my first deck. Great to know better things are coming.

@paulorusso6288 6 месяцев назад

Exactly what I think and did 👏

@alumlovescake 6 месяцев назад

lol funny joke

@illansuu9572 6 месяцев назад

@@alumlovescakewhy

@asteria9963 6 месяцев назад

Without us early adopters, an OLED model wouldn't even exist. So yeah, while I am mildly salty, this is just how it goes when it comes to technology. I think what bothers me is the fact that they're releasing this one so early

@illansuu9572 6 месяцев назад

@@asteria9963 yeah i have had mine for 1.5 years now and its served me like a champ

@reisshep 6 месяцев назад

Honestly since I already own a 1st gen Steam Deck I'm sitting out on this one. However, I think the upgrade is rather big, because screen is one of the only complaints I have about the Deck, and before it was integrated into the OS, vibrantdeck made the screen 100% better, I could never go back to the Deck without it. Props po Valve for addressing the concerns of the community and actually listening to the community this time while still making the Deck cheaper than competition. They've really hit the nail on the head with the Deck and it's the single best gaming hardware purchase I ever made.

@paul1979uk2000 6 месяцев назад

I suspect this will appeal to gamers that have not bought into the Steam Deck yet, or ones that have but want to upgrade regardless. Most that have the original Deck wont likely upgrade, but this Deck could open up the market to many of the gamers that didn't want to buy in because of the screen or battery life, with this Deck, it's a big quality of life improvement in a lot of areas, even the performance has got a nudge up which isn't anything special but it's there.

@OmegaKatanaXIII 6 месяцев назад

Agreed with you here I’m happy with my og steam deck with my swapped 1tb ssd. The improvements are impressive with this new model I applaud them for listening to the community to address the problems.

@aladinz88 6 месяцев назад

in a few weeks? there will be steam OS 3.5 stable ready for your deck with a new colorprofile via softwareupdate and it looks very good. I´m on the beta brachn and already use it. you will be surprised if you crank the colorslider to the far right what this not so good display can do now.

@CyberClu 6 месяцев назад

I'm hoping the competition from Asus and Lenovo pushed Valve to do this. I'm sticking with my Gen 1 Steam Deck, but if Valve starts an upgrade buyback program that's decently priced, I'm in! Also will be interesting to see the VibrantDeck plugin vs Oled, just to kinda see how far the improvement would be.

@cbgg1585 6 месяцев назад

Valve is just doing corporation things. Don’t mistake the new changes as charity. They aren’t a publically traded corporation, but they are still a corporation. They are only following the scent of money. People here acting like they are doing all this out of the goodness of their hearts is literally insane.

@piplup10203854 6 месяцев назад

As an early adopter I look forward to a next gen one :D I would love a sort of return or recycle program by Valve to turn in our Steam Deck and pay for an upgrade ☺I'd do that with mine. I always keep my original packaging for my consoles just because they're testament to having been part of history, it's kind of cool to keep. I've done with it every handheld and console I've gotten.

@thedesolateone8260 6 месяцев назад

Yep keep the box 📦 😉

@BugbugAdventures 6 месяцев назад

thanks for beta testing gen 1

@piplup10203854 6 месяцев назад

@@BugbugAdventures 🫡 You're welcome. Enjoy the OLED refresh it is worth it. I look forward to a Steam Deck 2 when the time comes supposedly a couple years from now at least.

@CA_I 5 месяцев назад

It's a shame they won't offer a trade-in programme.

@piplup10203854 5 месяцев назад

@@CA_I Right ☹ would be quite nice if there was some sort of trade in program or something. I just think of all the e-waste. I mean Apple can do a trade in product for their phones why not something for the Steam Deck would help reduce all that.

@Eu023 6 месяцев назад

Really happy to see you happy Rich! And this Deck looks awesome.

@AdnanAhmed 6 месяцев назад

Rich's glowing recommendation is such a rare sight. This handheld must be that impressive. I game on my pc, but this video really makes me wanna get this....

@MattRenzatic 6 месяцев назад

Damnit. I just bought my Steam Deck a little over a month ago, and now they release this.

@cen0byte666 6 месяцев назад

Got my new replacement deck yesterday (battery failure) after a year of service. I feel your pain

@RawWrath 6 месяцев назад

Damn

@MattRenzatic 6 месяцев назад

@@cen0byte666 I've gone ahead and contacted Steam Support to see if I can send it back, and get a refund to my account for the OLED model. I'm not expecting them to go that above and beyond for me, but hey, it doesn't hurt to ask. Though if you just got a new one yesterday, you're still in the usual refund window.

@rubenssz 6 месяцев назад

Chill, bro. In less than two years we might have an updated model with better CPU and GPU

@MattRenzatic 6 месяцев назад

@@rubenssz It's not a HUGE deal for me. I won't be screaming and crying if they deny me a refund or anything, but it's still something I'd rather have.

@GameZard 6 месяцев назад

RIP PlayStation Portal.

@xazrael 6 месяцев назад

"You can feel the commitment and hunger in this product to be the best it can possibly be." I'd smack that right at the end of a big-budget-reach hype/accolade video if I were calling the shots. What praise. Can't wait to get one.

@dw9zg6kctnr23 6 месяцев назад

The raytracing in Control has worked for a while, on OG Deck too, but when it was originally released, Control was a whitelisted proof of concept game and you had to use launch options to enable it. Since then, Mesa 23.2 (open source driver that Steam Deck uses) enabled raytracing on most AMD GPUs (including SD) for all games, no more whitelisting.

@hueypautonoman 6 месяцев назад

Nice! Last time I tried some games that had raytracing, the options were still greyed out. Maybe I need to take another look.

@butterflyfilms939 6 месяцев назад

Now let's just wait for the next rebase to at least Mesa3D 23.3 and Linux 6.6 and reap that RT and batterylife benefits, I'm hyped!

@Megalomaniakaal 6 месяцев назад

@@hueypautonoman Some of those are specifically DX 12 games and need to be launched with a launch command to enable DX 12.2. Add ` VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_2 %command%` to the launch argument field. Enabling the actual settings in game might lead to a crash tho.

@hueypautonoman 6 месяцев назад

@@Megalomaniakaal I was able to get it working in Cyberpunk 2077, but man, the performance was abysmal.

@Megalomaniakaal 6 месяцев назад

@@hueypautonomanperf being abysmal is kinda hard to judge without knowing what GPU you have. -Node- Note that AMD RADV drivers are still a work in progress in terms of performance optimization for ray tracing.

@PixelShade 6 месяцев назад

Worth mentioning for battery optimizations in Cyberpunk. That game will consume as much CPU power as it can, even though it doesn't improve your framerate. Locking it to 8W or 9W at the same settings, will yield 30fps and 15.8W TDP instead of 21.9W on the LCD model. I get ~3h with the 30fps cap. which would mean something like 4.5h on the OLED variant.

@user-jv9xb5wz5c 6 месяцев назад

Thats true done the same it happens with quite a lot of Games so its great but i really wanna limit the CPU Mhz in Vanilla Steam OS

@vladdyomkin 6 месяцев назад

it uses all the cpu you give to it because the memory is the bottleneck. Try oc'ing it

@jonatana.4540 6 месяцев назад

What an enthusiastic and in-depth review. Almost feel like buying one of these now.

@ThisisCitrus 6 месяцев назад

The best thing is streaming a beefy PC to the SteamDeck. Do people actually play Steamdeck on the go or by itself?

@indiepyx 6 месяцев назад

Watching this through my LG C2 and I definitely appreciate the improvement. Once you go HDR you never go back.

@Raivo_K 6 месяцев назад

I can even see the improved contrast and color watching this on an LCD screen.

@spacechannelfiver 6 месяцев назад

The video is in a SDR container so your LG must be magical indeed.

@Juan_shot 6 месяцев назад

@@spacechannelfiverso you don't see the difference at 0:18 ?

@spacechannelfiver 6 месяцев назад

@@Juan_shot I clearly see the difference, just saying that the video is SDR even though i'm watching it on a HDR screen.

@Juan_shot 6 месяцев назад

@@spacechannelfiver gotcha

@skynet247 6 месяцев назад

Ive been wanting the Deck from day one, but im so glad i waited. Excelent video!

@rogue7744 6 месяцев назад

I was waiting on a newer version. I just bought the oled. So excited! Ty for the vid!

@gamertoon8230 6 месяцев назад

This automatically makes me want a steam deck. I wasn’t interested at first because newer iPhones and the Switch Oled have spoiled me with their Oled screens.

@evildevildelyon 6 месяцев назад

lost mine when I was a kid, missed it a lot, what an underrated console

@TheL1arL1ar 6 месяцев назад

As a owner of an iPhone 14 and switch OLED I still use my steam deck more…I’ve repurchased many games and it’s fine in handheld..but when you connect to a 4K tv is when the deck can still shine more even standard edition.

@oo--7714 6 месяцев назад

I honestly don't see a diference. I have an s20 fe OLED and a m1 ipad that isn't oled and I don't see the difference. I don't get the hype over it to be honest.

@MrNelahem 6 месяцев назад

watch a video or movie on your OLED display then do the same on a LCD and you will see it.@@oo--7714

@MorrisseyMuse 6 месяцев назад

@@TheL1arL1arI'm the opposite, went back to my Switch within weeks of early adoption of the Deck. Got bored of spending more time optimising games than actually playing them.

@recordatron 6 месяцев назад

This could tip me over the edge into finally getting a steam deck, the screen was one of the things holding me back.

@StevenBanaszak 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video! Not only does this seem like a nice tech upgrade, but the new OLED model also looks sweet with red/orange accents along with a semi-transparent case. An excellent "mid-gen refresh" IMO.

@younousyoutoube 6 месяцев назад

I didnt expect an refresh like this for the Deck, this is AWESOME.

@marcelslofstra2157 6 месяцев назад

The older models are discounted too. That’s nice. Seems like a great time to either buy the shiny new thing ór the slightly less shiny thing for a great price.

@leonro 6 месяцев назад

Even the new ones come at a very good price compared to the predecessors, which isn't that common these days. Take that, $50-for-OLED Nintendo, $30-for-stand Sony, AND adorably-all-digital Microsoft! Oh, and don't forget Nvidia's 40 series, and Radeon 7000 to a lesser extent.

@Tconl 6 месяцев назад

Can't compare it all the same, Valve is not making much if any money on the SD's and is banking on people buying Steam games. @@leonro

@brandonsimoncini 6 месяцев назад

@@leonro Tell us you’re PC master race without saying you’re PC master race

@redcrimson1028 6 месяцев назад

Lol then the choice should be easy then

@yomamasohot6411 6 месяцев назад

@brandonsimoncini did he day anything wrong?

@JFLTX 6 месяцев назад

Ori looks so good on an OLED, loved it on my CX and S95B

@scenenuf 6 месяцев назад

This is quite literally exactly all I was hoping for with the refresh. The fact the screen is slightly larger is insanely amazing!! I just hope Valve finally officially release it here in Australia, so I can sell my current Deck and upgrade without paying the same price as I could for a Legion or Ally from a retailer here...

@drifter2185 6 месяцев назад

The only review you need. Thanks Rich 👌🏻

@NPCLiam 6 месяцев назад

Goodness gracious this is an amazing drop! I just bought mine over the Summer Sale and it's crazy how much they put into this refresh. No issues at all with my battery or screen with the games I play but I recently got an OLED laptop from work and having that OLED on my couch cozy deck is SO tempting.

@UmVtCg 6 месяцев назад

A "drop"LOL

@johndavis29209 6 месяцев назад

I have an Ally and Steam Deck (bought the deck at launch) and always reach for the Ally bc the screen is so much better. Super cool to see this update, makes it pretty competitive again.

@MithosDagon 6 месяцев назад

Same for me! Preordered the deck and got an Ally too, but I mostly use my Ally, but now I’m eyeing this one. I might just reserve it

@redcrimson1028 6 месяцев назад

I got the deck on launch, rog ally at launch and legion go at launch. The steam deck is the weakest out the bunch I don't really like it. May trade my old deck for this one though, or mabye hold out for a deck 2. Valve should've made the deck oled smaller. I hate how bulky and heavy the deck is.

@blackfalcon1610 6 месяцев назад

Do you have issues with the sd reader on the ally? I heard this is a major design flaw.

@MithosDagon 6 месяцев назад

@@blackfalcon1610 I did when I had an sd card in there. It caused my Ally to freeze a lot, had some booting issues and eventually stopped reading it. So I took it out and I stopped having those issues. It can now read the same sd card again, but since I still have my deck, I didn’t have a need to use an sd card when my Ally had a 2TB installed (my SD has 3TB of storage). I’m seeing in RU-vid videos that putting a heat shield strip over the sd card reader internally fixes the issues, but I haven’t tried it since then.

@Praxss 6 месяцев назад

Same here. But not only due to screen quality, but due to overall size. Steam deck is too big as a handheld gaming device.

@ianturner9894 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Rich, I was quite happy waiting with my mk1 deck until I saw your vid, all those little upgrades add up - as a heavy user of the deck playing handheld, that screen and extra battery are superb news and now really want to upgrade 😅

@johnmecca9008 6 месяцев назад

Exactly why I rarely purchase first gen. This info from Rich is making this 2nd gen a MUST buy for me. Everything he said is an upgrade. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

@eatachodeutube 6 месяцев назад

It's a pretty significant upgrade, makes me glad for waiting on getting one

@_Bungus 6 месяцев назад

Man, I just bought a Deck earlier this year, so there's no way I'm jumping for a better one already, but this is cool. Makes me optimistic for how awesome future iterations of the Deck will be when I start looking to replace mine in 5-6 years or so.

@Weyoun359 6 месяцев назад

I guess i have my Christmas present ready to go now. Glad I waited ♥️

@peterring2714 6 месяцев назад

A glowing review. I'm sold. Thanks a lot.

@IMan_93_ 6 месяцев назад

I love my 512 model but an OLED screen makes such an incredible difference. I’m definitely gonna upgrade.

@doalwa 6 месяцев назад

Same here…just hope I can simply drop my current 2 TB SSD into this new beast and will be good to go 🙏

@VaultF 6 месяцев назад

Same, I'm buying the OLED one as soon as it is available

@MonkDave666 6 месяцев назад

100%.

@imanoldurango8213 6 месяцев назад

As much as I want a nicer screen, I’d rather be able to run triple A games at a steady 60fps. And right now the steam deck can really only do 30-40 fps on them so I’ll wait til they upgrade the internals

@arckie 6 месяцев назад

@@imanoldurango8213and then you’ll be able to play the new triple a titles at 30-40 fps!

@TomsTech94 6 месяцев назад

Cool to witness them putting in more effort

@Killswitch1411 6 месяцев назад

Instead of letting Steam be their money printing machine.

@Dac_vak 6 месяцев назад

This is what I get for being an early adopter. Anyone want to buy a 512gb Steam Deck? 😂

@Pedro_The_Neco 6 месяцев назад

Man, same. lol

@2ndrew 6 месяцев назад

for how much? :P

@adamneumann248 6 месяцев назад

Mine has a dead pixel and overheats to an unbearable degree. The former is fine, the latter is unplayable.

@gleam6370 6 месяцев назад

I bought the 512gb SD few months ago too LOL

@USNEM 6 месяцев назад

What you got was a cool console that you used for like 2 years. If you want the latest at this moment then pay up.

@carlthewinner 6 месяцев назад

Awesome. Great work Valve. Great video DF. :)

@LuckyDuckie115 6 месяцев назад

Not a lot of people are mentioning the media component of the new deck...with OLED and better NIT. This device should be a beast for consuming media (movies, netflix, youtube ) true black color etc... can't wait to test it

@floppa9415 6 месяцев назад

Ha, I was just thinking about finally jumping on the steam deck bandwagon other other day, glad I waited! This is great, I hope Valve keeps releasing upgraded models in this cadence. I still hope however that battery life still continues to improve over the next generations. I think 4h at high demands should be the goal, i.m.o.!

@Dam0nSingh 6 месяцев назад

Really hope they make the OLED screen available as a spare part. Would love to put this in my OG SteamDeck!

@cheesewarrior17 6 месяцев назад

They won't. Suck failure.

@tylermarshall478 6 месяцев назад

if they don't do this, i hope they go even further and have a trade-in program. But that's being really hopeful

@vincentvega3093 6 месяцев назад

Doesnt work

@Macsimus007 6 месяцев назад

Gamers Nexus confirmed the screens can not be swapped.

@jjforcebreaker 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for your work, DF.

@Poppin023 6 месяцев назад

you may have received the unit after your US-counterparts, but your review is always going to be the most important one.

@Tehstampede 6 месяцев назад

It's great to see Steam listened to criticisms of the initial Steam Deck, which like you said was an amazing handheld machine. I love my Steam Deck and use it more than my actual gaming PC at this point. I'm excited to see the improvements they keep making the deck and will probably upgrade in a few years if they keep this up.

@pyr3x849 6 месяцев назад

I use it more than my desktop too! I never thought I'd be so happy to be able to just play anywhere and comfortably too! And I have a solar charger too so I get some pretty amazing portability! 😂

@sorappoli5137 6 месяцев назад

I'm more than happy with my regular 512 steam deck, but I'm also happy for those that'll be able to get this new and highly improved Deck. In the end I am still very curious about whether or not I'd like to get this though haha

@EDUB9X3 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful stuff, thank you for the insight.

@JerryFlowersIII 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the reporting Rich. You've answered every question I could think of.

@chrisfit 6 месяцев назад

Valve won me over with the repairability of the Deck.

@raitoiro 6 месяцев назад

Looks like a really cool update, but more geared towards those who have no handheld yet, I'm gonna wait for a Deck2. The new screen is nice but I don't really care for it, and while improved battery and slightly better performances is always good it's not big enough to justify the hassle or cost of switching version.

@jeremiahdomer4657 6 месяцев назад

I’m currently happy with the deck u have but excited for a couple years to pass by for when I want an upgrade because we can expect them to keep improving and I’ll be able to get a truly amazing upgrade in 3 or four years

@WBF_III 6 месяцев назад

I am so excited about this hardware. So cool!!

@Seb_Falkor 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely love my oled switch, so an oled deck? I'm excited to hopefully get this at some point

@El.Duder-ino 6 месяцев назад

Superb refresh by Valve and definitely a role model for others, especially to Sony as well as M$ and Nintendo.

@tyraelhermosa 6 месяцев назад

We fly high! No lies! You know this! BALLIN!!!

@TheIshikawaRin 6 месяцев назад

Aside from the Steam Deck OLED being a really nice upgrade over the base Steam Deck, it's also nice hearing Bjørn Lynne music in the background of a DigitalFoundry video for the first time in a while, Over Distant Shores is a very comfy track.

@DJackson747 6 месяцев назад

Wow, that is genuine joy on Rich's face. Must be a really nice piece of kit.

@LordRockington83 6 месяцев назад

I was just shopping for a Steam Deck and my birthday is Nov 18th. Perfect timing!

@TorradoAngel 6 месяцев назад

Just discovered your channel. Great video, very detailed and professional. Take my sub!

@golions13579 6 месяцев назад

I own the first model and will be passing on this one, but I love that Valve is continuing to improve the hardware. Only good things can come from this.

@cieuxlux9617 6 месяцев назад

May I ask why you'll be passing? I own the launch model too (512 / matte screen) and am on the fence. A part of me wants to sell and upgrade. Another feels it isn't worth the effort.

@golions13579 6 месяцев назад

@@cieuxlux9617 oooooo I never sell my old hardware so that never crossed my mind. I might do just that! Thanks for the idea!

@golions13579 6 месяцев назад

@@cieuxlux9617 if the difference isn’t too much of course

@j0nnyism 5 месяцев назад

This is why I held out on getting a steamdeck this last few months. I’ll pick this one up. Should be good as I’m always having to travel. I’m sick of planes

@rpgcinema7916 6 месяцев назад

I'm relieved to hear it just works

@__Greg___ 6 месяцев назад

I don't think I've ever seen Richard so giddy at the start of a video. Well done, Gabe. I wasn't initially too interested in upgrading my Steam Deck, but Richard may convinced me to.

@tyo101 6 месяцев назад

This looks promising.

@AstralPhnx 6 месяцев назад

I appreciate that they've done this refresh but also kept it similar enough so that people who already own a deck who may have bought it recently don't feel absolutely burned for their purchasing. This looks absolutely great but as somebody who owns a regular deck I'm pretty happy with mine and will continue to be happy with mine. Being able to play on the go is brilliant and I love it, OLED or not.

@melvinx01 6 месяцев назад

aww his little face is so full of joy!

@dradis1 6 месяцев назад

I gotta say, I love my Steam Deck! It has been great for traveling and even just around the house. I won’t be getting the OLED model, but it makes me happy to see Valve going hard like this.

@mrratchet 6 месяцев назад

They fixed all of the issues I had with the original model. Love my Steam Deck, the temptation to get the OLED model is high but going to wait for the Steam Deck 2. For those on the fence about the Steam Deck and don't already have one, now is the time to jump in!

@KingOfMadCows 6 месяцев назад

I'm tempted but I think I'll still wait for the Deck 2. Even though Valve has done a great job with optimization, I've still noticed some performance issues even on some not too demanding games.

@AdityaWaghmare 6 месяцев назад

Same, valve really needs to put a powerful chip on the next one.

@crowruin2 6 месяцев назад

@@AdityaWaghmare Yup yup a way more powerful chip will push me to upgrade and it is what I am waiting on

@BUPMY1 6 месяцев назад

@@crowruin2 When can we expect Deck 2?

@MortezaFC 6 месяцев назад

Just get one of the other handheld pc’s

@jaroslavmrazek5752 6 месяцев назад

Same here, i would love to upgrade but its not really worth it to me, ill wait for a more powerful steam deck.

@andrizzleton 6 месяцев назад

Richard’s voice is brimming with excitement. Vavle have restored the feeling

@Potato_Pathogen 6 месяцев назад

This is beyond exciting. I will absolutely consider upgrading because it looks like every single facet of the original model has been improved.

@samhuang683 6 месяцев назад

would be perfect if they swap the sticks for hall effect ones, but still a good upgrade and fair price. Some other companies would have just add another 100-200 to the price just because of OLED.

@1979billyjack 6 месяцев назад

now i am kinda glad i waited on a steam deck oled all the way from now on

@tyo101 24 дня назад

When Leadbetter opens with an intro like that, you know this is a spectacular piece of kit!

@parabolee 6 месяцев назад

I didn't think I needed this until I watched this video!

@benstrnad6649 6 месяцев назад

This looks pretty cool! Lack of VRR support seems like a bummer tho

@AbrahamZX1 6 месяцев назад

Agreed, no VRR no buy!

@91KevinJohn 6 месяцев назад

@@garrusvakarian8709 No it is not better...

@TheDravic 6 месяцев назад

@@garrusvakarian8709 What a bunch of horse---- copium, lmao VRR still uses a framerate cap, genius, you can do the same thing with a VRR screen and end up with FAR superior experience. Because there's always going to be some frame drops.

@ThisisCitrus 6 месяцев назад

@@TheDravic VRR doesn't provide as consistent a experience as a limited FPS. It only "smooths" frametime/framerate inconsistencies.

@TheDravic 6 месяцев назад

@@ThisisCitrus I don't think you know what you're talking about. You just said: "More consistent experience thanks to VRR is not more consistent than the inconsistency of lack of VRR support" what

@Vonliktenstien 6 месяцев назад

My 512gb model comes tomorrow as well as a 1gb microSD card. I am beyond excited to finally put a dent in all these indie games I have that just never felt right to play at a desk. That and revisit some of my favorite titles from yesteryear. So glad I waited for this refresh.

@S-420 Месяц назад

A 1GB microSD I didn't think they still made storage that small 😜

@KillerTacos54 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic video!

@Gunfart01 6 месяцев назад

And St Gabe shall lead us...Great work Richard!

@martymcintosh5026 6 месяцев назад

the OLED looks great

@PublicDudeBaby 6 месяцев назад

Valve actually is doing good work, happy early adopter here. Happy yall get the steam deck in full glory.

@chrisx1197 6 месяцев назад

Thank you great video

@hoshikuzuvenus 6 месяцев назад

The part at 14:08 made me the most excited. Imagine all other handheld PCs running SteamOS!!!

@xTaimaX 6 месяцев назад

Hey Rich! Was the performance boost not akin to steamos 3.5? Was the lcd model upgraded to beta channel or was it on stable? The performance gain maybe due to the wizardry valve made with the os upgrade.

@paul1979uk2000 6 месяцев назад

No, it's the memory running at higher clock rates, that will give a performance upgrade in most 3D games, I think the original Deck was running at 5500 whereas I think Richard said the new Deck is running at 6400, so think of it like overclocking your vram on a gpu that gives extra performance. SteamOS 3.5 likely does help to deliver a bit more performance on some games, but the new Deck is going to be better performance over the old Deck in almost all 3D games thanks to the memory upgrade.

@nicholasc6876 6 месяцев назад

I plan to grab this one and stay on the "refresh cycle", mainly because my interest in using this in the latest games doesn't really exist. I would consider this kind of platform a machine to replay old favorites or long forgotten titles. I'm getting too old to be stay up to date with all the latest titles.

@victorn1291 6 месяцев назад

Exactly what Ive been waiting for!

@crwmateanime8582 6 месяцев назад

It’s amazing how the fps are very consistent now that’s so amazing

@TonyGearSolid 6 месяцев назад

I guess now it makes sense why they've had discounts on the older models recently. I bought one during the Summer sale and I kind of wish I had held out a bit longer, but it doesn't bother me all that much. Hopefully this means official OLED replacement screens will be available so those with the older models can upgrade from the LCD if they wish.

@agrofinis 6 месяцев назад

I've held off on getting a Steam Deck for awhile, and while this is a significant upgrade from the OG, it is quite a missed opportunity for Valve not to include hall effect sticks here. But maybe that's being saved down the line.

@Silkynight 6 месяцев назад

Bang on., as per usual Rich is the Best.

@aaronogden9900 6 месяцев назад

It looks like a great mid gen refresh. I’m still glad I was an early adopter as I’ve had so much fun and beaten tons of games on it but if I didn’t already own one this would be tempting. Enjoy, all those that did wait though.

@zachrowe6271 6 месяцев назад

This is a pretty incredible refresh for the SD! Ill be waiting for Steam Deck 2 to upgrade but new OLED owners will be very happy, especially if this is their first steam deck

@user-ds8rj2vc4v 6 месяцев назад

I'm happy to pick this up, and then in two years if there is a Steam Deck 2 with the same OLED screen and battery life, but a more performance APU, I'd happily just upgrade. It's not really that expensive, especially if I subtract the cost of selling my old model.

@Emanouche 6 месяцев назад

I almost wish I had waited to buy mine 4 months ago, but at the same time, I can't justify buying another one until a significant refresh comes along.