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Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale (kotaku.com)

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[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

Thank you so much.

With the sale going on, the 512GB OLED is almost double the price of the 512GB LCD. Do you think it's worth the money? Personally what would you recommend?

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I bought a certified refurbished 512 GB LCD model. This was shortly before the OLED version came out. You can get a lot of games to run 4 hours on it, longer if the game hardly challenges the Deck.

Other games just juice the Deck like a lemon.

Games like Worms WMD last a very long time on the Deck.

No Man's Sky lasts 4-ish hours, though perhaps a little under 4 hours.

Civ 6 sucks the battery dry in less than 2 hours, but with tweaking some settings now lasts 4 hours.

Phoenix Point runs well but drinks battery power like an alcoholic, lasting only an hour.

Switch games emulated through Yuzu can last a surprisingly long time. I've managed to play Breath of the Wild for nearly 4 hours.

All in all I would say the LCD model is not a bad choice at all. However, if you can afford the OLED model, I'd recommend getting that one; it's exactly like my model in performance, except better in a few areas. The battery is bigger and lasts much longer. The screen looks gorgeous being an OLED. Valve has made opening the Deck easier, for maintenance and modification purposes.