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[Sleepwalker]

$899 + tax in canada so about $1050 or so, looks to be already sold out at bestbuy.ca

A bit too much for my blood to be an impulse purchase, will need to watch some reviews.

I do wonder if you buy this and the external 4090 you can basically replace both desktop and laptop.

 

[GHG]

Will there be a way to get SteamOS on this thing?

 

[.Pennywise]

The power is there, but the battery isn't.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I won’t be buying it but would be interested in a set top version of it

 

[Sleepwalker]

Will there be a way to get SteamOS on this thing?

Valve has not released the steamOS image officially, but theres a community fork iirc, im not sure how updated/bug free it is though.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Best buy charges immediately after placing an order on preorders correct?

 

[IFireflyl]

Best buy charges immediately after placing an order on preorders correct?

I believe so.

 

[GHG]

ETA Prime Review:

Holy shit the performance of this thing.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Huh, I didn't know Windows handheld mode wasn't actually a thing, and just a hackathon concept right now. I hope Microsoft does seriously optimize for this space in the near future.

Asus ROG Ally updated review: it’s a bit better now

I don’t know who at Microsoft needs to hear this.

www.theverge.com

 

[Sleepwalker]

Lol at the amd guy taking shots at the switch in the stream

 

[Fabieter]

Sad it's 799,00 euro taking out my tax and convert it to dollar makes it 735 dollar. Don't know why we have to pay more than the us.

 

[DR3AM]

No pre-order bonus from BB?

 

[skit_data]

The more I see about the battery life and cost of these portable devices the more I actually think the rumored Playstation handheld makes sense. Sure it won’t be a ”real” handheld but with battery times like these I don’t see people leaving their house with it anyway.

 

[FunkMiller]

Hmmm.

Tempting.

But I already have a pretty powerful gaming laptop (a ROG G15 as it goes) that has much more under the hood than this, and I work from home, so this would exclusively be used for things like plane flights... and not sure the expense justifies itself.

 

[KemoSabe]

So long my steam deck...
Make for for the better one

 

[Die Namek Ability]

I remember the days crouching over the og gameboy playing Pokemon Yellow. Never would i have imagined this is what gaming could be like years later. Technology advances are crazy.

 

[SomeGit]

That performance looks great even at 15W, almost perfect 120 on warframe.

Sadly Windows is still not there for handhelds, even worse without the trackpads, but maybe MS will do something soon Gamepass would be a killer on one of these.

 

[skit_data]

I remember the days crouching over the og gameboy playing Pokemon Yellow. Never would i have imagined this is what gaming could be like years later. Technology advances are crazy.

I found my GBA (in absolute pristine shape still, by the way) and tried to show Metroid Fusion for my ex gf, it was next to impossible. It’s crazy how long they went without having any kind of background light.

 

[Sleepwalker]

ETA Prime Review:

Oh my, ngl I might be listing my steam deck to upgrade lol

 

[LordOfChaos]

Lol at the amd guy taking shots at the switch in the stream

Low hanging fruit bro lol, that's an 8 year old underclocked TX1, of course you're faster

 

[Topher]

Really want to see some benchmarks with the XG mobile using this thing. Here is one comparing the 6850 XT to the 3080 using the Flow Z13

 

[Topher]

I preordered

 

[bender]

I preordered

 

[onQ123]

The more I see about the battery life and cost of these portable devices the more I actually think the rumored Playstation handheld makes sense. Sure it won’t be a ”real” handheld but with battery times like these I don’t see people leaving their house with it anyway.

Battery packs

 

[OverHeat]

Anywhere we can order this then bestbuy.ca cant buy it since they dont ship to QC fuckers

 

[bender]

Battery packs

Amateur.

 

[64gigabyteram]

I know you guys hate The Verge, but their review of it doesn't seem very favorable, lots of bugs and worse battery life than the Deck

https://www.theverge.com/23719210/a...t=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

 

[onQ123]

Amateur.

I actually have a sling bag with the outside USB connector so I can put battery packs in my bag seems to make less noise than the generator but I fear an explosion is bound to happen

 

[IFireflyl]

Apparently it is quite easy to upgrade the SSD, and ASUS confirmed that upgrading the SSD by itself doesn't void the warranty. The warranty is only voided if the upgrade itself caused an issue.

YouTube

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Noice, hope I can get it someday

 

[NeonDelta]

That Rgb around the thumbsticks is really offputting.

 

[BadBurger]

If I was still in the market for a handheld PC device $700 actually doesn't sound bad at all for what you're getting. However, I already have a Steam Deck, I like what Valve is doing with it, and the lack of trackpads kind of kills my interest given how many point & click adventure, simulation, and RTS games I play on Deck.

 

[skit_data]

Amateur.

Ha, what about the gas running out?

I’ve got the ultimate solution:

Scale this bad boy up to a human sized one and you can burn away all that covid-induced belly fat while playing Redfall at somewhere between 15 and 45 fps forever

 

[Moochi]

It's a cool product but the name is pretty gay. That's not a pejorative. I just wish the name was less gay and the lights weren't rainbow colored so I don't look like I'm signalling like a gay baboon in estrus every time I whip it to play some Witcher 3 on the subway.

 

[bender]

Ha, what about the gas running out?

I’ve got the ultimate solution:

Needs more power.

It's a cool product but the name is pretty gay. That's not a pejorative. I just wish the name was less gay and the lights weren't rainbow colored so I don't look like I'm signalling like a gay baboon in estrus every time I whip it to play some Witcher 3 on the subway.

 

[Codes 208]

Wait did i read that right? Is this $700 handheld actually 8.1Tflops?

 

[skit_data]

Needs more power.

I’d like to see the size of the wheel if they’d went with a Nvidia GPU

 

[Bry0]

Wait did i read that right? Is this $700 handheld actually 8.1Tflops?

Yes when measured using rdna 3’s dual issue capabilities. That makes the tflops look inflated like nvidia cards when compared to previous gen real world gaming performance. I really wouldnt put that much stock on those numbers, just look at real benches.

 

[Codes 208]

Yes when measured using rdna 3’s dual issue capabilities. That makes the tflops look inflated like nvidia cards when compared to previous gen real world gaming performance. I really wouldnt put that much stock on those numbers, just look at real benches.

Ah, fair enough!

 

[StereoVsn]

I know you guys hate The Verge, but their review of it doesn't seem very favorable, lots of bugs and worse battery life than the Deck

https://www.theverge.com/23719210/a...t=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Yeah, battery life is not great it seems. Not much in the way of customizable controls either since this lacks trackpads and only has 2 rear buttons.

 

[sendit]

Buying this to emulate switch games. (buying them legally of course)

 

[yet_another_alt]

$700 really is a great price. Those Chinese portable PCs have to step up their game big time. Here's hoping the next GPD Win is actually affordable cause I love the Vita aesthetics they're going for.

 

[IFireflyl]

It's a cool product but the name is pretty gay. That's not a pejorative. I just wish the name was less gay and the lights weren't rainbow colored so I don't look like I'm signalling like a gay baboon in estrus every time I whip it to play some Witcher 3 on the subway.

What you said is absolutely a pejorative.