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Comment on Has anyone tried one of these Steam Deck alternatives like ROG Ally, GPD, OneXPlayer etc? I'm kinda keen on this Ayaneo Geek 1S

duffman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I wasn’t sure what handheld PC alternatives to steam deck were out and I just assumed they were low tier cheap versions. Wow was I wrong, those look nice, but get pricey. The specs look really good on that one you mentioned, the Ayaneo geek 1s.

As a steam deck owner I’m very happy with it, I’ve only used it in hand held mode. I just got the dock for it, I am a little concerned I’ll notice any performance issues more when hooked up to a large screen. I would love some time to try these alternatives out.

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Botree@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I just got the dock for it, I am a little concerned I’ll notice any performance issues more when hooked up to a large screen.

I’ve been using it predominantly docked and the performance is quite decent. A few tips:

You can use the streaming function if you have a decent PC.

Set device resolution to the resolution you want the game to be playing in. E.g. 1080p or 4k, then set the native in game resolution to something lower. Next, set your scaling filter to FSR instead of Linear. This will scale up the in game resolution to device resolution without sacrificing the internal memory and heating up the hardware.

Make sure you set your TV to game mode to reduce input lag for controllers.
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- refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Many games also have built in FSR 2.0, which I would recommend using instead of FSR 1.0 whenever possible.
  
  To use it, simply set Steam to use the native resolution of the display, then change the settings in-game.
  
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2tone@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mostly do retro gaming on my handhelds and PC gaming on my home machine but 2023 has brought some incredible portable options. I’m really keen for a powerful PC based handheld, especially with egpu support

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- Datagenerator@mastodon.online ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  @2tone @duffman
  Vice didn't really work for me, Mame c64 also went black. It feels like some years ago these emulators just worked better, which c64 emu just works without visiting archive.org for hours to seek dubious firmwares?
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