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Trumble posted...

If you can afford them, you'll get much better results from other handhelds. You want something with an AMD CPU with either RDNA2 or RDNA3 graphics, preferably the latter. (In particular, avoid the Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, as they have the older Vega graphics, which - while still impressive for integrated graphics - are hugely inferior to RDNA2/3).

As an added bonus most other ones natively run Windows, which means 100% compatibility and it can double as a PC for productive tasks when docked (it's not practical in handheld mode for most things that wouldn't be practical on a smartphone).

I've had an Ayaneo 2 (Ryzen 7 6800U) for about a year now, in general the handheld functionality is really great. I don't tend to play AAAs, but I've never had performance issues despite limiting the power usage to improve battery life; in docked mode, where I turn those limits off, it can even run some of the lower-intensity VR titles. Newer ones with RDNA3 (eg. ROG Ally) would perform even better.

Running Windows is exactly why the other ones suck as a handheld device. Windows is garbage to use on anything but a full sized computer, while the Steam Decks Game Mode Ui is excellent. The extra performance simply isnt worth the extra money on a handheld IMO, as what Id play on a handheld would mostly be indies and retro games that dont need it anyway.