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[BennyBlanco]

I’m hyped to see how these perform. Should be a bunch Z2 handhelds in the first half of next year.

 

[Skyfox]

Deck is still the only one with the touch panels. Just wish it wasn’t so heavy and bulky.

Edit: I’ve been corrected as it seems this is not true and there are other handheld console style pcs with touch panels

 

[mckmas8808]

So the Go 2 will be north of $700?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I clicked on this thread for "Two GameCubes ducked taped together" analysis.

How powerful is this thing?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Deck is still the only one with the touch panels. Just wish it wasn’t so heavy and bulky.

Yeah they are necessary for a device like this IMO but people seem to like the ASUS handhelds.

That 8.8 inch OLED sounds sick tho.

 

[TrebleShot]

Oh brilliant interested in this.
Go 2 is OLED too

 

[CrustyBritches]

Deck is still the only one with the touch panels. Just wish it wasn’t so heavy and bulky.

Legion Go and Zotac Zone have touchpad(s) iirc.

 

[Wooxsvan]

if i can play monster hunter wilds at 60 fps i will bite

 

[Sleepwalker]

I would be interested in the OLED one depending on price, hopefully you can mount steam OS on it too.

 

[Madserb2023]

Sounds really expensive.

 

[graywolf323]

I wonder why they don’t have a SteamOS version of the Go 2 as well?

 

[j0hnnix]

welp. time to start putting my og legion go for sale.

 

[Crayon]

Wonder if we'll get any indication of the windows/steamos split on these.

 

[AtomicStarving]

Garbage

 

[DJ12]

The good one should have steam os installed. Windows 11 is utter garbage on these devices.

Lenovo so close to getting it perfect, but have somehow managed to fuck it up.

 

[Onironauta]

I clicked on this thread for "Two GameCubes ducked taped together" analysis.

How powerful is this thing?

Around series S level, but with better CPU and more RAM

 

[rodrigolfp]

Wonder if we'll get any indication of the windows/steamos split on these.

Is there any for the Deck?

 

[DJ12]

Deck is still the only one with the touch panels. Just wish it wasn’t so heavy and bulky.

What are you talking about exactly? Legion go has a touch pad.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The good one should have steam os installed. Windows 11 is utter garbage on these devices.

Lenovo so close to getting it perfect, but have somehow managed to fuck it up.

It says Default OS so maybe there will be a way to dual boot. It is in Valve’s best interest to get SteamOS on as many devices as possible after all.

 

[LordCBH]

Def interested in the Go 2, especially if I can drop SteamOS on it cause screw windows.

 

[Crayon]

Is there any for the Deck?

For people who installed windows? Idk. I'm more interested in what people choose for an os out of the box when they go to buy. A big thing that has held linux back is the lack of ootb installs on computers.

 

[rodrigolfp]

The good one should have steam os installed. Windows 11 is utter garbage on these devices.

Lenovo so close to getting it perfect, but have somehow managed to fuck it up.

The garbage still "just works" with gazillions more games.

 

[Fafalada]

Deck is still the only one with the touch panels. Just wish it wasn’t so heavy and bulky.

To be fair - size isn't much different from SD - but these have larger screens and substantially more battery (nearly 2x in case of Aya Neo).

Also - to keep the touch-pads useable, not sure you 'can' shrink the form factor by too much.
Eg GPD Win 4 is a fair bit smaller - but the pad becomes so tiny it's more like a 'nub' (or on the left hand size - it's just a finger-print sensor).

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

The garbage still "just works" with gazillions more games.

you mean with little to no driver support? with dogshit UI for handhelds? Unoptimized as fuck when compared with Steam OS?

Yeah, it "works" with a few games that don't yet run on Steam OS, but not really that many more tbh.

And yes, I have both steam deck and a windows handheld.

 

[Fafalada]

Yeah they are necessary for a device like this IMO

Do they 'really' work for M&KB games in practice? I mean not the 'I'm getting claw-hands and wincing in pain' kind of gameplay.
Like I am not sure I'd want to play Civ with a one-handed touch panel, and for action/shooters I just don't see how I'd ever be fast enough. For the latter at least - basically every handheld has Gyros and I find that way better than using touch-pad to aim.

 

[RCX]

As always: no trackpads, no sale.

 

[rodrigolfp]

you mean with little to no driver support? with dogshit UI for handhelds? Unoptimized as fuck when compared with Steam OS?

Yeah, it "works" with a few games that don't yet run on Steam OS, but not really that many more tbh.

And yes, I have both steam deck and a windows handheld.

In what dimension Steam Deck and others has little to no driver support? What dog shit UI for handhelds? That that we have to navigate with retarded dpad?? That exists on Windows too with Big Picture. Give us a list of those only few games that doesn't work/work properly on SteamOS, pls.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Do they 'really' work for M&KB games in practice? I mean not the 'I'm getting claw-hands and wincing in pain' kind of gameplay.
Like I am not sure I'd want to play Civ with a one-handed touch panel, and for action/shooters I just don't see how I'd ever be fast enough. For the latter at least - basically every handheld has Gyros and I find that way better than using touch-pad to aim.

For CIV and anything slow paced like that they are great. I use them for anything turn based like MTGA, Bloons, Slay the Spire, etc. Way better than navigating with controller UI.

 

[Astray]

Might pick up a Lenovo Legion Go 2 and install Bazzite on it.

Just waiting for battery life and fan noise because that was the biggest impediment to purchasing this year's edition.

 

[Skyfox]

To be fair - size isn't much different from SD - but these have larger screens and substantially more battery (nearly 2x in case of Aya Neo).

Also - to keep the touch-pads useable, not sure you 'can' shrink the form factor by too much.
Eg GPD Win 4 is a fair bit smaller - but the pad becomes so tiny it's more like a 'nub' (or on the left hand size - it's just a finger-print sensor).

this is the first time I’ve seen these, thanks! What are the model names please?

 

[Astray]

this is the first time I’ve seen these, thanks! What are the model names please?

Just make sure to check the reviews for the ergonomics part of it.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think this model isn't very comfortable to hold from what I've seen.

 

[DJ12]

The garbage still "just works" with gazillions more games.

Your probably right of course, but mine hasn't seen Windows for several months as the experience of using windows is vastly inferior than using bazite.

 

[mckmas8808]

Oh and the Go2 has a OLED screen......WOW! The price gotta be high as Giraffe's couche.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I would prefer a lightweight/small model in the $200-300 range instead of heavy/large handheld devices over $500. I guess I'll have to wait a few more years.

 

[Bernoulli]

Useless resolution
Should have been 1080p

 

[Parazels]

Are there any signs, that all these handhelds can become more compact and with longer battery life?

Or it's impossible until they switch to ARM?

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

In what dimension Steam Deck and others has little to no driver support? What dog shit UI for handhelds? That that we have to navigate with retarded dpad?? That exists on Windows too with Big Picture. Give us a list of those only few games that doesn't work/work properly on SteamOS, pls.

I don't think you understood what I said, re-read it please. Windows has dogshit UI and support on handhelds. Steam OS runs like a champ and is the template of what a computer gaming OS should look like.

 

[Haint]

LOL @ $600+ for old ass Zen3/RDNA2, that shit's more outdated and and very likely worse than the existing 2 year old Z1 Extreme. Why in the world would anyone buy these "S" products, why does this "Z2 Go" chip even exists, total waste of sand and fab capacity.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Are there any signs, that all these handhelds can become more compact and with longer battery life?

Or it's impossible until they switch to ARM?

It's the gpu that consumes the majority of the battery, the CPU is really efficient on the AMD APUs.

 

[BennyBlanco]

LOL @ $600+ for old ass Zen3/RDNA2, that shit's more outdated and and very likely worse than the existing 2 year old Z1 Extreme. Why in the world would anyone buy these "S" products, why does this "Z2 Go" chip even exists, total waste of sand and fab capacity.

That’s the one that came out in 2023

 

[Haint]

That’s the one that came out in 2023

Huh? They're labeled as Q1 2025 releases, powered by a "New" Zen 2 Go chip with Zen3/RDNA2 cores.

 

[tkscz]

I clicked on this thread for "Two GameCubes ducked taped together" analysis.

How powerful is this thing?

Using the same CPU/GPU combination so pretty much whatever this can do is what the Lenovo Go 2 will do.

 

[hinch7]

Go S is pretty steep considering Zen 3+RDNA 2. Go 2 looks decent though that'll be at least another 200 more.

 

[rodrigolfp]

I don't think you understood what I said, re-read it please. Windows has dogshit UI and support on handhelds. Steam OS runs like a champ and is the template of what a computer gaming OS should look like.

I understood very well. It's you that don't understand that the UI (Steam Big Picture UI that we ALSO have on Windows) that is more retarded and limited to navigate compared trackpad + touch screen navigation is not better for a handheld.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Huh? They're labeled as Q1 2025 releases, powered by a "New" Zen 2 Go chip with Zen3/RDNA2 cores.

Oh my bad. You’re right and that is weird.

 

[StereoVsn]

Going to be real interesting to see performance and price of Z2 vs regular AI 370 or whatever nonsense it’s called.

 

[Haint]

Oh my bad. You’re right and that is weird.

Must be some years old laptop part they had a surplus of, or some unfulfilled production contract they'd already paid for. Makes no logical or financial sense whatsoever to be producing cores that old given the price and demand of fab capacity.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

I understood very well. It's you that don't understand that the UI (Steam Big Picture UI that we ALSO have on Windows) that is more retarded and limited to navigate compared trackpad + touch screen navigation is not better for a handheld.

Dude, are you joking right now? Steam OS is not just steam big picture. Have you ever used a steam deck? Literally the worst part of using windows on a handheld is the windows in of itself. Windows is unusable without mouse & keyboard, absolute shit with touch interface.

 

[namenotfound]

To be fair - size isn't much different from SD - but these have larger screens and substantially more battery (nearly 2x in case of Aya Neo).

Also - to keep the touch-pads useable, not sure you 'can' shrink the form factor by too much.
Eg GPD Win 4 is a fair bit smaller - but the pad becomes so tiny it's more like a 'nub' (or on the left hand size - it's just a finger-print sensor).

I'd like to see something like the GPD Win 4 or Ayaneo Flip without a keyboard or second screen. Stick on one or two touchpads. GPD Win 4 slider but put the gamepad controls on the bottom slider part too. Thumbstick suffers but more compact while maybe being able to make a 7" display feel closer to portable like a 7" Android tablet

 

[yet_another_alt]

Going to be real interesting to see performance and price of Z2 vs regular AI 370 or whatever nonsense it’s called.

How did the Z1 compare with the 7840/780m anyway? Last I heard Lenovo and Asus users were just using the non-Z1 drivers cause AMD more reliably updates the generic drivers.