After 30 Days with the Steam Deck OLED - This STILL Shocks Me

[@070agga]

I just ordered the OLED as a christmas present to myself. And now it is waiting underneath the christmas tree, for me to open on Sunday night 24th. No idea why I'm torturing myself, considering me living alone and seeing that beautiful package just lying there haha. It will be my first Steam Deck, so I'm really really excited! *Update 6 months later: Since the moment I opened up the package I play on this thing every day! Best gaming device I've ever bought!

[@MrChevyGames]

That is awesome!

[@certified2919]

Wow that’s some self discipline right there, my gf bought me one for Christmas & I begged her for hours to let me open it early. So I gave her one gift early & she did the same, ohhh boy your in for a treat!!

[@alokrates3959]

Merry xmas from germany! Have fun!!

[@Hero-hs4gt]

You’re going to have a lot of fun. Especially if you’re into emulating old games.

[@cangel8563]

I respect the patience.. I got mine this Monday and immediately opened it, I have since then swapped the SSD too lol

[@ricketts0]

I moved from an LCD Deck to the OLED and am so glad I did! I'm right there with you about all the upgrades but the biggest is battery life. I no longer fear playing AAA titles on the Deck and only getting maybe an hour or two. This will be a backlog killer for sure.

[@MrChevyGames]

100%! It's shockingly better

[@dziobusz]

I agree. This is an upgrade. The performance gains are modest but there are gains due to the faster memory. All the rest though are also big big gains in my opinion, better screen, contrast colours, response, battery. That is all clearly an upgrade. For me though this is my first steam deck and I’m loving it.

[@The8bitbeard]

I've been burning through JRPGs on mine. It's amazing.

[@RedMageGaming]

I have nothing but praise for all the upgrades the oled brought to the party. The reduction in weight is probably my biggest talking point, because the fact that they managed to cram so much improvement into a lighter device really makes it so much better. And as an owner of the limited edition deck, that’s even lighter, as the clear plastics are lighter than the opaque ones. I picked up my original deck recently, and I never thought of it as heavy before, but after using the oled for the last month, it really hit it home how much of a difference that small amount of weight difference makes.

[@MrChevyGames]

Agree I was surprised how much lighter it felt. And I forgot to mention that in this video I think!

[@HenAndPenn]

Had a used LCD 512gb and it had haptic issues so i was able to return it after 20 days. Instantly ordered the 1TB OLED and waiting for its arrival. Great video sir

[@MrChevyGames]

you'll love it

[@Nax-rh5dp]

I just got my 512GB OLED yesterday and judging by all the reviews (including this one!) I am very happy I helf off initially. I've been playing a couple of games so far and I feel like I'm barely scratching the surface of what's possible with this sytem. I love how it feels in my hands, it feels like it was designed for my hands specifically (I have fairly big hands). The screen is so incredibly crisp and bright with great contrast and really nice colors. Downloading a game is just as fast as doing so on my PC thanks to that fast Wifi chip. I could go on and on like this and I've only had it for a day haha. Great stuff! Thanks for the vid! You've earned yourself a sub :)

[@supers0n1cb00m]

Someone with big hands here, and I completely agree! I loved my 3ds and psp growing up and this gives me the same child like wonder of a new system!

[@Nax-rh5dp]

@@supers0n1cb00m playing PC games on a handheld is a completely new experience for me. I'm playing games from my steam library which I haven't touched for months or longer and it's a blast. Very happy customer here :)

[@Drivenby]

I agree with you. So many youtubers are like "its a freaking massive upgrade but.... If you have an lcd, you should just keep that". WRONG imho. This deck is such a massive upgrade. Obviously money is different for everyone but if you have 500 to spend (or

[@ryansnapfood3142]

I almost bought the LCD during the summer sale. I'm so thankful I didn't get the LCD now lol. I plan on getting OLED because the next upgrade won't come for a couple years. Thanks for your review.

[@MrChevyGames]

Yeah good call! The OLED is miles better

[@valhallaoutcast]

got my OLED yesterday never had the LCD model but I am loving it cant wait to dig deeper into what I can do on it

[@MrChevyGames]

It does everything with enough tinkering!!!

[@jinx20001]

i started off with a deck couple years back then moved to a rog ally and recently switched back to deck oled, the ally was not really the game changing power promise i hoped it would be, if games struggled on my deck i found they still struggled on my ally i just had a bit more breathing room to push the power and get more frames but it was never really enough and the kicker to that extra power was just terrible battery, i mean nothing i did could optimize enough to get that battery life up, the best i got was 4 hours at 7w playing dead cells, but on the OLED deck im up around 12 hours in some games (cue club 2 - 3w, 12 hours, links awakening 11 hours etc), the ally could only dream of such lasting ability. Then there is all the nice things that come with deck, we all know the OS is great but its the little things that i appreciate the most like the community made custom control setups through steam input, some games i just could not play on my ally from a lack of any kind of controller support (battlebit remastered for example, big headache. opus magnum, big headache, rimworld... no thanks) but on deck its so community driven and supported a setup is often right there tried and tested ready to go... steam deck is just so refined in the OLED form i just honestly dont think ill bother with another device until deck 2, valve just know the score and nail it.

[@MrChevyGames]

Great comment I agree 100% the community support and stram infrastructure is huge and the battery life is a massive upgrade now

[@Oniontrololol]

A couple years back? Steam deck only released 2022 feb 😂

[@jinx20001]

@@Oniontrololol yes... were 2 months away from february 2024... 2 years is a couple. genius.

[@MrTigidoo]

Totally agree, thoses quality of life improvements worth more than simple performance upgrade. Especially when you can use cloud gaming like GfN or remote play to compensate those lack of power. Its quite amazing to be able to run Cyberpunk with ultra rtx fidelity with only 4w tdp and +8h battery life with this gorgeous oled screen.

[@MrChevyGames]

I know it's crazy how many little improvements they added! It feels like a Gen 2 to me honestly

[@fraktal41]

Which is the rollerskate game? Looks stunning on that screen!

[@MrChevyGames]

It does! Rollerdrome. Great stuff

[@hondo1810]

i just ordered a LED steamdeck the other night, replacing my pc with it because I've been more casual since I graduated a few years ago- SUPER duper excited to get it in the mail

[@CHOQE14]

What game is that at 2:39?

[@MrChevyGames]

El Paso, Elsewhere!

Love my SD, then got hooked on the Lenovo Legion GO, but Windows on a handheld is a bad idea, an it's clumsy, heavy an uncomfortable. So I ordered a SD OLED. I love it even more. Performance is still ok for most games, it's just enjoyable to hold, the screen's great, it's quite and just a perfect overall experience. I dont regret it and would recommend upgrading, if one can afford it, but only then.

[@GadgetMike1]

I have both the oled deck and legion go, too, I prefer to play on the oled deck. I think it's the ergonomics and battery life that's winning me over. I've used the legion more as a tablet than anything else so far...

[@MrChevyGames]

The ergonomics are definitely not talked about enough I agree so comfortable

[@HexBore13]

Thank you for helping me post-rationalise my self-indulgence!

[@MrChevyGames]

Haha I got your back!

[@joeykeilholz925]

There's absolutely a performance increase with the faster memory. People think you need a new cpu to see any improvements. There is less stuttering and up to 10% perf increase. Ive watched a ton of reviews and yeah the double battery life is quite common. If you lower the TDP at all you'll get increasingly crazy battery life increases because the non-APU power consumption has been reduced so dramatically. The ram speed increase contributes to better battery life. My 1 tb LE is waiting for me on Christmas day :D

[@barbiekaren375]

The OLED is actually cheaper than the LCD, it used to be $540 for a LCD 256GB steam deck and now it's $540 for a 512GB OLED steam deck.

[@JMS103]

The Steam Deck Oled is my first and it has it’s ups and downs. It’s definitely better than the Switch, playing days gone on it is awesome. Now the thing I wish they would fix is to be able to play some older games and not just some. Overall I’m happy with it.

[@MrChevyGames]

Have you checked out guides on steam deck emulation? It's pretty easy actually!

[@obomasinladen]

it’s a pc.. any pc will have issue playing certain games more so due to the optimization/development of said games than the hardware of the computer itself. Can’t fault valve at all for that. This is by far one of the most robust handhelds in the price range in terms of games it can handle.

[@johnsducks9816]

Def want one, my only concern is the screen being bigger without increasing the resolution. I feel like 800p at 7 inch was already not enough and EXTREMELY noticeable and immersion breaking in certain games like GTA V, GTA V looks so bad on my steam deck with all the pixels I feel like even a slight decrease in Pixel density would make it borderline unplayable. Have you played GTA V on it? If so, how noticeable is the pixelation compared to the original deck?

[@MrChevyGames]

Personally I have found if game settings are on point 800p is fine for that small of a screen when you factor in both its size and the distance from your face. That's been my experience. Honestly the new deck screen is not that noticeably bigger so I'm guessing if you really hated that resolution on the LCD you'll probably he disappointed here? I have no issue with it. Another big factor is if the screen was 1080 or more that puts even more pressure on the hardware to deliver solid fps at that resolution. And with a form factor like this and current tech there's not a ton more you can do without massively hitting battery life. Which is what I hear happens on the ROG Ally. Appreciate the comment!

[@cqllel5186]

I instantly passed it off bcuz it was OLED and I wanted a console long term, especially if it's gonna make me pay those prices Then I saw the 90hz and overall better game performance/stability, and now I can't believe I'm about to buy an OLED

[@MrChevyGames]

You'll love it

[@doh4828]

So far I’ve managed to hold off on ordering an OLED model. Frankly I’m tired of looking for lame excuses to upgrade my tech YET AGAIN for FOMO. It’s the same device with a nicer screen and a few QOL improvements, but one year ago the OG Steamdeck was the pinnacle of handheld gaming, and now early adopters be like ‘yeah it was sorta kinda nice but this is waaaaaay better’. People who held off on buying the OG model, rejoice and have fun.

[@dylansuther]

Great video! Very informational!

[@MrChevyGames]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Grimlock987]

Can I see them my old Steamdeck?

[@kuhpunkt]

what

[@Grimlock987]

@@kuhpunkt, f I buy the new Steamdeck. Can. Sell them the one I brought about a year ago?

[@kuhpunkt]

@@Grimlock987 No. And dude... English.

[@Grimlock987]

@@kuhpunkt, I’m tired. I just read what I wrote.

[@MrChevyGames]

No unfortunately but look into selling on Swappa I've had good luck there

[@walterc.6687]

Would be nice if you could put the game titles that you are showing off in the videos. Some of them looked interesting.

[@MrChevyGames]

In this video there are clips from El Paso, Elsewhere and Plague Tale Innocence!

[@MrChevyGames]

Oh and Rollerdrome!

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

Probably a grounding issue then. I would definitely recommend RMAing it.

[@seansfc]

what was the duel pistol game?

[@MrChevyGames]

El Paso, Elsewhere!

[@thecountryboymack]

Really thinking about upgrading, helps to think that my LCD could be sold to offset the orice some.

[@MrChevyGames]

Yeah I personally kept mine and gave it to my kids, but I see them selling on Swappa for $350 or so depending on the disk space. Give it a shot!

[@squiddymute]

see you in one and a half year again when steam deck 2 launches

[@MrChevyGames]

Haha we'll see!!

[@danielmartin7306]

Great video 🙌

[@MrChevyGames]

Glad you liked it!

[@zorth__]

What’s the game around 2:39 ?

[@MrChevyGames]

El paso elsewhere!

[@MicroGUNter]

Planning to get one in a couple of days. Guys, how do you think, it will be on a winter sale with a discount?

[@certified2919]

Nope

[@MrChevyGames]

Now there won't be a discount. But it's a great investment anyway!

[@MicroGUNter]

@@MrChevyGames Yeah, I know, still waited with a slice of hope for it to be discounted, but ordered it anyway in the first minute of winter sale :), hopethat I will get it before the new year :)

[@MrChevyGames]

@@MicroGUNter you'll love it!

[@blanka4545]

Selling my old deck so it's a upgrade in price too! even without it it's so so so worth ti!

[@MrChevyGames]

100%

[@CJP.-pq3kr]

Hey what game are you playing at 2:41?

[@MrChevyGames]

El Paso, Elsewhere!

[@CJP.-pq3kr]

@@MrChevyGames - Nice. Gonna check it out. Thought it was Max Payne at first

[@eeymanjones]

Nice review. I never had the original but really enjoying it and being able to find a lot of games that I wanted to play on steam and through humble bundle. This may be my indies and slightly older games.

[@MrChevyGames]

thanks! And I totally agree!

[@blanka4545]

Oled 90 hertz battery life so much better hell yeah!! :) remarkable this is what the deck should of been day 1 I told my friend oled! But they are being smart to optimize and not rush because early launch will be buggy let them optimize and innovate!

[@keepitshort4208]

Will get steam deck oled 512gb So there is still a chance for Thumb stick drift ? Also a bit concerned about the dead pixels and headphone jack issues. Are the new batch of steam decks have less issues that i mentioned ?

[@MrChevyGames]

I haven't had any of those issues

[@keepitshort4208]

@@MrChevyGames that's great, hope valve pushes an update for download in sleep mode because the burn on screen for oled would be a problem especially for those that have slow internet connection 😅

[@HowWeDoGaming]

what is the name of that game ? in 2::39 mark

[@MrChevyGames]

El paso Elsewhere

[@HowWeDoGaming]

thankyou bro ! looks like max payne ish lol @@MrChevyGames

[@MrChevyGames]

@HowWeDoGaming yeah it has a sweet bullet time mechanic!

[@collectiblesnrandomstuff544]

Valve really dropped the ball not adding no z1 extreme chip to the oled

[@apex4068]

my only problem is that it cant play all game especially for me who only play free game, people said that the windows doesn’t run well either

[@MrChevyGames]

Yeah if you're like really into COD or any of the e-sports games this isn't the best option. But no handheld is

[@kristianrehorovsky7717]

Ive been waiting for my oled to arrive for 2 weeks now... granted I bought it on the 22nd of december... but its taking gls fooooreveeeeer. And now Im leaving for vacation in 3 days... so Even if it comes next week which it freaking should, I wont have it for another 2 weeks. Sad life

[@MrChevyGames]

Thats the worst!

[@paul1979uk2000]

Personally, if I had the original Deck, I wouldn't upgrade to the OLED model unless there was a trade in offer from Valve, but if I didn't buy the original Deck, then yes I would buy the Deck OLED. If I was an original Deck owner, as nice as the upgrades are and there are a lot of upgrades, you are essentially getting the same Deck performance, which for me just isn't worth it if I already own the original Deck, especially considering what's on the market with better specs. So as nice as the upgrades are, if I had the original Deck, I'll wait for the Steam Deck 2, but if I didn't have the original Deck, I would buy the OLED, because as big as the upgrades are over the original, you are essentially getting a refined Deck with the same core performance and the original Deck should have been what the OLED model is. Too bad Valve isn't offering a trade in option, because if they did, I would have already bought the OLED model, but as it is, I'll wait for the Deck 2.

[@Shadeogray1113]

I bought the original 2 days before the OLED dropped and immediately contacted Steam about a refund so I could get the OLED. They did not disappoint, they took back the LCD deck and sent me the OLED. Most companies wouldn't care like Valve does. All hail Lord Gaben.

[@peacelove8395]

Er... you were within the refund period. 2 days is perfectly within the change of mind period for all electrical companies and pretty much all of them would have had to have refunded

[@MrChevyGames]

That's great to hear!!!

[@faisal8maverick]

What’s the game in the thumbnail?

[@MrChevyGames]

El Paso, Elsewhere! It's a lot of fun

[@mojjammil]

How many years do you think we will be able to game on the Deck without the hardware becoming a bottleneck?!

[@MrChevyGames]

In some ways there's already a bottleneck! But being handheld it's definitely an advantage to have the smaller screen where great AAA can still look great on low settings (for example I did this with guardians of the galaxy and plague tale and they looked and felt awesome). I think we have about 2 years here at least for AAA gaming. Development is always a few years behind the tech because they're already knee deep in projects on older systems

[@deathdecorvid9926]

Nah but the new legion go update is worth it🔥🔥

[@MrChevyGames]

haven't tried the Legion Go yet!

[@deathdecorvid9926]

@@MrChevyGames do so!!

[@shto4782]

Why we should care about yet another windows computer? Basically laptop that you need to hold

[@deathdecorvid9926]

@@shto4782 lmao simpletins be like 😂

[@shto4782]

@@deathdecorvid9926 you know its true. It's not a console experience like the deck. It's just a windows computer with a little more fps then steam deck for exchange of battery life.

[@Bert439]

Nabbed a 64bg for $230 I have not looked back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fpvpilot7713]

I felt that way until someone at work bought the Rog Ally. Now we have four people at work with Rog Ally's and they were able to compare my Steam Oled limited edition to the Ally. The Ally won in so may ways there just was no competition. 1080p, 120hz, variable refresh rate, better sound, smaller, lighter, lighted control sticks, runs more games because the games were made to run on windows. The Ally screen looks amazing and you can make it look any way you want with all the settings. Its worth checking out for sure. Sold the Steam deck. Pc games were made to run on windows and the Ally has windows 11.

[@MrChevyGames]

I haven't tried one myself! Though I would really miss SteamOS and the fact that developers are actively thinking about optimizing for the deck due to the steam connection. But I'd love to try one.

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

@@MrChevyGamesI own both an Ally and an OLED deck. The Decks screen is much better even though it’s lower resolution. OLED plus HDR just means the colour reproduction and brightness are just better than the Ally’s LCD. The VRR on the Ally is nice but on the deck you mostly tune for flat 30, 50 or 45fps which lets the deck use frame doubling or tripling to smooth input within it’s 90Hz refresh rate. So ehhhh VRR nice but not as critical as you would think based on how you actually use the device . Windows just isn’t great as a handheld OS. I have four different bits of S/W to replicate what SteamOS does in an integrated fashion. Then there’s the battery life. The OLED demolishes the Ally in that front. The Ally is better docked and as a laptop replacement and occasional handheld. IF you are just wanting to game and pickup and go the Deck hands down.

[@youngjustin82]

​@@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418The oled isn't a way better screen . Way better than the old lcd decks screen I agree . Slightly better than the Ally with also having double the battery life. That is it though other that the Ally crushes the Oled Deck in performance. But if you want to play low demanding games all day on a charge get Deck . If you want to play AAA games over 100fps on a beautiful panel get a Ally !

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

@@youngjustin82 the Deck screen has been measured as has the Allys it has much higher colour accuracy 143% sRGB vs 78%, can get much much brighter for SD content 465nits vs 600 nits. For HDR content that goes up to 1000 nits meaning a substantially more vibrant screen🤷 OLED is simply a much much better display technology🤷. Also I own an Ally that is not going over 100fps 🤣🤣🤣🤦unless it's an old game or you run at 720p or less and then titles look fuzzy on that higher res display🤦 minimum sensible res is 1600x900 or the images look poor. To maintain image quality you are not hitting 100fps on an Ally. To get near 40/50 fps on the Ally in most new AAA titles at 1080P everything is running at low. Given I own both devices amd use them both you're seriously overstating the Allys screen and the battery life is so bad at 18W+ TDP which is what the Ally needs to run well. So you need to plug it in🤦

[@youngjustin82]

@@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418 mw3,forza,gta,mx vs atv legends all run over a 100 fps just to name a few at 1080 . You obviously don't own a ally dude . It doest run games below 720p must be confused with your Deck buddy . The panels are not that far apart to call it way better . Plus No vrr 120hz.

[@hk6926]

For me after a week , it's looks like lcd deck . Not night and day . Will advise people not to upgrade not worth it .

[@kaiserstiglitz6735]

Bought a Steam Deck, three weeks later they released the Oled.🤬

[@MrChevyGames]

Oh man that's tough. but the LCD is still a great machine!

[@teamdoa]

Nice screen, but underpowered.

[@christianr.5868]

Nah its power is appropriate for a handheld, considering all the stronger handhelds have much worse battery life

[@MorrisseyMuse]

I sold my launch Deck last week; the OS and UI are amongst the worst I've ever seen in my 4 decades of gaming! When only 10% of your games library works out of the box and emulators alwaya run in to issues, it just aint worth it. I got an Odin 2 for emulation.

[@markaznar1979]

Double battery life compared to the lcd version? Hell no! You are misleading people! Stop!

[@cme9241]

Deck does not play enough games major weakness , games built for windows as are emulators

[@kuhpunkt]

It plays almost my entire Steam library...

[@christianr.5868]

The steam deck has a translation layer for windows. Runs most games well. Only issues are certain games with anti cheat. And all emulators are compatible as well

[@cme9241]

@@christianr.5868 great answer there