LCD or OLED Steam Deck? Quick comparison!

[@reke9942]

Nice. Thanks for your honest opinion.

[@weichiang89]

Oled owner here with my unimportant opinion: I got the oled because of the other features, not because of the screen. If you have the lcd it's fine. Save up for the next iteration.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

You opinion is 100% important here. Love seeing all the different takes!

[@zyedelric]

Basically, If you already have the LCD, there's no point getting the OLED unless you have extra money. If you don't have the LCD, there's no point getting the LCD unless you want to save money

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

@@zyedelric correct

[@silentgaming7213]

and why spend 600 plus dollars for a hend held...when u can get a pc or sum, hell, bills.

[@rebruisinginart2419]

@@silentgaming7213 ...because they want a hand held

[@aaronrio4271]

@@silentgaming7213 Maybe because a PC isnt portable buddy

[@eugeneordonez33]

Thank you so much because I couldn't decide.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

no problem!

[@myles5388]

I currently have both and I completely disagree, the oled coupled with the 90hz screen completely transforms games, it’s night and day. I used to feel like I was getting a worse experience- to say my gaming laptop when trying to clear my backlog on the lcd, as if I was sacrificing quality as a compromise for practicality. But since playing oled it feels so cinematic and is now my preferred way to play. Playing through metro redux is beyond stunning and is a locked 90fps for the most part. Unbelievable little device

[@lindatwala2977]

Thank you for your recommendation. First time buyer here

[@bobbyjamabo3296]

OLED all the way. Well balanced opinion btw💪

[@UnccSnoop]

You forget to mention when playing indie games you'll be able to get higher fps. The oled can run 90 while lcd only runs 60. Not to mention battery life and wifi compatibility improvements.

[@Hellmiauz]

People say You gotta have oled screens, and i get it, it's better but i just don't see much of a difference...we are getting too nitpicky about every little detail at this point.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

Agreed

[@flipmanonline]

My wife bought a steamdeck for her indie games. So i will probably also play soms indies on it. I have a 4080 build with a oled g8 screen. That will be for the heavy games. Thanks for your info.

[@DoubleTime999]

Had my steam deck I got recently for about 3 hours . Realized it was the old model so I shipped it back same day for the oled.

[@HabibiForce]

the oled steam deck Is way more better because it had a 90 frames per second refresh rate instead of the LCDs 60 and also the Oled had a bigger battery that can give you a whole extra hour depending on the games you play and also the oled has a better cooling which makes it produce less heat the the LCD so with all of this in my opinion the oled is a must have over the LCD

[@lordduckiston]

Yeah but it's £130 more 😭

[@HabibiForce]

True but with all of these perks it’s definitely worth the extra 130$ dollars 😅

[@zachnewton4983]

Because the steam deck can handle 90 fps🫠😂

[@optimalbonkerz]

​@@zachnewton4983alot of games can actually 🫠😂

[@homeoffice3524]

@@lordduckistonThat's not so bad. I found lcd one for a 200£ but oled is 500£

[@John-od7dr]

Do you have the antiglare OLED? I heard that takes away from the benefits of an OLED screen. I went with the 512 gb model because I never liked antiglare.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

@@John-od7dr Don’t have both to side by side compare but i’m sure it’s noticeable in contrast. I usually prefer non anti-glare as well but this one is still great!

[@Lortz2610]

The OLED model also comes with some quality of life features like bigger battery. The LCD is still a good device. If you have the money, you should take the OLED. If you struggle, take the LCD and buy more games.

[@Dice_is_nice]

Yo. Was gonna save up for oled but I know someone selling lcd with a 250gb sd card for cheap. Shall I just get the lcd since it’s real good value?

[@fahmiehashim8118]

I think if u want save some penny just go for lcd . Its the same . Because the price of oled u can buy rog ally for better performance . I own both and for me rog ally is perfect for me for the price

[@XLegionXxXX]

Take oled. Hdr ,90fps, faster ram,bit biger display ,better fps a bit. LCD sucks , its old , colurs are washed out. U will be happy if u buy oled. Im saving myself cause of oled. Screens is brighter Also on oled

[@XLegionXxXX]

​@@fahmiehashim8118they are not same , theyre different actually.

[@XLegionXxXX]

​@@fahmiehashim8118rog ally is old LCD which sucks not worth my money.

[@XLegionXxXX]

Also battery Life is longer cause of bigger battery.

[@samuraidiem1767]

And they just went on sale, I’m buying one next payday 😂

[@Так-ч5у]

My battery health 79% for steam deck Since i get it in late october 2022. So yeah, once its below 75% I will get new one

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

Both in out usa they had price over 600$ tody

[@tkyage]

Don’t forget with oled you can play HDR games. As someone who just upgraded my monitor to oled, it made me sell my lcd deck and upgrade to oled. My wallet ;(

[@TheRedSully]

Buy an LCD steam deck and an ROG Ally. Probably get both around the same price as an oled steam deck and get more access to games, mods etc

[@nickcabrera663]

The ally kinda sucks and if you're not getting the extreme, you are basically getting 2 of the same systems. The base Ally is actually worse than the deck. You can still run windows on a deck. I got the ally extreme and it's pretty nice to have the performance but rough around the edges with bugginess, terrible battery life, meh screen, just windows UI vs purpose built steamOS. You also dont get a case, it comes packaged cheaply and doesnt feel as nice of an experience. The sd slot melts the cards bc it gets so hot and is considered not usable/guaranteed to break, so sucks it doesnt come with 1tb. Hopefully they do a refresh this year. I am returning mine to best buy and waiting for the steam summer sale for an oled.. I am exactly the target audience for the ally and it is a close decision but at the end of the day the benefits are really only in higher end games and it's only a slight advantage. The benefits of the OLED are great even beyond the better colors and viewability. When graphics/performance really matter I will just use a non-mobile platform. The ally is probably a bit better if it's your only gaming device.

[@UnccSnoop]

Nah just got the oled anyway. Anybody want a 256 gb lcd model for about 200 bucks?

[@gredem4799]

if poor get second hand lcd!

[@xSouIess]

I heard some people have already experienced screen burn on the OLED model.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

That’s interesting. I have a friend who’s setting up a specific burn-in test rig. I will report back once I hear. I’d be interested to know what people are playing/doing to cause it?

[@KingDevoneo-GamingChannel]

Damn, guess I’ll get a LCD one then. I’m tryna save money anyway tbh lol

[@thebrunoserge]

LCD so cheap rn can't go wrong

[@ksj1110]

So I don’t need a new steam deck then I can keep my LCD😊

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

100%

[@AbdulSamad-ek8xd]

Lcd has better ppi.

[@crispyspicy1088]

LCD users shouldn't watch this

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

true 🥲

[@N1CO-NINTENDUDE]

Yep…because people pay $500+ to play indie games. 🥴

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

?

[@UnccSnoop]

As long as it's the games they want to play, why does it matter? What do you play, cod and 2k?

[@MrKirikin]

Yeah, what’s the problem