The Zotac Zone: Will it be able to dethrone the Steamdeck? My Thoughts...

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The Zotac Zone is a upcoming Handheld PC from Zotac that was announced at Computex 2024. It looks a lot like the Steamdeck but will it beable to Dethrone the legendary handheld from Valve, watch the video to hear my thoughts on this....
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IGN: First Look At The Zotac Zone:
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ETA PRIME: ZOTAC ZONE Hands On First Look! An All New AMOLED Handheld Gaming PC
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KLGadgetTV: ZOTAC ZONE Hands On Super Practical Design
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ShortCircuit: Steam Deck? More like FIRE Deck. - Zotac Gaming Zone Handheld @ Computex 2024
• Steam Deck? More like ...

[@marekkedzierski8237]

$800, only 16gb of RAM, small battery and no VRR screen - this has no chance to beat Steam Deck or Rog Ally X.

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

Yip I agree with you on that one, it's gonna be difficult for them to wrestle market share from valve

[@ferluisch]

Will this cost $400? no? ok then no.

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

I have to agree, At $800 id rather opt for a Second hand Ally or even a New Ally.

[@kjellbeats]

well, the lcd steam deck that costs this little is a lot worse than the zotac zone

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

Have you had experienc with the LCD on the low end steamdeck? I know their lower end LSD units don't have the 120Hz refresh rate and is not 1080P so they probnably will not look as good as the screne on the Zotac Zone.

[@ITCodex]

Dduuude that's with that click bait 😂😂😂😂 you mention that this hardware will dethrone stream deck, and within 30sec you mention it's a windows based hardware so it will fail. 😂😂😂😂 I really don't like videos like this that focus on raw specs which doest matter here, dude

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience on it man. The idea was to just discuss my thoughts on how it looks like the steamdeck and whether or not it will be any competition for it. Didn't intend to mislead anyone. Thanks for the feedback though, i am still learning how to do the informal of the cuff video's well. Will make work of being more on point with the next one.

[@returnofmerenguespersempre6664]

Hm steam deck is only 400 euro with shipment and toll. If I add 100 i can get Rog z1. But if I add 100 more euro I can get z1 extreme. If I add 100 more I can get lenovo legion. If I add 100 more I can get this. If I add 100 more I can get a laptop that will absolutely dominate everything so far with 3x better battery and non integrated GPU. See my dilemma? :(

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

Lol, yip. Too much choice. I gues it will come down to what you want to use it for. I don't know if you could say that the steamdeck could repalce your main gaming pc. Possibly but it will be very limited. The ROG Z1 would be a closer match for that as it has windows. It won't be able to play AAA title games on high settings but for that kind of performance you would need at least a dediated RTX3060 or 4060 on a laptop and that will make them very expensive. Let me know what you decide though or if i can help you hash out the choice. i love discussing these kinds od choices.

[@kjellbeats]

do you have no other computer yet? because then the laptop is definitely the right choice. if you have a computer already and just need a portable gaming device, go for one of the handhelds. i decided on the legion go, its been working great so far (at least after updating everything).

[@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh]

@@kjellbeats good advice. I love the joy con and vertical mouse idea Lenovo implemented with the Legion go. After sale service on their products in south Africa is just not great. I worked in tech retail here and we had a lot of bad experiences with their repair agent and their policies of dealing with repairs. Have you had any issues with the unit? How long have you had it if I may ask?

[@kjellbeats]

@@TheTechUpdate-ui1fh ahh that makes sense. have only had it for a couple of days, aside from a single dead pixel I haven't found any issues with the device

[@returnofmerenguespersempre6664]

@@kjellbeats Yea i do have a decent gaming pc, nothing outrageous and I am an avid game collector. I mainly wanted one of the handheld for emulation purposes. But then the doubt started creeping in after I saw that battery time is.. well lets just say insufficient. Thats when the chain reaction in my mind started to occur: if you are bound by a cord you might as well buy a laptop. But for some weird reason, I really want either steamdeck for its unmatched price divided by performance or Z1 extreme for its ability to emulate PS3 neatly.

[@Confector69]

The steamdeck got already dethroned by: Asus rog ally Z1 extreme (4 times more power), lenovo legion whatever (4 times more power), gpd win 4 (4 times more power), and so on. the steam deck still has only zen2 cores and I have no other choice to buy a asus rog ally X. Valve is like nintendo, they sell old hardware far too expensive. See htc vive 1000$+ vs quest series 300-400$. usually to keep up with the competition they should price the steam deck like around 200$, otherwise its not worth it anymore.

[@mrgarlic2639]

4 times more power? Try 30-50%. Steam deck also has ~double the battery life of the Rox Ally or Lenovo Legion Go. I'd prefer my handheld to be portable instead of plugged into a wall the entire time. I have a gaming PC that can play the latest titles. Also, I may not like Nintendo, but there's a reason their consoles sell so well.

[@JackKrieger-of7ef]

What are you talking about, you get slightly better hardware, for worse software, horrible warranty and they basically play the sames games and you can pick up a Steamdeck used for like 1/3rd of the cost of either device you named, not to mention Emulation on the Steamdeck is awesome and Steam OS > Windows for Handhelds, also no touch pads fucking suck

[@Confector69]

@@JackKrieger-of7ef Its not so bad if youre already a windows user. Just turn on steam big picture mode and voila u have your "steamos". Slightly better hardware is also a nice joke of you. You basically get 8.9 fp32 tf instead of 1.5.

[@Confector69]

@@mrgarlic2639 ah. Ya sry i meant 593% more power.

[@Confector69]

@@mrgarlic2639 since its like the same architecture you can compare it directly. both amd both x86 architecture. divide 8.9 by 1.5 and you get the power difference. also.. the X is releasing july which has double the battery. Warranty is not a problem for me too. Im not living in a 3rd world country like you guys. I have a local store that even gives me back 100% of the money, if the product gets broken within warranty and they have their own warranty policy.