I dont own a steam deck yet, and the oled recently got revealed and im wondering if i even need an oled display.

Is there any other difference between the oled and the lcd models?

I play games like

Resident evil

Little nightmares

Elden ring

Path of exile

Multiversus

  • F34RA11@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Well the first 2 games you mention benefit greatly from the screen alone because they’re dark atmospheric games where having perfect black levels will make them actively look better. The only reason I would suggest the LCD over the OLED if you don’t own one is budget. The LCD deck is considerably cheaper. Beyond that with the OLED SD you’re getting a smaller APU which means more energy efficiency and less heat. You’re also getting better performance (negligible but it is there), bigger battery, better battery life, faster charging, better larger 90Hz (vs 60Hz on LCD) screen with HDR screen for games that support it and faster WiFi with a compatible router to name a few.

  • RightBoneMaul@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s the same but improved, if your budget allows get the OLED. It got sightly bigger and better screen, slightly faster WiFi, sightly longer battery life, slightly longer charging cable

  • chrisdpratt@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Valve is calling the OLED, the definitive 1st generation Steam Deck. It’s the one they would have/should have made from the beginning if they had the manufacturing prowess and hindsight they have now. Doesn’t mean the original Deck is bad in any way, but if you’re just coming in, you should get the experience that it should have been all along, assuming you can afford it.