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And now back to the Steam Deck OLED looking beyond the shiny new screen Valve finds the formula of the Steam Deck in a few key areas to make the OLED feel premium grade on a hardware level the Apu is manufactured using a 6 nm process compared to the 7 nm one on the original this doesn't translate to any noticeable difference in performance but where you see the gains is mainly in efficiency not only are The Thermals much better this time around so the fans won't kick up as loud but it also improves on power consumption combined with a larger battery Valve claims you'll get anywhere between 30 to 50% longer play time on a single charge now I haven't done any scientific testing to actually prove this but 2 to three charge cycles in I definitely notice a significant improvement.

Other than that there's Wi-Fi 6E on board for faster downloads and the hardware is a decent bit lighter with all this in mind the next big question is whether you should buy one or not if at this point you've been on the fence about buying a Steam Deck figuring out which one you should get isn't as straightforward as it seems to show you what I mean here is what the Steam Deck lineup currently looks like now that we have the OLED in the picture the original 256 gig LCD model now comes down in price to $3.99 making it the starting tier then you have the base model OLED with 512 gigs of storage for $5.49 and then there's the top speec one terabyte OLED that I have behind me here with that anti-glare glass for $649 essentially the price points haven't really changed there's just now more differentiation between the different tiers at least in a vacuum beyond Valve's offering on the surface they're currently clearing out old stock with some okay discounts.

The old base model with 64 GB of storage is going for $349 the 512 gig one with the anti-glare LCD is now $4.49 but dig a little deeper and you can get refurbish models from Valve and even GameStop for as low as $278 yeah your mileage will certainly vary with those since Val stock is usually pretty limited and GameStop is well GameStop though to be fair we did take a look at one on the Austin Evans Channel and that one was totally fine and people on Reddit seem to have pretty similar experiences as well with all of that in mind if you've been holding out to Nab a Steam Deck of your own the OLED and all of its improvements are absolutely worth the extra cash to get the deao experience but if you simply want to get your feet wet and to see what the Steam Deck life is all about I can't argue with going the super budget refurb route from Gamestop for under $300 bucks and maybe a little extra to budget in a larger SSD or micro SD card.

Furthermore if you already own a Steam Deck and play it a lot I can't believe I'm saying this and it might be a bit of a hot take but the OLED model is actually a solid upgrade at least if you can get decent tradein or resale value for the one you already own considering that Valve was on record saying that they're not releasing their proper Next Generation Steam Deck for another 2 to 3 years the new OLED display and longer battery life are quality of life improvements that could help tide you over until then even if the hardware is starting to show its age let me know what you think about the Steam Deck OLED in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this video on Dany Channel.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe brand new steam deck OLED is in the house and I've been using it for a few days to find out if it's worth it so let's Jump Right In it's been about a year and a half since I made my full review on the original steam deck and I still stand by my Impressions on it today a link it below if you're curious but here's a brief refresher because a lot of what I said back then also applies to the OLED as well basically valve designed the steam deck in a way that makes PC gaming approachable for both seasoned veterans and Casual players alike this is thanks in part to an absolutely awesome user experience on Steam OS that truly set the bar for portable gaming PCs not only is the interface properly optimized for the deck something that windows-based machines still struggle with today but also despite it being Linux based there's an impressive Windows compatibility layer that allows the deck to run the vast majority of of games available on Steam I also love the flexibility to customize things like your TDP and frame rate on an OS level to balance performance and battery life two very important considerations on a portable PC and of course because it's a product right out of valve the level of support you get from the company itself the industry that develops for it and the community of users at large is something that not only adds value long term but is so truly unique to the steam deck and that's awesome so that's the story of the original steam deck but what's the deal with the OLED first things first this new model is not advertised to be a replacement or a second generation to the original steam deck in fact they're still selling the original one starting at $3.99 rather the steam deck OLED aims to be a new premium spec starting at 549 bucks and with that in mind what exactly is new here well let's start with the obvious there's a brand new screen I've already talked about the benefits of OLED plenty of times on this channel but this is a huge step up over the LCD and that's even considering that it shares the same native 1200X 800 resolution and is nearly half an inch larger as well there's excellent contrast color production and Inky blacks thanks to per pixel dimming you also now have HDR support and this panel will hit a peak brightness of 1,000 nits meaning it'll also look good if you're playing in brighter environments if not for the excellent picture quality perceived motion on this OLED panel also feels like a major upgrade over the LCD you get a higher refresh rate going up to 90 htz which makes things like browsing menus feel smoother and even if you're games aren't going to necessarily hit frame rates that fully take advantage of that there's noticeably less ghost even while targeting 60p and especially 45p now that it scales perfectly in half however if there are any nitpicks I have with this OLED steam deck it's that the particular one that valve sent us to review is actually the top spec which features a matte display while it might be great at reducing glare the Finish kind of dulls the contrast and makes things look a bit fuzzy sooner than later I'd love to try out the base model of the steam deck OLED to really make sure since that one has a glossy display and considering that it's also slightly cheaper I reckon that that's the one most people should buy before we carry on with the video I want to talk about the sponsor of today's video Squarespace Squarespace is the all-in-one platform for building a website for your personal brand or business with a variety of stylish templates and plenty of options for customization making a website that's truly your own is a Breeze which can make a difference when it comes to engaging your audience whether you are looking to sell products showcase your portfolio to prospective clients or just need to make a simple landing page for a project whatever the need Squarespace has you covered and will even help you set up your own custom domain with just a few clicks if you're interested in checking them out and want to support the content we make here on Deni head over to squarespace.com Deni there you can try out the service for free and if you like what you see they'll give you 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain thanks very much to Squarespace for sponsoring today's video and now back to the steam deck OLED looking beyond the shiny new screen valber find the formula of the steam deck in a few key areas to make the OLED feel premium grade on a hardware level the Apu is manufactured using a 6 NM process compared to the 7 NM one on the original this doesn't translate to any noticeable difference in performance but where you see the gains is mainly in efficiency not only are The Thermals much better this time around so the fans won't kick up as loud but it also improves on power consumption combined with a larger battery valve claims you'll get anywhere between 30 to 50% longer play time on a single charge now I haven't done any scientific testing to actually prove this but 2 to three charge cycles in I definitely notice a significant Improvement other than that there's Wi-Fi 6E on board for faster downloads and the hardware is a decent bit lighter with all this in mind the next big question is whether you should buy one or not if at this point you've been on the fence about buying a steam deck figuring out which one you should get isn't as straightforward as it seems to show you what I mean here is what the steam deck lineup currently looks like now that we have the OLED in the picture the original 256 gig LCD model now comes down in price to $3.99 making it the starting tier then you have the base model OLED with 512 gigs of storage for 5.49 and then there's the top speec one terabyte OLED that I have behind me here with that anti-glare glass for 649 essentially the price points haven't really changed there's just now more differentiation between the different tiers at least in a vacuum beond wood valves offering on the surface they're currently clearing out old stock with some okay discounts the old base model with 64 GB of storage is going for 349 the 512 gig one with the anti-glare LCD is now $4.49 but dig a little deeper and you can get refurbish models from valve and even GameStop for as low as $278 yeah your mileage will certainly vary with those since Val stock is usually pretty limited and GameStop is well GameStop though to be fair we did take a look at one on the Austin Evans Channel and that one was totally fine and people on Reddit seem to have pretty similar experiences as well with all of that in mind if you've been holding out to NAB a steam deck of your own the OLED and all of its improvements are absolutely worth the extra cash to get the deao experience but if you simply want to get your feet wet and to see what the steam deck life is all about I can't argue with going the super budget refurb route from Gamestop for under 300 bucks and maybe a little extra to budget in a larger SSD or micro SD card furthermore if you already own a steam deck and play it a lot I can't believe I'm saying this and it might be a bit of a hot take but the OLED model is actually a solid upgrade at least if you can get decent tradein or resale value for the one you already own considering that valve was on record saying that they're not releasing their proper Next Generation steam deck for another 2 to 3 years the new OLED display and longer battery life are quality of life improvements that could help tide you over until then even if the hardware is starting to show its age let me know what you think about the steam deck OLED in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this video on Dany Channelthe brand new steam deck OLED is in the house and I've been using it for a few days to find out if it's worth it so let's Jump Right In it's been about a year and a half since I made my full review on the original steam deck and I still stand by my Impressions on it today a link it below if you're curious but here's a brief refresher because a lot of what I said back then also applies to the OLED as well basically valve designed the steam deck in a way that makes PC gaming approachable for both seasoned veterans and Casual players alike this is thanks in part to an absolutely awesome user experience on Steam OS that truly set the bar for portable gaming PCs not only is the interface properly optimized for the deck something that windows-based machines still struggle with today but also despite it being Linux based there's an impressive Windows compatibility layer that allows the deck to run the vast majority of of games available on Steam I also love the flexibility to customize things like your TDP and frame rate on an OS level to balance performance and battery life two very important considerations on a portable PC and of course because it's a product right out of valve the level of support you get from the company itself the industry that develops for it and the community of users at large is something that not only adds value long term but is so truly unique to the steam deck and that's awesome so that's the story of the original steam deck but what's the deal with the OLED first things first this new model is not advertised to be a replacement or a second generation to the original steam deck in fact they're still selling the original one starting at $3.99 rather the steam deck OLED aims to be a new premium spec starting at 549 bucks and with that in mind what exactly is new here well let's start with the obvious there's a brand new screen I've already talked about the benefits of OLED plenty of times on this channel but this is a huge step up over the LCD and that's even considering that it shares the same native 1200X 800 resolution and is nearly half an inch larger as well there's excellent contrast color production and Inky blacks thanks to per pixel dimming you also now have HDR support and this panel will hit a peak brightness of 1,000 nits meaning it'll also look good if you're playing in brighter environments if not for the excellent picture quality perceived motion on this OLED panel also feels like a major upgrade over the LCD you get a higher refresh rate going up to 90 htz which makes things like browsing menus feel smoother and even if you're games aren't going to necessarily hit frame rates that fully take advantage of that there's noticeably less ghost even while targeting 60p and especially 45p now that it scales perfectly in half however if there are any nitpicks I have with this OLED steam deck it's that the particular one that valve sent us to review is actually the top spec which features a matte display while it might be great at reducing glare the Finish kind of dulls the contrast and makes things look a bit fuzzy sooner than later I'd love to try out the base model of the steam deck OLED to really make sure since that one has a glossy display and considering that it's also slightly cheaper I reckon that that's the one most people should buy before we carry on with the video I want to talk about the sponsor of today's video Squarespace Squarespace is the all-in-one platform for building a website for your personal brand or business with a variety of stylish templates and plenty of options for customization making a website that's truly your own is a Breeze which can make a difference when it comes to engaging your audience whether you are looking to sell products showcase your portfolio to prospective clients or just need to make a simple landing page for a project whatever the need Squarespace has you covered and will even help you set up your own custom domain with just a few clicks if you're interested in checking them out and want to support the content we make here on Deni head over to squarespace.com Deni there you can try out the service for free and if you like what you see they'll give you 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain thanks very much to Squarespace for sponsoring today's video and now back to the steam deck OLED looking beyond the shiny new screen valber find the formula of the steam deck in a few key areas to make the OLED feel premium grade on a hardware level the Apu is manufactured using a 6 NM process compared to the 7 NM one on the original this doesn't translate to any noticeable difference in performance but where you see the gains is mainly in efficiency not only are The Thermals much better this time around so the fans won't kick up as loud but it also improves on power consumption combined with a larger battery valve claims you'll get anywhere between 30 to 50% longer play time on a single charge now I haven't done any scientific testing to actually prove this but 2 to three charge cycles in I definitely notice a significant Improvement other than that there's Wi-Fi 6E on board for faster downloads and the hardware is a decent bit lighter with all this in mind the next big question is whether you should buy one or not if at this point you've been on the fence about buying a steam deck figuring out which one you should get isn't as straightforward as it seems to show you what I mean here is what the steam deck lineup currently looks like now that we have the OLED in the picture the original 256 gig LCD model now comes down in price to $3.99 making it the starting tier then you have the base model OLED with 512 gigs of storage for 5.49 and then there's the top speec one terabyte OLED that I have behind me here with that anti-glare glass for 649 essentially the price points haven't really changed there's just now more differentiation between the different tiers at least in a vacuum beond wood valves offering on the surface they're currently clearing out old stock with some okay discounts the old base model with 64 GB of storage is going for 349 the 512 gig one with the anti-glare LCD is now $4.49 but dig a little deeper and you can get refurbish models from valve and even GameStop for as low as $278 yeah your mileage will certainly vary with those since Val stock is usually pretty limited and GameStop is well GameStop though to be fair we did take a look at one on the Austin Evans Channel and that one was totally fine and people on Reddit seem to have pretty similar experiences as well with all of that in mind if you've been holding out to NAB a steam deck of your own the OLED and all of its improvements are absolutely worth the extra cash to get the deao experience but if you simply want to get your feet wet and to see what the steam deck life is all about I can't argue with going the super budget refurb route from Gamestop for under 300 bucks and maybe a little extra to budget in a larger SSD or micro SD card furthermore if you already own a steam deck and play it a lot I can't believe I'm saying this and it might be a bit of a hot take but the OLED model is actually a solid upgrade at least if you can get decent tradein or resale value for the one you already own considering that valve was on record saying that they're not releasing their proper Next Generation steam deck for another 2 to 3 years the new OLED display and longer battery life are quality of life improvements that could help tide you over until then even if the hardware is starting to show its age let me know what you think about the steam deck OLED in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this video on Dany Channel