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Best Buy has
8" Legion Go S Handheld Gaming System (SteamOS, 83N6000GUS), as configured below, on sale for
$649.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits; otherwise,
shipping is free.
- Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member
N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- 8" 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) IPS Touchscreen 120Hz Display
- AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 3.3GHz Processor
- 32GB LPDDR5X-7500 Onboard RAM
- 1TB M.2 2242 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon Graphics
- 2x2 Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax + Bluetooth 5.3
- microSD Memory Card Reader
- SteamOS
- 1.62 lbs (~735 g)
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A tablet+bluetooth for joysticks and controls is not the same as a full handheld device.
This is a complete device that you can pick up and play with, then put away. It is EXTREMELY more portable.
Why would you want to hack together something and then use a TV or a monitor to display it? The whole point is that it's portable and compact.
This isn't a solution to replace PC gaming or console gaming. So you need to stop looking it through that type of lens.
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Every time someone touts the Steam Deck's performance at lower 10-15w levels, they do it with games that didn't need the wattage to begin with. But if you play less demanding games or emulate only up to PS2 levels of games, the Deck is fine.
I got it around $150 refurb on sale and was unimpressed with 12ms latency, so I sold it. Picked up a Steam Deck mainly for streaming from PC for heavier titles and local play for indies and its worth 2x the price increase. Can finally tackle my backlog + emulate everything + stream every incompatible Windows game at 3-4ms. its a shame since the G Cloud has good potential but Logitech needs to put a better WiFi chip and processor in it, especially since it was overpriced af at MSRP.
This one is pretty solid but its significantly more expensive than LCD Deck. Whether thats worth it is up to you.
ROG Ally X 🫤
- Smaller 7" screen
- Less RAM (24gb)
- Lighter and smaller overall (I didn't like holding it.)
- Better battery life IIRC
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My only complaint is that the RAM stays at 512MB even when choosing Auto or 16GB. Waiting for Lenovo to fix that.
Regardless, it works fantastic.
You must must must get Lossless Scaling app from Steam for about $8.
If you don't know what that is, Google it. For handhelds it's just a must.
Also, anyone know if it was easily to backup SteamOS? Might need to install Windows as more games run on Windows.
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You can literally game all day with it.
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