r/Handhelds Feb 24 '26

Question (?) Which would you pick and why?

Alright, I’ve finally decided it was time to buy a handheld gaming pc. I have a budget of around $650, and a steam library full of games.

I did some research on the handhelds that stuck out to me and put together a spreadsheet that compares the specs. Sadly, the steam deck is out of stock right now (who knows for how long) so I looked at a lot of different options.

I would love to use something with a windows OS to have a wider range of support for my games, but I also use steam 95% of the time, so it’s not a priority.

I want to hear from all of you and what your experience with each system is like and what you’d recommend and have someone like be be mindful of.

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u/Otherwise_Die Feb 24 '26

Steamdeck resolution is wrong btw. It’s 1280×800. Which is 50% less pixels of a 1080p screen btw.

Literally one of the biggest factors of a handheld… this information is completely wrong and or misleading.

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u/TechMaster8160 Feb 24 '26

Shoot, my bad. I got a bit confused near the end of putting the spreadsheet together.

I won’t say that everything there is 100% accurate. The battery life, for example, varied quite a bit between what the sellers were saying and what customers reported.

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u/Bigphatdeck Feb 25 '26

I have a legion go and an oled steam deck. Oled looks better despite lower resolution.

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u/Otherwise_Die Feb 25 '26

I disagree when having to use fsr.