![]() I haven’t been able to compare the two myself so I can only go off what I’ve seen online, but it’s something to consider. It does mean, though, that colours possibly don’t quite burst off the screen in the same way they will on the glossy 512GB variant, nor do the blacks look quite as inky. I was sent the 1TB model to test, which means my Deck OLED’s glass has an anti-glare coating this makes it far less reflective and easier to play under bright light sources. Valve might be a few years away from shipping a more powerful Deck, but there’s no doubt that it’s given this mid-gen model the best possible display, and by shaving down the bezels from the original model it’s made the delicious screen more immersive to boot. That has a transformative effect on games. It’s a truly stunning 7.4in HDR OLED display built from the ground up for the Deck, with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 1000 nits of peak brightness in HDR-enabled games (600 nits for SDR). Screen and sound: Simply a stunnerĪn OLED display of any kind is worth celebrating, but the Steam Deck OLED’s headline feature isn’t just an OLED display. A second USB-C port might have been nice, but it’s not a deal-breaker. Valve has decided not to equip the Deck OLED with a Switch-like kickstand, which without detachable controllers probably wouldn’t make a lot of sense anyway. It also brings up a list of shortcuts when long-pressed. The Steam button remains useful for quickly accessing your game library, the Steam store, your friends list and advanced settings. The button layout is exactly the same, which means you’ve still got mappable rear buttons in addition to the (still slightly too high) standard face buttons and triggers. You can also make an argument that the Steam Deck is more ergonomically pleasing than the Nintendo Switch OLED, which is smaller but sits in your palms less snugly. For whatever reason it no longer feels impractically massive in my (far from large) hands. I called the OG Deck a “chunky boy” in my original review, and it still feels like one, but you only have to look at devices like Lenovo’s new Legion Go to know that the Steam Deck is no longer the monster truck of the gaming handheld market. Still, if you didn’t like the look and feel of the Steam Deck before, none of the changes made to the revised model are likely to change your mind. If you go for the 1TB model you get a new case that hides away a second, slimmer case within, which makes the Deck more travel-friendly. The redesigned trackpad also has improved haptics, and the new material on the top of the thumbsticks feels pleasingly grippier than before. ![]() That might not sound like much but is immediately noticeable if you’re used to the original model. Others genuinely enhance everyday use, like the 5% weight reduction (669 grams to 640). ![]() Some of Valve’s tweaks are purely aesthetic, like the orange power button and the all black thumbsticks. If someone put two powered-off Steam Decks, one LCD and one OLED, in front of you and asked which was which, you might struggle at first.
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