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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No touchpads. OOTB experience questionable and Bazzite is a community project, compared to first party support from Valve for the Deck.

And the display isn't definitely better. Yes it's 120 Hz, higher resolution and VRR, but the Deck's OLED has proper HDR support and 90 Hz is probably enough for this type of device (as is the resolution, although I'd take a higher res screen as well for 2D games). The main thing that the Deck's screen is missing is VRR imo.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm running bazzite on my steam deck and I love it, it gives me more compatibility with uh... alternatively sourced games. It may be a community project, but it's brilliantly done

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh Bazzite is great, no doubt about it.

But it's not endorsed/supported in any way by ASUS so ROG Ally (X) compatibility isn't a given. ASUS could release a firmware update tomorrow that breaks compatibility (very unlikely of course).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Veeery unlikely to happen, considering Valve is adding (has added?) support for the Ally to SteamOS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you have any recommendations for learning more about Bazzite for such a use case?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean VRR over HDMI and DisplayPort?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No, via the internal display.