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Rika_Furude posted...

Cant really go wrong with the rog ally. PC gaming still favours windows, so running windows is better. Im not denying the progress the Steam Deck has made towards making Linux more palatable for gaming but its only good at the moment so long as you stick with specifically that database of whats compatible on the steam deck and dont venture outside of that

If I could justify having both I'd use the Ally for anything that requires Windows (currently using the Switch as a cheap substitute ) or better hardware than the Deck has, and the Deck for everything else.

Gaming on Windows is mostly only better when your game literally requires Windows, otherwise all the background process bloat is a drain on performance, since Windows just isn't purely dedicated to gaming. There are also older games made for older Windows versions that now run better on Deck because Proton retains their dependencies while modern versions of Windows either got rid of them or modified them beyond recognition, or because SteamOS has built-in bypasses for physical accessory requirements that portable Windows doesn't yet.

And I guess emulation-wise Windows is way better for Android emulation than SteamOS, since Valve went with a Linux distro that doesn't easily emulate it unfortunately. Missed opportunity.