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It's raining gaming handhelds lately. Acer have now announced the New Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11. Don't expect SteamOS / Linux on them though, sadly they're shipping with Windows 11. Never say never though, with Valve expanding SteamOS perhaps we may see Acer jump on board in future too.

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[–] Ugurcan 15 points 3 weeks ago

Not supporting SteamOS is a downer. I might be looking for a replacement with my Deck with a handheld that could run longer and cooler.

[–] hellofriend 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren't removable controllers on a handheld gaming device patented by Nintendo?

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

Nah, there are lots of devices that have them already, notably the Legion Go.

[–] verdantbanana -4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

16GB of RAM is not enough to run Windows plus game and the onboard graphics cannot even compete with a RX 580

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-580-vs-AMD-Radeon-780M/3923vsm2088874

all for $1,100 wtf

[–] David_Eight 15 points 3 weeks ago

FYI, userbenchmark not exactly the most unbiased or honest website to reference.

[–] Ugurcan 9 points 3 weeks ago

Since when we compare a GPU runs on battery with a GPU that eats 185 Watts?

[–] MorphiusFaydal 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A 780M is noticeably better than the Steam Deck GPU, which is what it'll be compared to.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Radeon-780M-vs-AMD-Custom-GPU-0405/m2088874vsm1804237

I suspect that price is a bit high for most people. I think it's largely coming from those screens.

[–] semperverus 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Please stop using UserBenchmark, they are dishonest to the point where they started throwing Intel CPU models scores out of whack negatively just to skew AMD results.