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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@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day 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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

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

[–] MorphiusFaydal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day 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@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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.