You dont have to look hard for the best gaming handheld PC on the market today.
Its theSteam Deck, itsalways the Steam Deck, and thats mostly thanks to the console-like ease of SteamOS.
Theres good news on that front (for everybody but Microsoft).
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Valves SteamOS offers the most console-like experience for handheld PCs.
So after the Steam Deck maker promised that SteamOS 3.8 will support non-Valve handhelds, gamers got excited.
This isnt exactly the full SteamOS 3.8 release, though.
But heres where things get exciting.
At 15 W TDP, the Ally running SteamOS manages to outperform the Steam Deck.
But imagine the performance and battery life you could get on the more-powerfulAsus ROG Ally X.
Surprisingly, the Legion Go S running SteamOS performs marginally better than the same handheld running Windows.
SteamOS seems to be offering better performance on average compared to similar Windows builds.
That could pose a problem for Microsoft, who is reportedlyworking with Asus on an Xbox-centric handheld.
But that effort wont matter if SteamOS offers only an easier-to-use interface and more FPS in games.
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