Don’t risk your Steam Deck. Take the Retroid Pocket with you instead.
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I know what you’re thinking… “How is that a fair comparison?” But I was SHOCKED by the results. The Deck is good for serious gaming while the Retroid Pocket 3 is better for light gaming on the go. I can’t wait to hear what you think about this! Leave me a comment and let me know!
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# What are your machines specs?
Office Rig:
* AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
* MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
* AMD RX VEGA 64
* GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
* Fractal Design Define R9 Case
* Manjaro GNOME
Living Room Gaming Rig:
* ASUS X99-E-10G WS
* Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.2GHz
* NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
* DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)
Backup Rig
* System76 Thelio Minor
* AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
* DDR4 16GB RAM
* Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB
Home Server:
* ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
* AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
* Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
* DDR3 20 GB RAM
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00:00 – Intro
02:03 – Software Overview
02:44 – Hardware Overview
03:33 – Size comparisons
06:44 – Issues
The RETROID POCKET 3 is shockingly better than the Steam Deck (in this one, specific way)
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