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Good head-to-head reviews of handhelds that can run bazzite (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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All of the major review websites for gaming hardware conspicuously did not include the smaller handheld OEMs in their head-to-head rankings/comparisons. Unfortunate it is only these smaller OEMs that support external GPUs.

I know that a bunch of ayaneo and onexplayer devices can run bazzite, can you folks recommend any (relatively ) unbiased reviews sites that can provide head-to-head comparisons that include the major OEMs and the smaller OEMs too?
I've been out of touch with the PC review scene for a while now and idk who is trustworthy and would still bother with the smaller brands.

I'm looking to pick up a new bazzite handheld that I can dock to an eGPU.

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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I remember why the egpu was an issue: I want to run bazzite, and Nvidia GPUs are still beta in bazzite. Plus they are still expenses due to AI, so I'm specifically looking for AMD egpus

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn't spend a ton of time digging in, but I think the thing that gets the mainstream handhelds with AMD integrated graphics are the custom drivers. Maybe if a less mainstream device uses less custom components it'll have better compatibility?

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's why I was asking specifically for head to head reviews that considered these less mainstream brands. The ots parts and drivers that these smaller brands use support amd egpus