Which Handheld Plays It Better? - ASUS ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck - ArcRunner

Your host Joe introduces the channel segment called Which Handheld Plays It Better. For its first video the game is Skyrim and Joe compares how the game plays on the ROG Handheld and the Steam Deck. Test Parameters: - No AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) used in game or on OS - No Ray Tracing enabled - Handheld not plugged into power - Used w/ over 50% battery - Game time at each TDP limit/setting is at least 1 hour over 2+ game sessions - Numbers arrived at without screen recording software used - No frame cap on both devices (in game nor OS) - Frame rate scope excluded menu screen and includes nanite screen - Proton Driver GE-Proton8-3 used - Steam Deck OS Version 3.4.8 & OS Build 20230508.1 - 8GB VRAM allotted - 9W, 15W, and 25W limits had separate profiles created (30W limit used Turbo profile) - RC71L version 2.5.30.0 & BIOS upgrade utility for RC71L version 1.319.0 (this is titled bios 319) 00:00 - 00:40 Introduction 00:41 - 01:43 Test Results and Test Parameters 01:44 - 02:01 Framerates (General) 02:02 - 02:41 15 Watt Steam Deck and 15 Watt Plus ROG Ally APU TDP Limit Comparison 02:42 - 03:19 9 Watt APU TDP Limit Comparison 03:20 - 04:09 15 Watt APU TDP Limit Comparison 04:10 - 05:40 Drawing Conclusions from the Test Results 05:41 - 06:28 Conclusion