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.

  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    that does kinda ring a bell wrt nvidia vs amd eGPUs. i feel like there was another gotcha but they were able to make it work. I’ll have to watch/read the walkthroughs again.

    the other reason I’m interested in those other OEMs is because they offer shit like 64g ram models. I dont often need it, but sometimes I’ll be working on a hobby project where having a lot of ram is nice.

    basically I’m looking for a desktop gaming PC / dev workstation, because thats where I spend 95% of my time.
    but I’m willing to sacrifice a bit of gaming performance and a bit of money, to be able to play some lighter games while on business trips, and to work on my hobbies while visiting the in-laws for a week. My inlaws have a mouse and keyboard, and i dont need a mouse and keyboard for the kinds of games I’d play on an airplane. i want to have all my files available offline, without constantly having multiple devices online and syncing.

    I also have been chasing after the convenient 1-device dream for a long time, and I’ve always thought that portable consoles and tablets were too compromised of an experience (although the surfacebook gave me pause when it came out) - but some of these portable gaming PCs actually make me hopeful.