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Good head-to-head reviews of handhelds that can run bazzite (lemmy.ca)
submitted 16 hours 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 14 hours ago

The Lenovo ones don't support eGPU well because they (like the other big names) have custom graphics silicone that needs custom drivers, and they haven't bothered to add support for eGPUs to their drivers, although the hardware supports it.

The ayaneo and onexplayer just use the standard OTS amd graphics hardware and standard amd drivers, which do support it.

Idk if the bazzite has found custom foss drivers that add eGPU support to Lenovo devices, and also I'm basing this on reviews a few months old from people who are using the out-of-the-box software, not installing a new OS on it. IIRC someone used the Lenovo with SteamOS and it didn't support eGPUs but it's been a while so I may be misremembering that review, or it may have been a preview or speculation or something.