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I know its not exactly what you asked for, but l like liliputing.com for news of such devices. They sadly only rarely do in depth reviews.
heise.de is a great source of high quality unbiased reviews and comparisons, but:
Hopefully somebody else has better sites, that would interest me too!
I would really suggest checking out Russ's channel Retro Game Corps for reviews as he almost always covers every handheld PC including some of those from Ayaneo and such and he's very in-depth. https://www.youtube.com/@RetroGameCorps
Thanks, I'll give that a look!
The OG Legion Go supports eGPU, at least on paper. It's one of the reasons I bought it. Mine runs bazzite fantastically, but haven't personally tested the eGPU piece yet.
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.
Like @strayce@lemmy.sdf.org my handheld supports an eGPU and can run bazzite. However it's another mainstream unit. Personally, I got my handheld to be a hand held to play around the house using its built in screen. The onboard graphics have been more than capable, although I'll admit that I play slightly older games.
If you're looking for a less mobile setup and/or are more budget conscious, a used PC is probably going to be way better bang for your buck than a hand held with an eGPU. My gaming PC still packs a (used) 1070ti and shrugs off most games at 1440. Sure, I can't max graphics in everything but with moderate settings I can still have very solid and stable FPS.
I was trying to avoid exactly this tangent with people judging the setup I want.
I'm not looking for a less mobile setup, and I'm not especially budget conscious. I want a gaming PC that can pump out frames to my superultrawide screen on my desk, and I want a gaming PC that I can throw into my backpack and do some light gaming on an airplane, and I want a development workstation that I can take to my in-laws and do a bit of coding while I'm visiting them.
I don't want 2 (or 3) devices, because I don't want to manage extra devices that I only use occasionally, and I'm willing to pay a little extra for the convenience, even if I was convinced that 2 or 3 devices would be cheaper.
What I want are reviews comparing the relatively beefy ayaneo/onexgamer devices that seem to do what I want out-of-the-box, vs the big-name devices that I see lots of reviews for, so I know which one I actually want.
What device do you have, and do you have firsthand experience with it attached to an eGPU? Or is this based on specs?