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With meagre power budgets and sub-Xbox Series S performance, ray tracing is going to be simply too much for PC handhelds like Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally, right.. Right? It turns out that decent results are possible! In this video, Oliver Mackenzie looks at a range of RT titles on Steam Deck, stacks up SteamOS RT vs Windows 11 and brings in the powerhouse that is the Asus ROG Ally to see how much performance improves still further.

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Steam Deck Ray Tracing vs Asus ROG Ally: It Works But Should You Use It?

With meagre power budgets and sub-Xbox Series S performance, ray tracing is going to be simply too much for PC handhelds like Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally, right? Right? It turns out that decent results are possible! In this video, Oliver Mackenzie looks at a range of RT titles on Steam Deck, stacks up SteamOS RT vs Windows 11 and brings in the powerhouse that is the Asus ROG Ally to see how much performance improves still further. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net For commercial enquiries, please contact business@digitalfoundry.net 00:00 Overview 01:16 Steam Deck 07:10 ROG Ally and Windows testing 12:10 Analysis and conclusion

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VeryProfessionalDodo

Man, I've said this in the past, but I love the music selection on Oliver's videos. The last one in particular is such a chill bop. Excellent video as well!

Ben Fisher

I was about 50% through and was like really interested to know how windows Vs steamOS fares... Great video Oliver.