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It's time to take another look at a range of Windows-based handhelds and this time, we're testing the most advanced, most powerful hardware on the market right now - the actual big boys of the handheld range - stacking them up against the established frontrunners: Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally.
As these devices are large, all of them come with kickstands. However, the OneXPlayer 2 Pro and Kun use the flimsy style of stand favoured by Nintendo on its standard Switch design. Only the Legion Go goes the extra mile in terms of stability with a metal, full length stand, reminiscent of Microsoft Surface and Switch OLED. All of these solutions work OK, but the Legion Go feels like the real deal - a stable solution and detachable controllers that work with minimal fuss.
The 1080p results essentially confirm that whether you're gaming on a Z1 Extreme processor or the Ryzen 7 7840U generally favoured by Chinese manufacturers, the hardware performs in a very, very similar manner. You can push all of these chips further, of course. The ROG Ally, OneXPlayer 2 Pro and Legion Go max out at 30W , but ultimately there's very little gain for doing so - only around three to 10 percent of extra performance for 20 percent of extra power.
It's of little surprise to find that the Asus ROG Ally, with just a 40Whr battery, coming in last here, with just under an hour then. The Legion Go with its nigh-on 50Whr battery does better with almost one hour, 19 minutes of gameplay - so the much larger, more vibrant screen doesn't appear to be having any impact on battery life. That's followed by the OneXPlayer 2 Pro with its 65.5Whr battery delivering almost 106 minutes of gaming.
OneXPlayer 2 Pro offers relatively impressive battery life judged by the other Windows handhelds. The screen quality is good, but again, resolution is arguably too high and the 60Hz panel basically means you're targeting 30fps or 60fps - and vanishingly few modern triple-A games ever get closer to 60.
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