The fact that we are able to play games like Cyberpunk 2077 on a handheld PC completely blows my mind.

When I first downloaded it from Steam I wasn’t expecting it to run at all. But not only does it run, with some tweaking it runs VERY well.

All you have to do is drop the screen resolution down to 720p and enable the Steam Deck graphics preset in the settings.

Hey presto. Cyberpunk, running natively on a handheld PC and averaging 80fps in Turbo mode. Now while it will run at a respectable 70ish fps on 25w not plugged in, your battery life will be measured in minutes. About 35 of them in fact. So stay plugged in if you can.

Don’t worry about running it at 720p either. The Ally’s screen is so good that even at 720p games still look crisp and sharp and they will run amazingly well. Sometimes you can bump it up to 900p for games like Black Ops 6 while keeping the game at 70+fps and for older titles 1080p is fine.

But if like me you prefer performance over eye candy then 720p is the resolution to choose.