GizmoSlipTech

I could really use some feedback from YOU, my audience! I am trying to refine my tech review content. I have already decided to focus much more heavily on data collection and graphing all relevant benchmarks and tests for better comparative analysis going forward in ALL VIDEO TYPES, including livestreams. So expect to see way more graphs and analysis in all videos and livestreams!!

But I am trying to decide if I should drop the unboxing/benchmarking livestreams and focus entirely on concisely edited videos only. Like I could film them the same way, but just edit out all the time between tests and deliver the same core content in about 1/4 of the total viewing time.

Please let me know your thoughts in the poll below and in the comments!

9 months ago | [YT] | 25

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Starting Black Friday Tier List of Top Sales for today 11/21/2025 very soon here: youtube.com/live/nmGsXwGJkZg?feature=share

9 months ago | [YT] | 24

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Preview shot for the upcoming Llano Cooling Pad Review coming soon!

9 months ago | [YT] | 23

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I uploaded a video on the incedible looking Steam Frame standalone PCVR from Valve today up on my GizmoSlip channel: https://youtu.be/zOxsVN7koV8?si=qe6-q... I also wanted to publish my written version of my review here:

Steam Frame Looks Insanely Good – My Thoughts After 5000 Hours of VR, 20,000 Hours of PC Gaming and 15 VR Headsets


Intro: This is a revolutionary combination gaming device from Steam that allows both flatscreen gaming and VR gaming in a single, all in one portable device that, in theory, should let you tap into your existing steam library of games—kind of like a steam deck you can slap on your face.


Assuming Valve’s promises all pan out, this is a device that could replace your Quest 3, Valve Index, Steam Deck, Xbox/PS5, Switch—all in a single portable standalone device…. Well sort of… There are drawbacks. We’ll get to those.


Let’s talk hardware. We’re looking at high resolution 2160x2160 LCD displays with pancake lenses for better clarity. This means you’ll get just under FHD resolution for actual flatscreen gaming, which should still look quite good for most of us.


Cons: Not Micro OLED, and more expensive enthusiast VR headsets will offer much higher resolutions and better colors and contrast. There is inside out tracking with 4 monochome cameras for tracking your controllers and hand gestures.


The onboard Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor will be even more powerful than the one included on the Quest 3, and it should be quite capable of playing many of the latest AAA gaming titles at 60 FPS at around 1080P resolution, at least in theory.

Valve is hinting the price will likely around $1000 or a little less, which is a pretty steep price… but if this lets you replace several of your devices in a single device, I could see a lot of people choosing this device over many others. And if you are like me and already have over 250+ Steam Games that you mostly bought on discount and never played even half of them—then this device should let you safely continue ignore most of your steam library, but in a fully portable face wearing way.


But let’s face it! Most of the cost of a device these days isn’t actually the hardware—but the games. Look at the Nintendo Switch 2. Yeah, it’s $450, but if you also want to eventually buy 20 standard priced games at games over the lifetime of the device, the full price is really $1950. Basically, this price equation is reversed with the Steam Frame—the hardware will likely cost more, but the games, especially if you wait for steam sales or already have a large library of games, will likely cost way way less over the long haul.


In theory, the Steam Frame combines full fledged PC VR gaming on the go, while also being a much higher powered Steam Deck that you can slap on your face for a huge projector like display anywhere you go.


This device would be excellent for gaming sessions at home or while traveling on flights, long road trips, etc. Con: XR glasses like the Viture Beast would be a much better portable solution on the go because they are much smaller, provided situational awareness around the glasses, can be shared with a friend, work with your existing smartphone, Switch, or laptop, and can likely have much better extended battery life for these kinds of trips.


Steam Frame drops Windows support entirely for Linux based SteamOS. This means we can finally say goodbye to Windows poor optimization, clunky UI, unwanted privacy invasion, and crappy battery life.


The con here is that there is no native productivity apps supported, so its hard for me to imagine this could replace your work laptop for example—at least not yet. But maybe it could if you got full linux support up and running and used linux based productivity apps, but even then... I don’t think we’ll want to be wearing a headset for 8+ hours a day… no thank you!


The Steam Frame Comes with a dual band wireless USB Dongle. This dongle should allow for low latency, high quality VR and flatscreen gaming paired with a high powered gaming PC’s when in the same room.


The Steam Frame also has FOVeated rendering, which reduces rendering load to only fully render the pixels where you are looking. This allows for higher level graphics while also conserving battery power.


The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor will be the fastest one from Snapdragon yet, but since it is ARM based—only ARM based games will run at the full native hardware’s performance levels. This also means to play your entire x86 Steam Library the Steam Frame will need a translation layer from x86 to ARM.


Spoiler Alert—poorly implemented translation layers cause crashes, severely hinder performance, cause 1% low stutters, and reduce battery life. Even ideally implemented translation layers don’t delivery 100% performance passthrough, so even under the best conditions don’t expect full performance unless the game can run on ARM natively.


My guess is that this is the translation layer from x86 to SteamOS is going to be the Achilles heel that means that most of our Steam Libraries will not actually be playable, but I could be wrong. VALVE PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG.
The great thing about the Steam Frame being ARM based is that this will push many game devs into supporting ARM based gaming on PC—which currently is not that well supported, but is growing.


To sum this up, let’s briefly compare your options:


If you are a PC gamer, you could get a gaming laptop—this will provide 100% game support natively in Windows and great performance all around, but gaming on battery doesn’t work well on laptop and you can’t play VR without also buying a VR headset anyway… so I could see how the Steam Frame could be more appealing in some ways. I personally don’t think the Steam Frame could replace a solid gaming laptop or desktop at this time, but maybe in the future.


You could get a handheld like the Xbox ROG Ally X—this supports Windows natively and nearly all your Steam Games games will be playable, but no VR support and no big projector screen on the go.


You could buy a Switch 2, which would provide on the go gaming, but lacks VR support and a big screen on the go, so you could also then add in a pair of XR glasses like the Viture Luma Pro.


You could simply buy a pair of XR glasses like the Viture Beast or XReal and use your smartphone paired with an Xbox controller and cloud based streaming services for access to your library of existing PC games to use with a big screen on the go, while this can support 3D gaming, this doesn’t have VR support. So I could see why someone might still be drawn to the Steam Frame.


Ultimately, the appeal of the Steam Frame is that it is all in one device that provides access to your existing flatscreen game library, allows you to stream from your PC, lets you play PC VR games, and does it all in a single device. So I guess you could say the main appeal of the Steam Frame is simplicity—assuming it all works as advertised. We’ll see. Fingers Crossed.

10 months ago | [YT] | 10

GizmoSlipTech

I am pitting the Macbook Pro 14 (M5, $1599) vs the Zephyrus G14 (RTX 5060, $1599) in a series of livestreams and eventual detailed comparison review. Today’s livestream will be a 100% raw unboxing and setup comparing Mac vs PC unboxing, setup time, ease of setup, and time to update. Livestream starts now --> youtube.com/live/F8YBOm-yv1c?feature=share

10 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 37

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Congrats to João M. for winning the Scar 17! It was shipped out last night! I hope you enjoy the laptop! Thanks again to Asus for providing the giveaway prize as well! Thanks to everyone who entered! I would gift you all laptops if I could.... cheers! Brandon

1 year ago | [YT] | 53

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Latest Scar 17 Giveaway Update! The 2nd winner has not sent the information in time, so a new winner has just been selected: Congrats to j*******reiros@gmail.com. I have emailed them and waiting for shipping address/W9! I'll make sure someone wins this! haha!

1 year ago | [YT] | 43

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Juicy Scar 17 Giveaway update! The first selected winner was unable to provide a W9/Address, so I have moved onto to select a new winner for the Scar 17 giveaway. Congrats to E. O'Hara who has been selected as the next potential winner. I am now waiting 48 more hours to see if he responds with W9 and shipping address. Thanks!

1 year ago | [YT] | 39

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Congrats potentially to J. Herrera who is the initially selected winner for the Scar 17 giveaway! I have emailed him at : m******herrera10@gmail.com and am awaiting a response with W9 and address for shipping the laptop. If he doesn't respond in 48 hours, I will select a new winner! Stay tuned!!

1 year ago | [YT] | 54

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Last day to enter the Scar 17 RTX 4090 GIVEAWAY! I go over the giveaway details in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv_3Z...

Remember: To enter the giveaway you need: 1) to be in the USA and 2) agree to provide a W9 to Asus 3) shipping address within 48 hours of being emailed as the winner. These were the giveaway terms by Asus who provided the giveaway prize, which was originally a top gaming laptop from last year that can play every game on ultra settings!

1 year ago | [YT] | 35