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Steam Deck Freezing Help
Jayare29 Sep 17, 2022
Hello I am new to the forum and this is my first post. My name is Jayare pronounced JR. So the help i am looking for is i have a Steam Deck that is going through the freezing issue on some games. I am starting the RMA sequence but trying to deep dive the issue while i wait.

My issue is worst on GTA5 and Cyberpunk 2077, and is annoying on desk job and horizons.

My ask is if anyone else has a stutter issue while navigating the Steam OS when Thermal Power Limiting is enabled at 15Watts?

What i am investigating now as a test is that when i launched horizons normally it would freeze up fairly reliably, but when i enable Thermal Power Limit then launch game and once the game loads turn off limiting i can play until the battery dies. I was wondering if anyone on the forums can confirm this same symptoms.
Jayare29 Oct 20, 2022
Update fro anyone else looking into the Freezing. The freezing has gone away to the point where i can game just fine until the battery dies. So far i am able to play Horizon zero dawn, GTA5, cyberpunk 2077 and red dead2 without issue. What i did with my deck was the 1.) increase swap file size. 2.)increase vram 3.) downloaded GE-Proton 4.) capped refresh and FPS at 50.
Don't know if it is these things that fixed it or if i am just getting lucky after stubbornly continuing to try and play games.
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