Over the last years I had performance problems in many games, for example in Nier: Automata, where I simply did not reach 60 fps @1080p consistently. I had attributed this to my graphics card alone (a GTX 970) until earlier this year.

Then I bought an AMD RX 6600 XT a few months ago. Not a monster but you would expect powerful enough to play a five year old game like Automata with constant 60 fps in high settings. But again, no such luck for me. Then rather out of helplessness I activated this demon from Feral and attention: problem solved!

Not only Automata, but also Elite: Dangerous and many other games run much better with it. It really makes a big difference. Not so much in increasing peak performance but in consistency. I think the effects are especially big when you combine a current graphics card with a somewhat older processor. In my case, an Intel Skylake model.

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The Switch currently has currently 4404 games, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games [External Link]

Where will the Steam Deck be after 5 years?

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Quoting: WildCoderI'm torn. I wish they'd work with Valve to improve Steam OS rather that go their own way. But on the other end it might be easier to bring non steam games to this device, maybe something Valve can bring onto steam OS later on.
Anyway I would rather see more cooperation at the OS level...

This will contain the whole Valve Stack. They will not redo the changes to the Linux kernel, nor to Mesa or the Radion drivers. Not to speak of core libraries like DXVK. Nobody invents the wheel twice. I think they will even use Gamescope, Mango-HUD and the other open source components from Valve's environment. And for any Linux system, Steam is the first port of call. That's even true for ChromeOS.

This development will make Linux a major player in PC gaming in the long run. Valve could not do that alone. But they have set the ball rolling. I'm pretty sure they're happy about the development at Valve. The ratio in production between Nintendo and Valve is 10:1, but I see the demand for customised Linux gaming handhelds at the same level as the Switch.

Valve will benefit massively from this development because of Steam.

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Soon, the majority of Linux gamers will be Steam Deck users.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/5343/

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I hate the persistent questions in Rocket League (Steam) to export my friends list.

Epic stands for the diablosation (derived from Blizzard's Diablo) of the gaming sector. Formerly good games are adapted to this. If you just give people the games for free, it's clear where the money has to come from. From people who fall for such money grabs. It rarely makes the games better, even if you don't pay.

Normal games are now only giveaways and are devalued.

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Sorry, probably a stupid question:
Why do the videos from Soul Calubur VI work on the Steam Deck but not on my normal Linux/Steam PC?

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Quoting: emphy

Quoting: 1xokAt some point you hear the noise, even when the fan is off.

Wouldn't that lead to the conclusion it was not actually the fan that was causing that noise, but something other such as coil whine?

That was a bit of an ironic exaggeration. Of course, when the fan is off, the high-pitched whistling is gone.

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If anyone is interested, here's my experience with two different fans in the Steam Deck:

I had to send my Deck back because the left trigger was grinding against the housing. In addition, the fan had a nasty high-pitched sound. To be clear, I would not have sent the device back only because of this, because I know that it is a series problem. And the fan didn't sound defective like Liam's either. No, it was just one of those annoying mini-fans like you get for the Raspi.

But now, luck of the draw: my replacement device doesn't have that nasty whistling sound. The fan is maybe not a bit quieter, but much more pleasant. I don't know if Valve has changed over completely in the meantime, but now that I have the comparison, I realise how annoying it actually was. The fan in my old device was always present. At some point you hear the noise, even when the fan is off. With the new device, I don't even think about the fan anymore. My brain completely blocks out the normal fan noise after a short while. I even reset the Deck to the old fan curve.

EDIT: The difference I heard is not actually explained in the video. Neither of the two fans sounds really bad either. For me, it was a high-pitched noise that I could hear without any problems even at a distance of 8 metres. I didn't hear any of the normal fan noise at this distance, but I did hear this high-pitched noise. I don't know which fan I had. There may also be deviations in the series.

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Just out of curiosity. What are the gloves for?

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Has anyone played it on the deck and have any recommendations? I will try. Had started on the laptop. It went very well. But even the laptop is too cumbersome when lying in bed. :smile:

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