Valve Steam Deck
When Valve announced the launch of Steam Deck to enter the light-portable game console market, everyone was very interested in and had many questions about this portable AAA game console that can play desktop games. Of course, the biggest one is battery life.According to The Verge quoting Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais in Twitter As mentioned above, Steam Deck will “built-in” screen refresh rate option settings to extend battery life. Like playing a lighter game, players can choose a lower refresh rate.
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It is said that the screen refresh rate is lowered, but Valve later explained through IGN that the minimum refresh rate of the Steam Deck would still be 30fps. According to Griffais, it is the minimum game playable. He continued that all tested games can ” Continue to meet and exceed” expectations. So players probably don’t need to worry about the game experience being affected too much after the Steam Deck screen refresh rate is reduced.
Specifically, “Portal 2” can be played in 30fps mode for 6 hours, compared to 4 hours without screen limitation, and its endurance has been significantly improved. So if the player is playing a game with lower requirements, the battery life is believed to be longer.However, foreign media Digital Foundry But at the same time I am reminding that if the screen refresh rate and V-Sync are turned on at the same time, there may be problems with the playing experience. Anyway, the screen refresh rate limit is still some sacrifices for the purpose of extending battery life, so players only need to be mentally prepared.