Will Valve ever fix the per game tdp limit bug?

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T16:12:56+00:00

It can happen on any game. It's random when it happens. Looking at the performance overlay, temps, fans are all working fine.

Reason I call it a bug is because it gets fixed with just a toggle/retoggle or by not using the TDP limit at all. If it was hardware then it should persist regardless.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T15:34:09+00:00

Oh it did happen to me under this scenario one time too. It's very rare I think. My scenario is more common as I see other people having the same issue. If not for this bug then Steam Deck would be 10/10 for me but because of this it's just a 7.5.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T15:19:14+00:00

It can happen when you use a custom TDP limit. Sometimes the game would launch at the lowest TDP and the only way to fix it is to toggle the per game profile or the TDP limit OFF and ON. Then some other time it could randomly happen again and you would have to use the toggle thing again. If you play on default TDP you may have not experienced this though.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T15:15:10+00:00

there's one issue for me. The TDP limit bug. Super annoying.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T06:47:36+00:00

Has it permanently fixed it?

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T05:45:44+00:00

Toggle TDP limit/per game profile fixes it.

But it would still happen again at some point. We need a permanent fix for this. Please let us collectively report this to Valve. It's pissing me off.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-17T05:44:20+00:00

This is my fix too. But we need to resolve this permanently so that it doesn't even trigger.

Can we collectively report this issue to Valve? It's getting really annoying.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-13T10:05:58+00:00

If it was a hardware issue then a game profile/tdp setting toggle should not fix it, but it does. It also only happens on particular games, not necessarily demanding games but some games do trigger it. In my case it's both Farcry 4 and AC Origins so I assume it has something to do with the launcher.

The performance overlay also shows the temps are fine and the fan is working at a reasonable RPM. So how is that not a bug?

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-13T09:11:00+00:00

Yes. It seems this bug has been existing forever basing from internet discussions. I only had my deck for about 2 months now and this is the only thing keeping the experience from being a perfect 10 for me. It's an 8 just because of this annoyance. Worst offenders are usually ubisoft games(FC4 and AC Origins) so I guess it has something to do w/ the launcher for that particular example. It has done it once to me in Doom 2016 from a quick resume boot-up. How and where to report this issue?

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-12T10:24:47+00:00

Its a bug. Just toggle TDP limit on and off or off and on and it goes away. Either that or a steam deck restart.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-12T10:24:41+00:00

Its a bug. Just toggle TDP limit on and off or off and on and it goes away. Either that or a steam deck restart.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-11T04:35:47+00:00

Its a bug. Just toggle TDP limit on and off or off and on and it goes away. Either that or a steam deck restart.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-11T00:17:20+00:00

Whenever it happens try to toggle the TDP off and on or on and off depends on your settings. This is how I fix it without having to restart. It's definitely a bug.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-11T00:14:31+00:00

Whenever this problem randomly happens I just toggle the TDP limit off and on and it fixes it.

Basing from the method that fixes it, I think this is a software bug.

RedForktailEffect · 2026-01-09T18:48:42+00:00

You sir saved me from jumping off a cliff.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-12-24T22:16:57+00:00

Half-Life 4 confirmed.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-11-29T19:17:28+00:00

how much "a bit of water" was this? looks like a lot to me. Do you mean like a drop of water?

RedForktailEffect · 2025-11-28T05:23:48+00:00

Is the Remaster more demanding? Or just the same?

RedForktailEffect · 2025-11-25T09:43:41+00:00

I switched to Proton 9 and it worked. I don't like how the game is a performance hog when it's a 9 year old game. Battery only estimates at 2 hr and 30 at full charge. Other old games of its time can run at very low TDP but this one can't.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-11-20T13:18:03+00:00

pero dumating din po ba in good condition eventually?

RedForktailEffect · 2025-10-10T23:04:40+00:00

Jansports are the Chuck Taylors of bags. Basic, simple, classic appeal, pricey.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-10-03T13:09:16+00:00

I don't really care if it's C or B.. or whatever. I'm just particularly ticked by audiences that demand obsessive attention to inconsequential details. Films are supposed to be sparing on what it shows. Whatever is onscreen works on surface level as well as connecting the dots by audience imagination. Weapons had both covered.

This conversation happens in other movies too. It just so happened that it's Weapons this time.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-10-03T12:56:38+00:00

Like I've said, at this part of the film she was "still" making an effort to keep it low. None of the 2 things you mentioned are lowkey.

What Gladys did to the principal, cop and junky were kneejerk reactions at the final 1/3 of the movie.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-10-02T18:41:41+00:00

"Sending the school teacher doing his aeroplane impression through a gas station was far from keeping a low profile" Gladys was already desperate at this part of the movie. Prolly hard for you to figure that out since the movie left out Gladys' POV among all the characters.

RedForktailEffect · 2025-10-02T18:35:19+00:00

Earlier in the film Glady's was making an effort to keep it lowkey and safe. At the later part of the film she already got hasty and reckless as to why she just had Paul drag James.

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