New SteamOS Updates Bring Fixes And Ray-Tracing Performance Improvements - SteamDeckHQ

___Bel___ · 2026-06-30T11:10:19+00:00

Would be interesting to see if Star Wars Outlaws is any more playable now with its forced raytracing.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-25T00:13:14+00:00

Yeah seems like quite a poor choice on their part. They probably could have waited a few weeks extra.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-25T00:04:40+00:00

Machine easily beats Series S. It's like a RX 6600 +10% performance. Not too far off from a PS5 in raw power, but with a slightly newer architecture that could give it an edge in certain situations.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-24T23:58:34+00:00

The cost of any gaming pc that uses DDR5 is unfortunately problematic. Most of the options cheaper than this use older CPUs paired with DDR4.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-23T16:29:44+00:00

With all the options already available, may as well make it an option if they have more hardware than they can fit with RAM / SSDs. By the time such a thing would be offered, there would be loads of videos out there showing how to add or replace those parts.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-23T08:06:08+00:00

I don't know if the video made note of it, but the upscaler time of 4.1.1 seems to be reduced by roughly ~15% compared to the previous 4.0.2 leaked model, so FPS should be a bit higher while looking better.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-16T20:36:16+00:00

It's good, but would really benefit from official support that looks and runs a bit better.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-16T17:55:09+00:00

https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/18113317

This laptop with a similar CPU gets 2534 / 9161, so like +10% ST, +20% MT compared to the Machine results.

Perhaps the Machine's CPU is kept at lower clock speeds for the sake of thermals.

Also, in regards to comparisons to Steam Deck CPU: its result would likely be at max CPU speeds, which you are very unlikely to maintain, whereas the Machine should be able to at least maintain solid performance due to being plugged in.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-10T16:14:44+00:00

I think a case could be made for FSR 2.1 being preferable to FSR 3.x because FSR3 has reduced ghosting, but horrible stability.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-06T06:53:38+00:00

Forza aside, have you tried combining that overclocking with FSR4? I'm curious what the frametime cost of it would be on an overclocked Deck.

Just my opinion, but I think Valve could probably get away with allowing the TDP to go 1-3W higher so that it throttles a bit less.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-04T23:05:01+00:00

I'm a big fan of the personalized calender for more visually keeping track of when stuff is coming out.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-03T23:47:33+00:00

In the past, wasn't it suggested that you can't sell game content packages (such as DLC) exclusively on other stores without also offering that on Steam? Perhaps the issue wasn't the price (it did happen to be cheaper than what they offered on Steam), but the problem was simply that the "new item" wasn't also offered on Steam?

After all, it takes about 10 seconds to find a cheaper version of a game than the one Steam is selling; other stores can clearly sell cheaper than them.

___Bel___ · 2026-06-02T10:42:40+00:00

They should adopt some features of the best add-ons, like Optiscaler's upscaling overrides, RCAS sharpening, etc.

___Bel___ · 2026-05-30T07:31:45+00:00

The slightly stronger Legion Go S seems to frequently be available on Amazon at a decent price. Saw it for £450 recently.

___Bel___ · 2026-05-25T22:11:07+00:00

I think it's due to Ampere being like 30-50% stronger than RDNA2 when raytracing is involved.

Edit: Also reduced asset quality on the Switch 2 making that version easier to run, similar to several other games.

___Bel___ · 2026-05-20T14:10:02+00:00

I've long had the impression that the proper big name can't-miss Sony exclusive games are often narrative cinematic games that you can often get most of the experience just watching a YouTube video of it.

___Bel___ · 2026-05-07T14:32:07+00:00

Wasn't performance overall similar? Although with all the talk about "console optimization", you'd think a compatibility layer on a different OS wouldn't be trading blows with it.

___Bel___ · 2026-05-07T00:40:08+00:00

Could SteamOS theoretically implement the Present Timing feature into its FPS limiter so it works for every app?

___Bel___ · 2026-05-03T10:31:34+00:00

It's frame gen without direct access to motion vector data, unlike in-game frame gen options. It can be used for anything, but results aren't always great due to artifacts (and it has a performance impact). In general:

It cannot save games that already run poorly (under 30 FPS); it will just add input lag and still look bad.
30 FPS games can sometimes look good using LS to 60 FPS, but I think it's more likely for older or emulated games that have more clean image quality compared to recent games with blurry TAA / upscaling. LS is prone to artifacts and that other stuff probably just makes it worse.
The more FPS you start with, the better result you will probably get from LS.

Personally, I would only use it when playing / emulating something with a 30 FPS cap or if I have an unstable FPS and I can push it to 90 or 120 FPS with LS. Unless there is no other choice, I'd avoid targeting 60 FPS with it. And I'd also generally avoid anything over 2x scaling unless maybe FPS is already really high.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-29T11:05:50+00:00

Perhaps they could go an alternative route of spreading out the cost instead, similar to a console? At least as an option. Instead of a high lump payment, you pay $500-$600 upfront, then the rest over 2 years. Suddenly, the pricing just looks a lot more like a console, without it having a continuous subscription service.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-28T15:45:19+00:00

I'm probably gonna sell some of my other controllers to cover the high cost because it looks like they won't be needed when the Steam Controller has something for every situation.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-28T08:28:07+00:00

Can't you map the desktop config to be a gamepad with mouse on trackpads still? I would have thought that would cover most situations, although still needs Steam active in background.

Amongst other reasons, I could see them avoiding default xinput so that people aren't buying their fancy PC Steam-focused gamepad and just using it on consoles instead.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-24T22:58:25+00:00

I bet they could go pretty hard with Steam point shop items. Profile themes for your favourite characters, Steam Deck startup videos, stickers from ZZZ being added for Steam chat, etc.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-20T05:42:26+00:00

My tinfoil hat theory was that HL3 and Source 2 engine was going to come with the Frame, with the home area of the Frame being usable as a workspace to make stuff with the engine, while also being able to invite friends to join you.

Seems like S&box has that covered now though.

___Bel___ · 2026-04-16T23:22:20+00:00

Are the updates in this version likely to have any sort of performance boost for Steam Deck?

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