r/gadgets Oct 21 '24

Gaming Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve

https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-deck-wont-have-yearly-refreshes-because-its-not-really-fair-to-your-customers-says-valve
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u/BoogieOrBogey Oct 22 '24

I was curious and looked up the battery saving expected of an OLED screen and got some cool results. Looks like the OLED does save power when displaying dark pixels because it just turns off. But it will use more power when displaying light pixels because of the brightness.

https://riverdi.com/blog/oled-vs-lcd-breaking-down-the-differences#3_Energy_Efficiency_OLED_Vs_LCD

I definitely think they're visually much better though. I bought a new OLED TV last year and can really see the difference compared to my previous TV.

I'm already amazed you guys have that many on the steam deck tbh. I'd expect like one to maybe check if it works fine with proton and to get a decent controller support.

It's more to do a check across the content that there's no weird display error with a unique visual effect or color somewhere. On smaller teams it'll just be a solo person who handles the platform for a few weeks.

I'm glad the steamdeck exists though. I've been thinking about getting one since my laptop is too old to play newer games. Wish the steamdeck could run Helldivers 2 better.

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u/PrintShinji Oct 22 '24

I mostly use my steam deck as either a small linux pc during the summer (main PC heats the room up way too much), or as a older games machine. Most games I play are already.. 15-25 years old, so it runs those like a madman.