Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
Now, new Steam Deck frame rate data being shared by Valve itself can help players dig deeper into the performance they can expect from many Steam Deck games.
Key points
- Since Valve announced its Steam Deck Verified program in 2021, players have found that a game's "Verified" status doesn't always match how well it actually runs on the handheld.
- Valve has been collecting anonymized frame rate data from Steam players who opt in since February.
- Regardless, Valve says it has nonetheless "found that the framerate data consolidates around relatively narrow ranges." Read full article Comments.
Valve acknowledges that players enabling VSync or frame rate limits can bias the collected data somewhat and that the measurements don't account for custom in-game settings that Steam Deck users may tinker with to get a game running.
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