Steam Deck's refresh rate can now be adjusted on the fly

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When the Steam Deck(opens in new tab) released earlier this year, we were impressed by Valve's portable gaming PC hybrid. That being said, whenever new hardware is released one of the biggest hurdles can be continued support. Valve have been pretty on top of this for the Steam Deck, releasing fixes for fans, and constantly adding more verified games to the system(opens in new tab), and those helpful little tweaks keep coming.

The latest SteamOS 3.2 update(opens in new tab) includes a new feature that allows Steam Deck owners to adjust the refresh rate on the fly. Games are typically set at 60Hz on the Steam Deck but this new feature gives players the ability to adjust this incrementally, with limits at 40, 20, and 10fps. 

This is a particularly useful feature in a portable console because people can choose whether to sacrifice frame rates in order to save battery life. Having these incremental options gives people the opportunity to really dial those settings on the fly for whatever their preference happens to be depending on the game they're playing. 

It looks like it will also integrate with the per-game performance settings(opens in new tab) that were introduced recently. Both of these working together should really let users squeeze a bit more battery out of their decks for long trips, which will only make this little machine an even better travel buddy.(opens in new tab)

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