The Steam Deck Battery Can Drain Quickly With The Wrong Settings
With the Steam Deck's release coming up at the end of February, testers have their hands on the device and are revealing more about how it'll play. One tidbit coming out from a number of YouTubers testing the Steam Deck is that the handheld device's battery life will be heavily reliant on what settings are used to play, as reported by PC Gamer.
Officially, Valve has said that the Steam Deck will provide 2-8 hours of batttery, depending on the game and settings being used. Tests from YouTubers Gamers Nexus and The Phawx have shown this range to be generally accurate, though both managed to run the battery down in less than two hours, and neither managed to reach the 8-hour upper limit.
You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.
Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?
Sign up or Sign in now!
By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Now Playing: Steam Deck Take A Look at the Inside Trailer
In a battery strain test, Gamers Nexus managed to run the battery down in 87 minutes by running Devil May Cry 5 with an uncapped framerate and Vsync disabled. With a 60fps framerate cap and Vsync enabled, DMC5 lasted around 2 hours instead, scraping the lower end of the Steam Deck's official battery life.
Similar tests run by The Phawx showed that the Steam Deck gets considerably better batttery life when playing less demanding games like indie or older titles, with Dead Cells running for around six hours with Vsync enabled. The Phawx failed to reach the advertised eight-hour upper run time with any game, despite testing various options.
On the plus side, it looks like the Steam Deck will charge fairly quickly, with Gamers Nexus's test showing the device charging to 80% in
Read more on gamespot.com
