Recently had a question about a game running on the deck, and actually got me thinking since steamos settings were briefly discussed: what are the settings to change for a steam deck, or tools to add? I do not mean more fps or more performance per say only, but more battery life or just better tools for certain aspects of the deck.

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    3 days ago

    No plugins, just adjust max tdp and fps limit. I haven’t felt the need for any plugins save for protontricks for old and obscure games.

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      3 days ago

      This is also a good one. Do you notice any battery life changes after the tdp changes that are substantial? I never looked into it too much, but I assume there are very subtle ways to get a bit more battery without too much sacrifices

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        3 days ago

        TDP limits can sometimes give you increased battery life with no change in game quality. However if you ever notice the game freezing or stuttering, make sure to disable TDP limit and see if that fixes it.

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        3 days ago

        Tdp and fps does a lot to save battery life. It saveshours on some games by not wasting resources running them faster than they need to be.