Pierre-Loup Griffais

Was away from home when the Street Fighter 6 Closed Beta Test dropped... No problem!

Now on: bsky.app/profile/plagma…

Our next award is Best Gaming Hardware, which is presented by the @EE Game Store. And the winner is… Steam Deck OLED 🏆 #GoldenJoystickAwards

SteamOS 3.6.20 is now live. steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/…

SteamOS 3.6.20 is out on Beta with a performance hotfix for Metaphor: ReFantazio!

@BobWulff It's not uncommon for the shader compiler in radv to generate more efficient code in a way that results in a 3-5% perf gain, and at the kinds of framerates handhelds run at, it often ends up measuring as 1FPS. It's more pronounced on discrete GPU machines.

It's very interesting to me that Bazzite often gets literally ONE fps over stock Windows. I noticed this in my testing too and thought it was just a stat quirk. Why ONE frame? It's so weirdly specific

@HandleDeck @InvierteEnLib @lawrenceyang Hello - did you have different VRAM settings in the BIOS before the update, that got reset on the update to BIOS 131? Did you also possibly have overclocking? 46FPS is normal for a stock Deck.

@InvierteEnLib @lawrenceyang @Plagman2 Nada...

Hi @lawrenceyang and @Plagman2 . I tested my Steam Deck LCD before and after installing SteamOS 3.6 stable and I noticed a drop in performance. When I go down to version 3.5 I notice that the problem persists and I understand that the performance drop comes from the BIOS update. Did you know the problem? Are you working on it? Thank you!

Bazzite avoids shader compilation stutter due to Vulkan Shader Playback from Valve's Fossilize. Why on earth is there not a Microsoft made equivalent in the Windows/DX12 environment? 10 years of DX12 and its default experience without hefty dev work is "runs like junk". (3/4)

Every executive/technical officer at Microsoft should watch this video. Summarized: Windows/DX12's current state is an active hindrance to responsive, smooth gaming on PC. Unlike under Windows/DX12, games on Bazzite do not suffer from intrusive shader compilation stutter. (1/4)

SteamOS 3.6.19 is now live on the Stable upate channel for all Deck users! store.steampowered.com/news/app/16752…

We are excited to announce that Steam Deck is coming to Australia in November, 2024! The team is in Melbourne at PAX AUS, so stop by our booth if you're in town to try out Steam Deck!

We're excited to finally be bringing Steam Deck here to Australia (and the team has fallen in love with Melbourne). Stop by our PAX booth to say hi if you're in town!

SteamOS 3.6.13, our second Release Candidate for 3.6, is now live on Beta.

SteamOS 3.6.12 is now out on Beta. This is our first Release Candidate to land 3.6 into Stable, so feel free to give it a shot in Beta over the weekend! store.steampowered.com/news/app/16752…

@AscentRivals I'm going to have to stop counting.

@AscentRivals This one is resting...

Going to swing by PAX to try out Terry at the Capcom booth. Wonder if anyone is showing anything with Decks!

SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta is out now! store.steampowered.com/news/app/16752…

SteamOS 3.6.9 is now out in Beta: store.steampowered.com/news/app/16752…