Coming out of nowhere, Valve delivers a brand new Steam Deck, packing a 7.4-inch OLED HDR display with a 90Hz refresh rate. But that's just the headline bull...
In most cases, an oled screen is less efficient than lcd screens and will consume more power. The scenario in which oled should consumes less power is if most of the screen is dark and it can take advantage of per pixel dimming.
OLEDs are less efficient than high-end, energy efficient LCD displays but Valve was using low color gamut garbage ones in the base steam deck model so that doesn’t mean they cannot save a few watts from the screen by switching to OLED.
In most cases, an oled screen is less efficient than lcd screens and will consume more power. The scenario in which oled should consumes less power is if most of the screen is dark and it can take advantage of per pixel dimming.
They compensated with a battery increase
OLEDs are less efficient than high-end, energy efficient LCD displays but Valve was using low color gamut garbage ones in the base steam deck model so that doesn’t mean they cannot save a few watts from the screen by switching to OLED.