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  • Check the frequency and temperatures of your laptop cpu using tools like afterburner or hwinfo64.

    Also try a CPU benchmarking tool like Cinebench to check if the score is normal for your hardware.

    It could be that your laptop is running other pc games well because you are playing GPU bound games but Emulators are a lot more heavy on the CPU.

    While your laptop is indeed 5 years old I don’t think it should be that slow compared to the steam deck cpu. At least that’s not what the data online suggest.

    Maybe you are having a dust buildup or other cooling/throttling problem



  • Zagorim@alien.topBtoSteam DeckHow loud are your fans?
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    1 year ago

    I have one of the first LCD models to come out. It is pretty loud too even on the steam library. It seems some games are less demanding than having steam on the foreground.

    I think valve improved more recent lcd models a bit and the oled model a lot more. I plan to keep my deck for a few years though, at least till they release a deck 2.


  • Zagorim@alien.topBtoSteam Deck512 GB LCD or OLED?
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    1 year ago

    Fyi the oled not only has a better screen but it also has like 50% more battery life or so, a faster wifi, more recent bluetooth version,quieter fan etc, it’s not just the screen (which also has HDR).

    I have the lcd model because i bought it in 2021 (first day of preorders) but if I was buying it right now i would definitely go for the oled.