Have you bought a Steam Deck? Here are the top tips for new players!
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0:00 Intro
0:14 About Proton GE
2:12 Untested and unverified games
3:34 Game performance overlay
4:13 Screen refresh and FPS limiter
5:11 Power throttling to save battery life
5:31 Ability to set a custom resolution
6:07 About AMD FSR 1.0 scaling
6:55 Control schemes for games without gamepad support
The most important tricks and tips for new Steam Deck users.
I. GE Proton
This overlay is not affiliated with Valve in any way, but is created by users. GE is an alternative tool that can fix many problems in games and even, in some cases, improve their performance. It can run many unsupported games, fix broken cutscenes, or even crashes.
The installation process is simple, and GE Proton can be activated individually for each game.
To begin the installation, switch Steam Deck to desktop mode.
Then launch the Discover application, which is a library of free programs with an automated installation process.
In the search field, simply enter Proton. You can do this using the on-screen keyboard by pressing the Steam + X buttons simultaneously.
ProtonUP – qt should appear at the top of the application list. Click Install.
Next, click the Steam Deck logo in the lower left corner of the screen, go to All Applications, and search for Proton UP – the list is arranged alphabetically.
In the "install for" field, make sure Steam is selected and click Add Version.
Leave GE-Proton as the "Compatibility Tool" and select the latest version.
Click Install.
After installation, return to game mode.
Activate GE Proton for the given title in the game's compatibility tab. Click the gear icon and select Properties. In the Compatibility category, select "Force use of the specified Steam Play compatibility tool." From the list, select the previously downloaded GE Proton.
II. Unsupported and Unverified Games
The next topic I want to touch on is game compatibility. Valve has a rather interesting system that classifies how a given game runs on Steam Deck, but it's not always worth following. Verified games have repeatedly stopped working. Recently, for example, this problem affected a game from Electronic Arts, where the default Origin launcher was replaced by the EA App. Since then, most games have stopped working, although they still have the green light. Well, compatibility issues are probably the biggest drawback of Steam Deck and the main reason it can't be called a console.
On the other hand, many games that are unverified or deemed unplayable work properly. Often, using the GE Proton I mentioned at the beginning is enough to fix all the problems.
So how can you additionally verify the functionality of games on Steam? Deck?
I especially recommend the website Protondb.com, where you'll find information on most titles, along with comments written by Linux users.
I can also humbly recommend my Steam curator, surprisingly titled Great on Deck, where I describe many unverified games.
https://store.steampowered.com/curato...
https://greatondeck.net/
III. Game Performance Overlay
Since we're on the subject of games, it's worth discussing ways to optimize them. Many games run very well with default graphics settings, but I always recommend optimizing them further. The game performance overlay is very helpful here. You can find it in the Steam Deck context menu by pressing the button with the three dots (...).
Go to the Performance tab and from there you can choose from four overlay types, each of which provides more information about how a given game is performing.
On the first level, we simply have The second one displays a frame rate counter, but on the second one, you can see a line that indicates the game's smoothness. The smoother it is, the better the game runs.
IV. Screen Refresh Limiter and FPS
It's worth discussing the frame rate limiter and manual screen refresh settings at this point – depending on the graphical complexity of a given title or its optimization, it's worth using these features to ensure the best possible smoothness.
A feature well-known to PlayStation 5 users is the 40 fps cap. While on a console, you can use this if you have a display that supports 120 Hz, on Steam Deck, you can adjust the refresh rate from 40 to 60 Hz.
Why 40 Hz? It's a happy medium between 30 and 60 fps, providing very smooth gameplay, relatively low input lag, and better battery life.