12 things every new Steam Deck owner should try or consider:
Annoyed by all those notifications about what games your friends are playing and when they’re playing them? Easy! Head on into Settings and under Notifications you can either select a general “Disable non-critical notifications” setting, or turn specific ones off, with options for both the visual and audio indicator.List slidesValve / Kotaku
Nintendo Button Layout just sees the Steam Deck swap these buttons internally, which can be a little confusing game-to-game.Try out different on-screen keyboardsUnder “Keyboard” in the Settings, you’ll find a few different keyboard themes. You can even get some more themes via Steam Points, which you’ll earn by buying games.Advertisement:Like many gaming consoles, the Steam Deck has a handy way to take screenshots, but it’s not obvious.
Sadly, you can’t customize these shortcuts right now. Holding the Steam button will show you a screen with all important screenshots. Here are a couple to commit to memory:Force Game Shutdown: Steam + B Tab Key: Steam + Down D-PadGet the most out of your home screenThe home screen on the Steam Deck might lack some much-needed customization features, but aside from the main row of recently-played titles, scroll down a bit and you’ll get a quick summary of recently updated games and apps.
Further down on the home screen, you’ll see a selection of games that you’ve wishlisted and are currently on sale. So if you’re looking to save some cash on a game that caught your eye previously, this is a good place to check often.Check your installed games and sort your library into collectionsScreenshotIf you hit the Steam button and navigate to Library, you’ll get a series of tabs starting with “Great On Deck.
Note the frame-rate number in the upper left corner. This is a quick way to see how a game is running on your Steam Deck.lIf you’re coming to the Steam Deck from a console background, good news! The Deck will often just feel like using any console when it comes to launching and playing games. However, the Deck truly is a PC in a console form factor, which can mean some roadbumps when it comes to playing older titles .
Note: In order to access this section, you’ll need to select “Advanced View” under the Performance Overlay Level slider in Quick Settings. Advanced View shows various performance settings such as Framerate Limit, Refresh Rate, and options to toggle on-screen tearing or half-rate shading, among othersUsing the frame-rate counter I mentioned above as the metric for good performance , you could consider dialing back the framerate limit in the Performance menu of Quick Settings.
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