Update Terbaru Steamdeck Naikan Performa Lebih Baik

Hadirnya versi OLED tidak membuat Valve mengabaikan Steamdeck LCD. Meskipun belum mengumumkan Steamdeck 2, perangkat lama dan baru tetap diberikan update penuh, terutama SteamOS yang menjadi pondasi kuat game berjalan optimal ditengah gempuran PC Handheld vendor lainnya.

Update terbaru SteamOS versi 3.6.0 paling kentara untuk versi LCD adalah kemampuan untuk melakukan overclocking performa, dimana fitur BIOS ini lebih dulu dihadirkan pada versi OLED. Mesa Graphics juga update menjadi versi 24.1 untuk kemampuan tampilan dan responsif pada Steam UI. Berikut changelog update SteamOS versi 3.6.0:

General Update:

• Updated to a more recent Arch Linux base
• Improved pairing experience with Apple AirPods
• Improved session recovery speed after GPU crashes
• Fixed some connectivity failures with access points supporting WPA3 security
• Updated Linux kernel to version 6.5
• Improved speed of subsequent OS updates
• Improved reliability of certain microSD card usage scenarios
• Fixed game session cursor offset alignment
• Worked around misdetection of some SanDisk microSD cards
• Fixed an issue where a thin grey line could appear at the bottom of the screen during boot in some situations
• Fixed an issue causing temporary files to accrue when using Flatpak
• Enabled support for Bluetooth A2DP and BAP profiles
• Improved connection speed of some Bluetooth devices
• Improved performance and stability in memory pressure situations
• Fixed an issue where the Performance Overlay would spuriously enable itself under certain conditions
• Added mechanism to configure which Bluetooth device categories are allowed to wake the system from suspend
• By default, controllers are the only devices that can wake the system from sleep
• Finer-grained UI configuration options will be available as part of a future update

Display Update:

• Improved display uniformity, under some conditions (Mura Compensation)
• Improved display color balance (reduced green tint) at lower brightness levels, under some conditions
• Improved gamma uniformity (yellow tint), under some conditions

Graphics & Performance:

• Updated graphics driver to Mesa 24.1, with many performance and correctness improvements
• Improved responsiveness of the Steam UI

Desktop Mode:

• Updated to KDE Plasma 5.27.10
• Enabled thumbnail previews for videos in the file browser
• Fixed an issue with desktop use that could cause subsequent microSD card auto-mount to fail

Deck Dock:

• Added support for some HDMI CEC features
• TV remote input
• TV wake up
• TV input switching
• Updated Dock firmware, with compatibility fixes for high-refresh-rate VRR displays

BIOS:

• Added overclocking controls on Steam Deck LCD
• Fixed not being able to set the SDCard as the default boot device
• Adjusted power LED slow charging threshold
• Fixed spurious power LED blinking in S5

Modding:

• Modified files in /etc are now migrated to new OS versions based on a whitelist
• Fixes numerous issues with incidentally touched /etc files becoming ‘sticky’ and persisting unexpectedly
• Additional whitelist entries can be added via config fragments
• See /etc/atomic-update.conf.d/example-additional-keep-list.conf
• Added /etc/previous/ containing modifications from the previous update to prevent unexpected data loss
• Up to five previous snaphots of /etc modifications will additionally be retained in /var/lib/steamos-atomupd/etc_backup/
• Added support for {ssh,sshd}_config fragments

Saat ini update sudah tersedia, dan disarankan melakukan reboot setelah selesai update dan tentu saja perhatikan kapasitas penyimpanan yang diperlukan.

Source: PC Gamersn