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The official splashscreen for Steam, showing the logo at the centre and various games as horizontal tiles in the background.

Valve could well be giving Steam its most useful update ever: Frame rate estimates for games, based on how well they've been running on users' gaming PCs

By Nick Evanson published

News Power from the people, power to the people.

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SteamOS on multiple handheld gaming PCs

The latest Steam beta lets you give Valve your frame rate data, focusing on SteamOS devices to 'learn about game compatibility'

By James Bentley published

News Anything that improves SteamOS is a win in my book.

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The official splashscreen for Steam, showing the logo at the centre and various games as horizontal tiles in the background.

Steam reviews set to show a player's specs so it's easier to know if you'll share their experience or they misread the minimum

By James Bentley published

News Though that's only if users choose to add it.

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Battlefield 6: A soldier wearing a tan uniform, including a helmet, glasses, and mask, facing to the side with a sledgehammer over their shoulder while turning to look at the camera.

'We wanted to focus on performance': Battlefield 6 developer explains why EA is skipping ray tracing at launch

By James Bentley published

News Another smart move.

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A screenshot of the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077, with the Steam performance overlay showing at the top of the screen

Someone at Valve got their unit prefixes a bit muddled but a quick update for the latest Steam beta has fixed your slower-than-normal CPU reading

By Nick Evanson published

News Mega, mebi, giga, gibi. It's all giving me the heebie-jeebies.

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Valve Steam Deck OLED handheld PC

Little things that matter: Valve is making performance settings in its Steam Deck easier to understand

By Nick Evanson published

news Motherboard BIOS creators, please could you do the same?

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Onedrive notifications on Windows 11.

Microsoft may double down with ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

By Katie Wickens published

news As if we weren't already up to our eyeballs in ads.

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Geralt's sexy ear listening for the noise of the Steam Deck fan.

Steam Deck beta update includes more fan curve improvements

By Katie Wickens published

news The new fan controller is "smarter, more stable, and quieter" than ever.

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Steam Deck with text on screen and a dotted lilac background.

Latest Steam Deck update keeps the fan quiet and temps low

By Katie Wickens published

news A decent OS controlled fan curve is what we've all been dreaming of since day one.

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The Steam Deck in use with a warm thermometer overlaid.

Steam Deck beta update improves fan whine, but raises GPU temps

By Katie Wickens published

news We're not sure that's a worthwhile trade-off, honestly.

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