This one "tip" KILLS your Steam Deck battery life! 

This is the kind of clickbait I like. Cliked for that one tip, got much more useful information that's somehow not just a copy-paste from howto websites and doesn't sound like "try plugging in out"

fsr 1 might put less strain on the system but fsr 2 is a better upscaler which might let you get away with a lower resolution that would offset its slightly higher draw

Well done. A great video that doesn’t need hours to explain everything. Thank you “̮ for giving full informative details and making it as short as possible

Why do you only have 14 subscribers with this video? There’s a “Game Theory” level logic and mathematics here that I really enjoy.

Thanks for the tips, hope to see more videos!

subscribed!.....excellent video. actually learned a couple things.

Thanks for the video 👍🏾

For some reason I think I’m apart of the unpopular population of mainly playing mine docked with an Xbox controller. I love love love that I can play anything, like black ops 2 zombies or switch emulation (I already own all the games Nintendo) AND still use the pc portion of it. BUT, with being plugged in mostly and never being worried about the battery draining, are there any performance increases I can add? Or any resolution improvements I could change to? 720 isn’t the best on 4k, but hitting maybe 900p-1080p would be game changing. Thanks for the good tips as well!

Appreciate this video, i do pc tinker a bit with my steam deck oled such as disabling quick boot etc but never thought of turning off touch panel and automatic brightness in the bios do save battery. Thanks for the useful tips. With these kind of videos hopefully you'll channel will grow in no time.Thank you.

Great content thanks

Good tips but how can playing with the speakers on with Bluetooth off use more battery than headphones using Bluetooth? Are you using dongle or even the 3.5mm jack? In my experience the Bluetooth off always helps with battery life.

Quick boot isn't a sleep mode, it's a boot feature.

Some of these tips are just kind of bad. Specifically, hard limiting the processor speed and the governor changes. Linux already has pretty good scheduling, and schedutil is optimized to only adjust clock speed as needed and provide the minimum needed for performance. Meaning basically, just leave schedutil on and leave it alone. You don't need to adjust the clocks manually because schedutil governor will do this automatically. The undervolting advice is great though, and definitely a good tip for both battery life and reducing heat/fan noise.

I do have to disagree on one point, though. Setting the resolution to something much lower and using FSR to make it look better is one of those things that works in theory and depends highly on someone's tolerance for blurry images. A lot of games that can do with that combo will not look any better than they would at full resolution, even with the graphics settings set lower. Not only that, but FSR makes UI elements blurry as well and depending on the game, it might be impossible to read anything. I recently tried Elite Dangerous on my Deck OLED and once I figured out that FSR is what made the interface impossible to read (even at 800p), playing it on the Deck went from 'it runs' to 'it's perfect' after I turned it off. Also, I think it's important to point out that tinkering with each game's graphics settings also plays a huge part in battery life. That and keeping an eye on the framerate. One thing I always do on my Deck with a game I know to be demanding on my gaming laptop is turning on the performance overlay and keeping an eye on the framerate. I play with the graphics settings first, see what the Deck can reasonably take to maintain 60 FPS on a quiet scene, then go for a spin. Two things to look for are whether the FPS drops too often from that stable 60 to anywhere below 58 (especially if it goes as low as high or low 40s) and whether the fans are going off. If the fans are going off too loudly and the FPS doesn't stay where you want it to, that means the system is attempting to draw more and more power to reach 60 FPS (or even 90 if that's what the game's aiming for). When this happens, I personally lock the FPS to 30 (cuz that's something I've learned to tolerate, having had weak office laptops for years), but you can lock it to the lowest value the Deck reaches. This will make the system draw less power, making the fans quieter and the device cooler, all of which will prolong battery life significantly. This is by far the most valuable tip anyone can give any Steam Deck user, and it's not something most people think of doing due to the bad habits instilled by PC gaming culture, beastly rigs, and the abhorrent act of locking the framerate so that it's stable and the system requires less power. I understand that a tower PC with the latest Intel CPU and a 4090 can afford inconsistent framerate where it fluctuates between 70-80 in an attempt to reach 120 or even 240, but that's not something smaller devices (e.g. gaming laptops and by extension the Steam Deck) can afford without compromising either battery life or even the components' life expectancy in the case of a gaming laptop that you keep plugged in at all times (which, btw, has the potential to ruin the battery, which brings many other problems until you remove said battery and no, replacing it won't help). So, uhm... Yeah. Steam Deck users, if you're reading this, learn to compromise on framerate so you can have a more stable experience and also significantly prolong you battery life in the process. Golden tip right there. Give it a shot with a demanding game and you'll see how stable it is, how quieter the fans are, and how longer your battery will last.

i really don't like the TDP limit. It messes up frame times. Better to just set a frame limit

Got me on the intro 👌👍

Amazing!

I play with my charger on all the time does that ruins the battery? It doesn't go to 100% anymore and aparantely this is working as intended but I'm still worried

Uh... I'm too old for this kind of advanced optimization. Good were the day where I had the patience to try single mhz difference in overclocking and undervolt to get maximum performance at minimum power usage. Now I refuse to do this. If the battery is not lasting enough, I just plug a powebank and move on. Still, those are great tips for those who like this stuff.

Best advice, buy a Switch, lot less powerful but the battery will last MUCH longer. I say as a Switch Lite and Steam Deck OLED owner.

Great tips. Do remember that H is spelt 'Aitch' so pronounced that way.

Thx

0:57 I paid for the whole screen, I'm using every bit of brightness I can get.

600p AND FSR enabled is kind of at that level where I'd rather just play for less time lol.

Speakers: some headphones suck more current than the speakers on the Deck BTW.

Yeah right play it at 240..

No way I'm using fuzzy ah vomit inducing fsr1 lol but the rest I'm fine with

Better still, dont buy a Steam Deck and use no battery at all. Its made to enjoy end of.