Steam Deck owners can finally see how badly a game runs before buying it

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Valve has introduced average frame-rate data for thousands of Steam Deck games, letting players check real-world performance, spot potential stuttering, and make better buying decisions before downloading a game. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 are not rated.
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Valve Just Added a Huge Feature for Steam Deck Owners
Valve just added a new feature to Steam that displays a game’s average frame rate on the Steam Deck.
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Steam now shows average Steam Deck framerates when browsing games, but Valve says it's considering expanding the feature to other hardware
Valve has released a new Steam update that adds Steam Deck framerate data to a game's store page, giving potential buyers an indication of how well a game runs on the handheld.
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Steam's new Steam Deck framerate graphs are good news for handheld players, though I wouldn't fully trust the numbers yet
Valve have finally made clear what they've been doing with all that hoovered-up performance data and all those "Framerate Estimator" text strings : a framerate estimator for the Steam Deck . Or, rather, a framerate average-r, as games on the Steam Store are now getting...
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Steam Deck owners can finally see how badly a game runs before buying it
Valve has introduced average frame-rate data for thousands of Steam Deck games, letting players check real-world performance, spot potential stuttering, and make better buying decisions before downloading a game.








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