After a long wait, the arrival of the Steam Deck seems to meet user expectations to a large extent and offers a complete PC experience literally at your fingertips. However, there are still many aspects in which the console can be improved, and Valve knows it.

And it’s because the last update released yesterday gives us the ability to create performance settings for the game, which will allow us set up and switch between customized performance profiles for each of our games, which will be accessible at the touch of a button through the console’s quick access menu.

A function we can do Optimize features such as refresh rate and frames per secondthus optimizing not only the experience of each game, but also console autonomy. And that’s because although there will be games we’re trying to maximize performance like Elden Ring, which should run at 40 fps with a refresh rate of 40 Hz; A wide catalog of games compatible with Steam Deck gives us access to other games with lower characteristics and requirements, which we can reduce to a setting of 10 fps and consumption of 5 watts, which can double the playing hours.

And as Digital Foundry shows us, the adjustable refresh rate and update fan curve allow us to get significantly more out of the Steam Deck.

In addition, if we are not able to adjust these settings adequately, or we want to use this optimization only for a certain moment (eg a trip), we will always have the ability to turn this feature on and off at any timewhich will be able to reuse the global system configuration.

Practically since its launch, this is one of the most sought after features by users, and while they will certainly appreciate it, we can’t help but want more. There are currently no advanced options for these profiles, such as automatically using or disabling them when the Steam Deck is plugged in, or the ability to save and share these profiles with the community.