75% of the Most Played Games on Steam Are Playable on the Steam Deck

Re:75% of the Most Played Games on Steam Are Playable on the... by johnchristopher on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:51PM (#35389806)

I almost bought one but then got curious about its fan noise level, read a bit on the internet and decided I wouldn't risk it. I still remember a laptop computer I barely used because of a whining coil. Fan noise that sounds like leaf blowers are a turn-off for me and I can't use headphones because of tinnitus :/.

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Re:75% of the Most Played Games on Steam Are Playable on the... by delecti on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:37PM (#35390370)

Honestly the fan noise is pretty overblown. It's barely noticeable on less intensive games (which naturally stress the CPU less), but I did a ~100 hour playthrough of Elden Ring (a recent and graphically intensive game) solely on my Steam Deck, and only ever noticed the fan noise in the lull of silence in the moments as my heartrate came back down after losing to bosses.

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Re:75% of the Most Played Games on Steam Are Playable on the... by johnchristopher on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:21PM (#35392068)

I am sensitive to those kind of noises, so I tend to give more weight on the feedback of people like me. Took me some time also to understand that most people don't always realize noise sensitivity can vary much between people and their own experience and that their baseline is way off other's baseline.

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