Valve Warns Using Steam Deck During Heatwave Can Throttle Performance
A couple of posts on the Steam Deck Twitter page have made it clear that the system runs anywhere between 0 and 35 degrees Celsius. Due to the high temperatures that many experienced at the start of this week, such as in the UK which saw record-breaking figures, Valve urges people to be careful, as exposing the Deck to temperatures higher than 35 degrees may “throttle” the performance. The follow-up tweet says that the APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit, can withstand 100 degrees, but at 105, the device will shut down....