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This is a joke right? (Xbox ROG Ally) (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Gamescope is a compositor. It has many useful gaming features, but it doesn’t have a major performance advantage over desktops like Gnome, KDE, or tilers.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The performance advantage comes from the fact that there isn't a full-fat desktop running concurrently with the game. You're booting directly into Steam.

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.ee 10 points 7 hours ago

Performance isn't noticably worse in desktop mode on the Steam Deck compared to gaming mode. Windows is just full of bloat and has a trash power scheduler.