SteamOS massively beats Windows on the Legion Go S (www.gamingonlinux.com)
from ryujin470@fedia.io to gaming@beehaw.org on 28 May 15:21
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GammaGames@beehaw.org on 28 May 15:34 collapse

Discussing battery life:

In less demanding titles like Dead Cells the difference is absolutely insane jumping from 2 hours 47 minutes on Windows to 7 hours 8 minutes on SteamOS.

Considering how indie friendly the deck is, this is a huge loss for MS. All other things equal that difference would easily make me drop windows.

Phen@lemmy.eco.br on 28 May 16:26 collapse

How big is the battery on the legion go? The deck’s battery drains so quickly I wouldn’t be surprised if it couldn’t last 7 hours even in the home screen.

ryujin470@fedia.io on 28 May 16:52 next collapse

According to a PC Gamer article, it has a 55.5 Wh battery. https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/lenovo-legion-go-s-windows-review/ (This one is for the Windows version but the SteamOS version has (or may have) similar hardware.)

Phen@lemmy.eco.br on 28 May 18:43 collapse

So 7 hours on that battery would be approximately 5 hours on the deck.

I’ll download dead cells here to see how long the deck can run it in one charge, but I doubt it’ll reach anywhere close to five hours with the default settings.

Edit: I was wrong. Got six hours out of it even.

Hexarei@beehaw.org on 28 May 17:10 collapse

I’ve gotten over 12 hours playing Stardew Valley on my Deck with the wattage down to 2W, something wrong with yours? lol