Steam Deck Update Fixes Issues with Major Windows Games

The Steam Deck is built to run games built for PC but through Valve’s Steam Storefront. It also allows you to install your preferred games on the device, making it more than just another handheld console.

Sadly, this complicates things as Windows isn’t the official operating system of the Steam Deck. A previous update for the Steam Deck negatively impacted games running through Windows installations.

Although Valve doesn’t officially support Windows operating system nor dual-booting Windows alongside SteamOS, it still tries to ensure that games that use Windows still run fine on the Steam Deck.

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Valve also plans to support dual booting with the release of SteamOS 3. This is because the major selling point of the Steam Deck is that it supports Windows installations and games including the enormous number of titles included with the Xbox game pass.

To their credit, valve has now fixed the issues with a new update. Valve designer Lawrence Yang confirmed that a new APU driver update for Windows has been issued.

The intent of the update, according to Yang, is to address issues from previous updates (whether from Windows or Steam Deck) that had impacted the quality of certain Windows game experiences on Steam Deck, especially Halo infinite as it was the only game Yang mentioned in the tweet.

Hello to all Steam Deck + Windows (WinDeck?) enthusiasts! We've just updated the APU driver for Windows on Steam Deck to address issues with Halo Infinite and other titles that regressed recently.
New driver can be found here: https://t.co/aRWUulw1kp pic.twitter.com/BLXwBmLnjO
— Lawrence Yang (@lawrenceyang) June 17, 2022

Valve wants Windows games to run on its Steam Deck and wants Steam Deck developers to make it happen. We can’t forget that the Steam Deck was just released in February this month, and this is its first version with hopefully subsequent more to come.

If you wanted to check out if your favorite game was available to play on the Steam deck, you can check out all the verified games here.

So, if you wanted to give the Steam Deck a try but were disappointed with its performance in some Windows games, there is much more to come from this exciting handheld device.

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