Avoid playing Steam Deck in high temperatures: Valve warns of issues

The company reminds that the system will automatically shut down if it registers overheating.

After a short hiatus, in a way, high temperature warnings are filling up Spain’s geography again, and the consequences of this are unfortunately not only in the level of health, but also in performance, as we have seen in the news. electronic devices, including consoles. In this sense Valve issued a warning yesterday About using Steam Deck under these conditions.

“Steam Deck works best in ambient temperatures between 0 degrees and 35 degrees. Above that, Steam Deck may begin to throttle its performance as a preventative measure,” Valve says via the portable’s Twitter profile. “To be more specific, the Steam Deck processor works fine at temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius. Beyond this threshold it accelerates and Automatically shuts down at 105 degrees to prevent fatal damage” adds the manufacturer.

Valve explains its message as follows: throttling it is nothing but a mechanism that protects the integrity of the hardware and its users.

This warning from the creators of Half-Life 2 is nothing new this month. Nintendo has already released a number of good practices to prevent the Nintendo Switch from overheating. We’ve also started working from 3DJuegos to offer you suggestions for lowering your PC’s temperature. You can find a similar guide for PS5, Xbox Series and Switch in the magazine.

This summer, the Steam Deck has been the perfect complement to continue enjoying the Valve store’s extensive catalog anywhere. At 3DJuegos, our colleague Alejandro Pascual told us how the way you play on PC has changed. Also, Valve is doubling its hardware shipment.