Conina on 17 February 2026
| numberwang said: AI: Setting a Steam Deck to 25W TDP is not a native feature, as the stock limit is 15W, but it can be achieved through advanced overclocking/undervolting (BIOS mods like Smokeless or PowerTools) to boost performance in demanding games. |
Overclocking a Steam Deck is super niche (and stupid). The device gets hotter and some of the hardware components will probably die much sooner.
And even if the 15 Watts TDP is shifted to 20 - 25 watts... including the RAM + display that would be 30 - 35 Watts in total. Still no battery life below 1 hour with a 40 or 50 Wh battery.
