I haven't played many heavy games on it, but its given me an extra 30+mins on battery when playing XCOM; probably because its not writing to the SSD as often. Just an observation, but most of these tweaks seem to get around design choices/limitations of the 64GB model.
On its own, not much. It helps when used in conjunction with increasing the minimum VRAM available to the Deck. From what I read, the Deck prioritizes and/or sets aside system RAM for the CPU, sometimes to the detriment of the GPU. This can be exacerbated by certain games claiming RAM that it doesn't need. Some games, like Warzone on PC will claim almost all available VRAM even if its not using that much. So having a larger swap file will help guard against any instability or crashes from having more system memory set aside for VRAM, in case it really does need that memory. This is my understanding, anyway. Also they mention that Linux's swap file is faster than Windows because of the file system they use. People have done quick and dirty benchmarking and these adjustments do appear to increase performance for more demanding titles. This adjustment was presumably not done by Valve because it would take up over a third of the storage for the 64GB model.
I haven't noticed any drawbacks, and so far only benefits. The tweak itself is fully reversable, and the VRAM minimum can be changed anytime in BIOS.
If Gabe dies PC gaming will probably suffer. He needs to go on a diet ASAP.
Seems optimistic, he was talking about getting rid of it before he'd even opened the box iirc.
True Ironman mode.
