- I-patch ye-Linux kernel, ebizwa ngokuthi i-epp_boost, ithuthukisa ubuncane be-FPS ku-Steam Deck ngamaphesenti afinyelela ku-31,8%.
- Umsebenzi ulungisa ngokuguquguqukayo umongo wemvamisa ye-CPU ngomongo, ukuvimbela ukungingiza okuncane.
- Ukuhlolwa nge-Civilization VI kubonisa ukuthuthuka kokugeleza ngaphandle kokuthinta ukusetshenziswa kwamandla.
- I-patch isacutshungulwa, kodwa ingafika ku-SteamOS nakwezinye izinhlelo ze-Linux ezine-AMD.
Umthuthukisi uDavid Vernet, unjiniyela kwa-Meta, uthumele uchungechunge lwama-patches ku-kernel ye-Linux aletha umsebenzi obizwa ngokuthi i-epp_boost. Lokhu kuguqulwa kuthinta umshayeli we-AMD P-State futhi kuhlose ukulungisa inkinga evamile emidlalweni yevidiyo: ama-micro-freezes ayenzeka lapho i-CPU inciphisa isivinini sayo ngesikhathi sokumiswa okufushane kuchungechunge oluyinhloko.
Ukugeleza okukhulu ngo-31,8% ezikhathini ezibucayi
Ukuhlolwa kokuqala okusebenzisa i-Steam Deck kanye ne-Civilization VI benchmark kubonisa intuthuko enkulu. Izinga lohlaka eliphansi kakhulu (1% FPS ephansi) likhuphuke ngo-31,8% , okuholele kokuhlangenwe nakho okuzinzile kakhulu ngokwehla kwezinga lohlaka okumbalwa. Izinga lohlaka ku-99th percentile nalo lithuthuke ngo-4,1%, yize i-FPS ejwayelekile ingashintshile. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi intuthuko igxile ezikhathini ezimbi kakhulu, lapho abadlali bezwa khona ukungingiza kakhulu.

Indlela i-epp_boost esebenza ngayo: ukulungiswa kokuhlinzwa okuyisisekelo ngesisekelo
Inkinga le patch eyixazululayo iyaziwa: ngesikhathi sokudlala, intambo eyinhloko ye-CPU ima isikhashana ngenkathi ilinde i-GPU ukuthi iqedele umsebenzi. Umshayeli we-AMD P-State uchaza lokhu kumiswa njengomthwalo ophansi futhi wehlisa imvamisa ye-core. Lapho intambo iqala kabusha, i-CPU ithatha isikhashana ukubuyisa isivinini, okubangela ukuxhuzula okuncane. I-epp_boost iqapha i-core ngayinye njalo ngemizuzwana eyi-10 . Uma ithola ukuthi i-core ibimatasa okungenani ama-50% wesikhathi, ishintsha okwesikhashana ukukhetha kwayo kwamandla ibe ukusebenza okuphezulu. Ngemva kokungasebenzi kwama-millisecond angu-300, ibuyela esimisweni esijwayelekile. Lokhu kuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okwengeziwe okungadingekile futhi kugcina ibhalansi ne-GPU, ehlanganyela isabelomali samandla ku-APU ye-Steam Deck.

Nakuba i-patch isacutshungulwa futhi idinga ukuhlanganisa i-kernel eguquliwe, amandla ayo acacile. I-Steam Deck nanoma yiluphi uhlelo lwe-Linux olune-processor ye-AMD Ryzen lungazuza kulokhu kuthuthukiswa ngaphandle kokudinga ukushintsha ihadiwe, kuyilapho ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Steam Deck 2 kuqhubeka ngesivinini salo. Imiphumela nge-Civilization VI iyathembisa, futhi kusazobonakala ukuthi izosebenza kanjani nezinye izihloko. Okwamanje, umphakathi unethemba lokuthi onjiniyela be-AMD kanye nabanakekeli be-kernel bazosamukela lesi siphakamiso, esingahumushela ekubeni isipiliyoni sokudlala esibushelelezi sezigidi zabasebenzisi.