SteamOS updated to Stable 3.4.6, fixes RE4 demo and adds ray tracing to Doom Eternal
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This update also brings another QoL graphical update, specifically to Doom Eternal, adding ray tracing into the game. While the raytracing update does give the game a hit to performance, it seems like with a few tweaks, players can get a stable 30fps out of Doom Eternal with the raytacing on, so they can at least experience it with the best graphics on a stable framerate, and on the go.
The latest updates are thanks to an update to the video driver version focused on Vulkan, Mesa, which had this current update previously on the Preview branch of the SteamOS for testing (more or less an alpha testing branch). Based on some reports, the Mesa driver version that focuses on OpenGL hasn't been touched.
This is what the 3.4.6 changelog by Steam says:
Steam Deck OS Stable Update 3.4.6: March 13th said:SteamOS 3.4.6 has just been released to the Stable channel as an update to all Deck users. The update contains the following changes:
- Fixed a focus issue with Forza Horizon 5
- Updated the graphics driver to Mesa 23.1, containing many functional and performance fixes:
- Fixed graphical corruption issues with Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Ray-Tracing is now available in DOOM Eternal
- Fixed graphical corruption in Resident Evil 4
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