Hi all? I want to play Path of Exile with a keyboard and mouse on my steamdeck and was wondering if I would experience a significant performance loss when playing the game in desktop mode for any reason? I know that the steamdeck OS is optimized to play games in it’s console mode, but how can I ensure that I can get the same amount of performance from the deck in desktop mode while playing these types of RPG games?

Also, just out of curiosity, is the proton bridge something that steam developed FOR the steamdeck? I can actually run Path of Exile very easily on linux just by toggling the Beta Proton feature, although it runs HORRIBLY on my machine (it’s not optimized for gaming, its just an i5 CPU). I’d like to learn more about how steam is deciding to go forward defining their games under a linux OS, as I’m a die hard linux evangelist and will perish before I go back to windows, LOL!