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SteamOS beta improves frame pacing and high-refresh display behavior

Valve has put SteamOS 3.9.6 in beta, with changes to frame timing when a game's frame-rate limiter is enabled. The improvement applies with VRR on or off. One specific case involved a 30-fps game capped at 60 dropping to 24 fps on a 120-Hz display; the beta addresses that bug. It also makes performance more consistent after CPUs wake from deep idle. On 240-Hz displays, games capable of high refresh rates will no longer run at low refresh rates. The frame-timing change is likely to be noticeable in gameplay.

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