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Seemingly everyone in the northern hemisphere is suffering from extreme heat at the moment. The UK just registered its hottest day in history, for instance. <\/p>\n

When temperatures get this high, you can count on electronic manufacturers to issue warnings that such heat will interfere with the performance of their devices.<\/p>\n

Like Nintendo before it, Valve also warned owners of the Steam Deck<\/strong> that the handheld will throttle its performance when it gets too hot. This is actually standard behaviour for the Deck and many other devices when their internal temperature reaches a certain point.<\/p>\n

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Seemingly everyone in the northern hemisphere is suffering from extreme heat at the moment. The UK just registered its hottest day in history, for instance. When temperatures get this high, you can count on electronic manufacturers to issue warnings that such heat will interfere with the performance of their devices. Like Nintendo before it, Valve also warned owners of the Steam Deck that the handheld will throttle its performance when it gets too hot. This is actually standard behaviour for the Deck and many other devices when their internal temperature reaches a certain point. 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