Valve Releases Major Steam Desktop Client Update

[chrcoluk]

I guess it depends on your Windows settings.

I have set up the font size scaling to 125% in "Ease of Access" > "Make text bigger", so that must be the culprit. The new Steam UI is now either doubling the scaling (adding +25% twice), or cancelling the Windows setting completely, so there's no middle ground (might act different for the "Scale and layout" setting, but I don't like how it makes everything bigger, so I'm not going to even try it out just for Steam's sake).

I remember that Firefox did the same thing after some major update (v100 or v110), where it not only scaled along with the Windows settings, but added additional 25% and made the text giant, but at least in Firefox, you can access the advance settings and disable that new feature.


Well, Epic has always added ~30W-35W for me, lol, so it's still better, even if it was not possible to fix it on your system, especially considering how much more stuff is packed onto Steam vs EGS.

Uaing VSS I rolled it back and compared, no notable power usage difference but the new client is using circa 4x as many cpu cycles. So it has lost a fair amount of efficiency even if it doesnt feel slow.

However I then downloaded a game update on the new version, and at gigabit speeds it almost fully stretched my 9900k lol, 79% cpu usage across all cores. It seems to be doing something a bit whacked on game updates, but it might have been just that game as I know some games now patch live as you download.

 

[csendesmark]

Is it a bigger resource hog or has that been improved?

It is 0% CPU and 0% GPU while using ~500+MB of RAM when looking on the library tab
Goes to 1,2% CPU (R9 3950X) and 0,1% GPU and ~600+ RAM when switched to the store tab
When I browse the community tab it is similar CPU GPU utilization and some more RAM

 

[mechtech]

It is 0% CPU and 0% GPU while using ~500+MB of RAM when looking on the library tab
Goes to 1,2% CPU (R9 3950X) and 0,1% GPU and ~600+ RAM when switched to the store tab
When I browse the community tab it is similar CPU GPU utilization and some more RAM

Ya. I think it’s a big jump in watts because the cpu and gpu is constantly going from idle to on?

 

[nomdeplume]

@Pumper

I manually looked for updates this morning it downloaded a patch for the latest release. Would be interesting if you noticed any changes from it.

Or anyone else interested who cares to respond to an article fast moving into the archives.

 

[INSTG8R]

I hate it…I just use Small Mode now they messed with it….

 

[csendesmark]

Ya. I think it’s a big jump in watts because the cpu and gpu is constantly going from idle to on?

Do you have an external Wattage meter before the PC-s plug?
I only checked the windows' process monitor.

 

[mechtech]

Do you have an external Wattage meter before the PC-s plug?
I only checked the windows' process monitor.

Yes. On the ups.

 

[Pumper]

@Pumper

I manually looked for updates this morning it downloaded a patch for the latest release. Would be interesting if you noticed any changes from it.

Or anyone else interested who cares to respond to an article fast moving into the archives.

Seems like whatever it was that was loading the CPU with Steam scaling ON has been fixed. It's now showing the same watts with both on and off.

 

[csendesmark]

Yes. On the ups.

Cool,
Well I have a Wattage meter like this

I would check it happily, but my problem is that the plug is in a very inconvenient place for my rig, might to it sometime...

 

[mechtech]

Cool,
Well I have a Wattage meter like this
View attachment 301319
I would check it happily, but my problem is that the plug is in a very inconvenient place for my rig, might to it sometime...

could use an extension cord from the wall so its in a more accessible place?