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How to install Steam Games faster than ever on the Steam Deck!

Paul


The Steam Deck Rocks

I first got this today but I have so many games on Steam, You’d think it would take very long.   The problem is that you probably don’t know this little tip to help you get your steam games onto the steam deck quicker.   I am going to talk about a few ways you could increase your download speed on the Steam Deck.   This won’t be a hard lesson for some but it will be an eye opening lesson for others.    The real question is how I did it and how can you make downloading your games much faster and easier.   The simple truth is I used a USB-C Dongle From Amazon to do that.   Most of the time downloading from WIFI can be fast but it can also be slow due to the limits of bandwidth on the WIFI network.  You can download way faster on wired than you can on wireless.   That will always be the case.

Disconnect from WIFI

This is something else I found out is that if you didn’t disconnect from the WIFI in the steam settings it would still be slow to download while connected to the dongle.   After disconnecting from the WIFI my speed downloads jumped up and I could get those really big games installed in half the time.  This is one of those little tips no one told you about with the Steam Deck.  To disconnect from WIFI when you are using a USB-C Dongle or a USB-C DOCK. A USB-C Dock is just a bigger and bulker version of the dongle because you can plug in keyboards and mice into and use it like a computer. This is definitely something I will be trying later on. I am quite curious to see if I can plug in a joystick or use a Bluetooth joystick to play games from my television set in the living room.

Streaming Games

If you plan on streaming games to another part of the house with your Steam Deck, you’ll want to also plug it in and make sure that you have enough bandwidth to stream games from your computer to the Steam Deck.   I think this one will also apply for the Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld also, if you plan to stream with the Logitech gaming handheld it will work a lot better if you can get a hard connection with that like you can with the Steam Deck.  

Download speeds

The only draw back I can see right now is the download speeds are limited to how fast the NVME or the SD card you are using can be written to.  So that may be a draw back from some people who got the slow SD cards that are barely able to keep up.   The best kind I can suggest are the SD cards that are designed for quick read and writes the ones that are in the 160MB/s are probably you best bet but you can use the 100MB/s read and write speeds if you like.  It will still be fast enough to play games on and will make your gaming experience better no matter which one you uses.

These are just a few things I’ve noticed once I got my Steam deck.   I will talk more about it in the coming weeks but I thought this would help other install their games or stream their games faster.   What else do you want to know about the Steam Deck, why not comment below and let me know what you interested in knowing or finding out?

 

International Travel Bans due to Covid 19(Sars-Cov-2)!

Paul
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Manilla Old Shop By John (Flickr)

It’s Globally

We’ve all been frantically checking to see when we’ll be able to travel to see our Fiances, boyfriend, Girlfriend, or that Significant other! It’s been a mad house for us all! I’ll say it is hasn’t been easy since most places went on lock down March or April this year (2020). Thanks to Covid-19 we’ve all had to be by ourselves and that isn’t normal or right.

Where to Go?

Are you asking this to find out if you can go see your other half or just so you know if they can come see you? Either way the point of this post to help you find out which sites might be able to help you find out that information. Each government has their own regulation and requirements or are just not allowing foreigners to come into the country. This is all due to the over whelming need to keep the virus from getting out of hand. There are several resources you can use to find out if you can travel in the first place. I like to at least try to help those who might want to know keep track of the current world wide situation and if you can travel to a particular country and back!

I’ll be frank this won’t be a very long post because I just want to make sure you know where you can go to find out if you can travel and what you might have to do. The rest is up to you on how you do it. I strongly recommend going to each governments websites and see what they are allowing to come into their country and what they require to be able to get into it. Some are requiring 14 days of quarantine and others are requiring PCR (Up the nose) and IGGM (Checking to see if you been in contact with anyone who has had covid19) blood test! Either way it will be uncomfortable for you!

Let’s Start!

We will now talk about where you could go to answer all your questions on this:

  • International Air Travel Association (IATA) — Has a great website to see which countries are allowing you to travel to and from. It however doesn’t exactly tell you what is required to get into that country!
  • CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) — Has a good Travel Notices for those who worry about getting the virus while travelling. You can weigh it down to how much you might be at risk when travelling.
  • The World Tourism Organization — Keeps up to date what they know. This is almost a blog type of publishing. They publish new stuff every few weeks or when a countries come out of or goes into lock down. It however has limited amount of information but still good to check!

These are about all I could find and as such should at least start your journey and keep you updated on when you might be able to fly. If you are looking to get tickets to fly, Why not save some money and follow my tips on getting the cheapest plane tickets!

Remember to share this post with others so they can find out more ways to keep up to date on travel bans and when you might be able to fly again. Remember we are all in this together!

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