Is there a way to reduce the system resources of the latest steam client release? it is killing my framerates in games.

[GunShooter]

Ever since they added out this new release its killing game framerates and its really bugging me.

Id like to be able to downgrade to a previous version that takes far less resources or use a legal mod that cuts down its graphical flowery behavior in favor of something more utilitarian that is easier on the computer.

[Zemecon]

Was this Steam client update downloaded last night? I had a number of Steam Cloud issues happen last night. They since seem to have been resolved but I am still having issues with one of my games which is online-only. Maybe these issues are related to what you've described.

[GunShooter]

Its the one where they switched from the 2022 and earlier static sign on screen to the one that looks like an attempt to be a netflix style background screen with all the pictures of rando games, with other updates to the steam client. Since that update it bogs down the system when trying to play games that before the update to the client ran moderately well.

As an example, if the steam client is fully open on the desktop, I can load Loop Hero, which I got from GOG, and it stutters horribly with framerate. If I minimize the client, the behavior of Loop Hero improves greatly, and its better still when I fully exit Steam. Then there's small framerate losses for darkest dungeon and Urtuk Desolation compared to pre-updated steam client. It is a resource hog because its meant to be a sparkly new thing.

[nullable]

Well if your system is very old, or bottom of the barrel, unfortunately there may be some consequences eventually. Even client software demands will increase over time. Whenever that day comes I can't imagine affected users will cheer for it.

Alternatively, some people inexplicably have bigger problems so perhaps a fresh install of Steam might help. There's certainly pages and guides for trying to configure current Steam to be as lite as possible.

[crunchyfrog]

There's a couple of things you can try, especially if you have an older system. Of course, a feresh install of Windows will obviously help but you might not need to go that far yet.

I'd start with having a nose at what your Windows Task Manager says while trying to run things and experiecing issues. It may indicate where a problem lies.

If it's something like too much RAM being used you can try manually adjusting virtual memory settings, run something like game settings under Windows, or run OPera GX and let it handle resources as these can improve things.

If things persist then do get back to us.

[GunShooter]

引用自 nullable：

Well if your system is very old, or bottom of the barrel, unfortunately there may be some consequences eventually. Even client software demands will increase over time. Whenever that day comes I can't imagine affected users will cheer for it.

Alternatively, some people inexplicably have bigger problems so perhaps a fresh install of Steam might help. There's certainly pages and guides for trying to configure current Steam to be as lite as possible.

Well I dont think its a given that steam has to become more resource hungry to serve people if it was good enough before.

[nullable]

引用自 GunShooter：

引用自 nullable：

Well if your system is very old, or bottom of the barrel, unfortunately there may be some consequences eventually. Even client software demands will increase over time. Whenever that day comes I can't imagine affected users will cheer for it.

Alternatively, some people inexplicably have bigger problems so perhaps a fresh install of Steam might help. There's certainly pages and guides for trying to configure current Steam to be as lite as possible.

Well I dont think its a given that steam has to become more resource hungry to serve people if it was good enough before.

Sure the old client was serviceable, but so was every previous version of the client back to 2003. You couldn't run the last client on a Pentium 3 800, 512MB RAM, GeForce 2 GTS, and that's what I ran Steam on way back when. So nothing can ever change? Or just no changes are allowed to impact you?

At any rate while you may not agree it's a given, twenty years of history has already proven you wrong, including the last update.

If you were running Valve you could create as many clients as you want and never update them. But other people run the show and they feel differently it seems.