Is Valve paying your or something.

No way. For taxing games and first person shooters I don’t use the SD.

A few ways to do this natively.

• Install retroarch with a GBA core.

• Install a GBA emulator like mgba.

• Install emudeck for a noob friendly setup.

If you’re not opposed to using Decky plugins, you could try the Pause Games plugin. Enable the option “Pause before suspend”. Haven’t had any audio issues with that.

I never do this. I wouldn’t have bought a Deck if I could not suspend and resume whenever I want to. I read that the Decky plugin Pause Games deals with audio issues so that’s what I’ve been using from day one.

I caved and got a few games, and with full intention of playing them haha:

• Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen.

• Xenotilt.

• Slay the spire.

• VA11 Hall-A.

• Subnautica BZ.

Ew

Yep, my Blessing 2 Dusks and Mangird Tops buzz like hell. Definitely an issue for sensitive IEMs. A workaround is to use a USB-C dongle for audio. Apple sells one for cheap and works wonders. It’s not a fix but I can live with it.

Why not both?

I sold it on Oled announcement day. I didn’t even think twice. Got a great chunk of money to offset the upgrade, 340€ for the 64gb model.

512GB Oled, if I can.

No

Cope harder.

64GB version, 340€. Less than a month of use, but still a great deal imo.

Nah, I’ll set it up again, no biggie.

How would we know what you need?

No and no.

In docked mode with M&K, absolutely fine.

High, but if you trust Valve they will restock quickly.

For your workload I’d say it will be just fine, except for the Office suit. You might want to look for alternatives like OnlyOffice.