[markatto]

I have found that even 2D games (eg Hades) aren’t reasonable to run at 4K, but basic gui desktop with a terminal emulator works fine.

[bluescrn]

1280x800 = About a million pixels

3840x2160 = About eight million pixels

People underestimate the performance cost of 4K. The step from 720p to 1080p was a mere doubling of pixel count, but going to 4K was another 4x increase.

The choice of a relatively low screen resolution is one of the main reasons that the deck can run modern games so well.

[jcpham2]

Agreement with you about games I was speaking mostly of the linux desktop environment - I find it useful for work.