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Yeah pretty early on I realized that I didn’t like playing demanding games on it for a few reasons - screen quality, fan noise, and CPU performance. It’s mostly
by sylens 4y ago
Yeah pretty early on I realized that I didn’t like playing demanding games on it for a few reasons - screen quality, fan noise, and CPU performance. It’s mostly smaller indie games and emulation for me.
- hoverfd 4y agoThe new God of War is absolutely unplayable, or at least it was when I uninstalled it in January.
- awill 4y agoyea, uninstalling it would make it unplayable.
- ohgodplsno 4y agoYou mean the game that is not marked as verified but rather as "playable" (which really means: it starts. Figure out yourself how to make it run well) doesn't run well? Well that's not entirely surprising now, is it?
- hoverfd 4y agoIs there a configuration you found that made it run well or did you just want to say something unhelpful?
- ohgodplsno 4y agoEntirely unhelpful, but considering your original comment was pretty much complaining that <old device> cannot run <very new and demanding software>, I figured it was in the theme.
- m5r 4y agoCryoByte33 on YouTube[0] has videos explaining in details different configuration presets to run games like God of War, Witcher 3, or Breath of the Wild. He's also maintaining an impressive piece of software[1] that helps optimize your Steam Deck. Worst case scenario, if you don't find the game you're looking for in his videos, chances are you will find a decent configuration on SteamDeckHQ[2] [0]: https://youtube.com/@cryobyte33 https://youtube.com/@cryobyte33 [1]: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities [2]: https://steamdeckhq.com/game-settings/ https://steamdeckhq.com/game-settings/
- pdpi 4y agoFor anybody else reading the discussion, knowing that GoW is not advertised as fully supported is important context.
- Razengan 4y agoAnd unlike the Switch, the Switch doesn't enter a higher performance mode when docked.
- izacus 4y agoYeah, but Switch doesn't come close to Decks performance in any configuration - there's a staggering amount of games that don't even reach 30fps consistently while looking like a blurry mess. The performance difference there is stark.
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- Razengan 4y agoYeah but the Deck isn't as cool as the Switch
- worldofmatthew 4y agoThe switch slows itself down when not docked to save battery.
- johnwalkr 4y agoThe resolution is lowered in many games too.
- grishka 4y agoMy own experience is that it kinda does. Some games run with a noticeably higher frame rate when docked. The fan also gets louder.