OLED Steam Deck: Low Medium High Max AAA games tested

Ultimate Steam Deck OLED Gaming Test: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Stray | Full Settings Breakdown & FSR 3 Mod
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📌 Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro & Overview
00:30 - Elden Ring Medium
01:22 - Elden Ring Medium 45Hz
01:58 - Elden Ring Low
02:45 - Elden Ring High 45Hz
03:26 - Elden Ring High 30Hz
04:04 - Elden Ring Maximum
04:50 - Elden Ring Max 1600 GPU
05:19 - Cyberpunk Steam Deck
06:11 - I’m okay
06:33 - Cyberpunk GPU on vs off
06:50 - Cyberpunk Low
07:38 - Cyberpunk Super Low
08:24 - Cyberpunk Medium
08:59 - Cyberpunk High
09:34 - Cyberpunk Ultra 90Hz
10:04 - Cyberpunk Ultra 30Hz
10:44 - Cyberpunk Ultra FSR 3
11:23 - Cyberpunk Steam Deck FSR 3
12:07 - Witcher 3 Low
12:58 - Witcher 3 Medium
13:34 - Witcher 3 High
14:13 - Witcher 3 Ultra
14:39 - Witcher 3 Ultra FSR Ultra Performance
15:18 - Witcher 3 RT
16:01 - Witcher 3 RT Ultra
16:41 - Witcher 3 Steam Deck
17:22 - Watcher 3 Steam deck FSR Ultra
18:05 - Stray Low
18:32 - Stray Medium
18:59 - Stray High
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Description:
🎮 Dive into the Ultimate Gaming Performance Test with the Steam Deck OLED! 🕹️
Join me as I explore four AAA gaming titans: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, and Stray, on the powerhouse handheld PC - Steam Deck OLED. Get ready for an in-depth journey through every setting and see these games like never before!
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🔥 Elden Ring: Witness the breathtaking landscapes of Elden Ring in various settings - low to ultra. Experience how Steam Deck OLED brings this fantastical world to life.
🌃 Cyberpunk 2077: Pushing boundaries with FSR 3 Mod! See how Cyberpunk 2077 transforms on Steam Deck OLED. I walk you through the mod installation and showcase the game in stunning detail.
🔮 Witcher 3: Explore the Witcher 3 with ray tracing on Steam Deck OLED. I guide you through each setting change, analyzing performance and visuals.
🐾 Stray: Join the adorable cat adventure in Stray. Experience the vibrant world and test how well this indie gem runs on the Steam Deck OLED.
💡 Insightful Commentary: Throughout, enjoy detailed voiceover commentary, offering insights, tips, and tricks for each game. Perfect for gamers looking to optimize their Steam Deck OLED experience!
🌟 FSR 3 Mod Showcase: A special segment dedicated to the FSR 3 Mod for Cyberpunk 2077. Learn how to enhance your gaming experience with this game-changing mod!
📊 Detailed Analysis: After testing, I provide a thorough analysis of each game's performance, from frame rates to visual fidelity across all settings.
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[@DuggyDarko]

People who lose their shit if a game can't run at 120fps at max settings on a hand held really need a reality check. Got a deck last year and I'm constantly blown away by how well it runs the majority of games.

[@nophacetech4596]

for real. people just want everything hahah get a massive PC build for that 4k 120fps... get a handheld for mobile fun.

[@thepsplayer6039]

Yeah. You are right. I personally find 60 fps better than 120 because that means I get better picture quality. That is for PC ofcourse. For consoles, it depends on the game, 30 for some, 60 for some, and 120 for a few. With the steam deck I guess mostly outside of older games and indies it should be 30 fps.

[@Spencerwalker21]

​@@nophacetech4596 I tried cyberpunk on steam deck but the UI is so small it's unreadable I'm at the tutorial area in the beginning and I can't make out what button the game wants me to click

[@thehive4560]

naw its a piece of shit bro, u wasted your money, thats whats up

[@chillfenrir6050]

​@@thehive4560yet everyone who actually has one loves it. It's a handheld device, it's not meant to the greatest system ever. I swear some of yall sound like idiots

[@KingElfin]

Good set of games and testing. Really shows how well the Steam Deck can run almost anything.

[@nophacetech4596]

Thanks! yeah the steam deck holds its ground for sure!

[@dewinter1411]

I can’t wait until FSR3 is released in the wild. It’s some amazing software that is a literal game changer. The Cyberpunk test you did was impressive. Never even tried Ultra.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah same its going to be very cool to have and its only going to get better.

[@diddymies]

fsr3 wont help frames, just better picture quality. But if you talking of framegen, that wont come to linux officialy. Only via modding.

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

The Deck is fricking amazing. Wife just got her's and we're having a blast!

[@nophacetech4596]

heck yes lets go!

[@Zeuss155]

You’ve gained a new subscriber from me, very surprised you don’t have more subs man, this video is high quality. Excited to see more🔥

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you so much! The channel is pretty new so hopefully we can grow quickly :D

[@JamesWendellDavis]

I really appreciate you just getting to the meat and taters of the video. I don't get a lot of time to sit and watch so it's greatly appreciated. For that, you have my sub.

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you! glad you like it :D

[@MakimasGoodBoy]

Even though you mostly clicked on presets, I appreciate the education and research you gave me. Kept me from doing it on multiple games… same I even learned that there were Steam Deck presets! Subscribed

[@nophacetech4596]

Glad it was helpful 🙏🏼

[@gilgamesh8586]

@@nophacetech4596 I agree. You've earned yourself another sub

[@Dugachug]

It looks like when you enable the manual gpu clock at 1600, it pulls power away from the CPU, and puts it toward the GPU. This would help in GPU bound scenarios, but the performance might be worse in CPU heavy areas of the game like dense crowds.

[@nophacetech4596]

makes sense

[@austinsutton27]

I limit the frames to 30 for Elden ring and play on medium as well. In over 177 hours the only place I've had stutters is during specific moments in boss cutscenes, which is weird but it's consistently the exact same spot each time. People don't realize that in a handheld 30 fps is still good because the screen is so small. It still looks crisp and I don't even have the OLED version. I'm definitely happy with the quality.

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah it's a great experience for sure

[@DixieLeeJunction]

I just subscribed for your "I'm okay" section, that was hilarious, well deserved my guy, see you on your other uploads! :D

[@nophacetech4596]

haha lets go! thank you

[@dbzblitz88]

Great video and very detailed. I subbed because you asked or would have forgotten . More oled vids and comparisons would be great maybe some emulation 😊

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you hahah i'm editing another low-ultra right now will be up saturday the latest and then i think i'll do an emulation video soon after :D stay tuned.

[@SwiftVendetta2000]

Great presentation bro. Really helps a lot thank you.

[@nophacetech4596]

that's great to hear thank you!

[@MegasXaos]

I used to chase the maximum frame rate. Then I got a 49" curved monitor and had to give up that quest. But I found that for me the sweetspot is right around 45fps which the steamdeck is more than capable of doing for most games on sensible settings. If I want raytracing and maximum everything, I have my desktop. But for something portable I can throw in my backback and go? It's glorious!

[@nophacetech4596]

Thats a sick set up! How do you like the 49 monitor?

[@MegasXaos]

@nophacetech4596 love it! I've got a bad eye and suffer migraines, too not have to constantly adjust the focus of my eyes is a life saver. Games look great! Love to video edit on it, so much real-estate Finding my happy space at 45 fps really opened wide-screen gaming up. I love it! (Still wish games put the ui in like a2560x1440p gets and extend the fov beyond but that's a minor gripe)

[@WesGrayClan]

Witcher looks great on this! Thanks for the setting tweaks :)

[@nophacetech4596]

Glad you like it!

[@XxEmoliciousXGothxX]

Just ordered myself a Steam Deck OLED can't wait 😁

[@nophacetech4596]

lets go!!! let me know how you like it when you get it!

[@reydoshii]

He hated it 😭

[@Simz97]

This is QUALITY content here my guy! I’ve been holding off on buying the deck, mainly because I plan to play cyberpunk and witcher3 on it and I came to the conclusion that if I don’t run natively and stream from my pc (rtx 4080/13700k)it will hit way higher numbers. So if anyone is in the same boat, you can always stream and it will always be better. This video convinced me to just go ahead and order it , let’s see what happens lol

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you! yeah i think you will be happy with it.. its just fun. You already have an epic PC build to get that amazing quality experience but the steam deck gives a whole different one. Would love to hear how you like it when you get it!

[@roberta.3318]

It runs the witcher 3 really well, I have the oled deck and I run witcher 3 with screen at 90hz fps capped to 45 and a mix of medium and high settings and its super smooth, looks great and I get like 2 and half hrs of battery, u can turn setting down more and get 3hrs with the oled deck, and ya cyber punk appears to run really well on deck

[@astrin64]

Great video bro, thanks for the testing for science!

[@Talulah_Artorius]

With fsr and a little tweaking you can push 50-60fps on most games... Elden ring for example fsr at 658p at Hugh settings you get 50 to 60, drop it to medium and you'll be hitting 60 constantly, it's really nuts (my steam deck only has cryo utilities and 4gb vram in bios in terms of tweaking which basically everyone should do anyways)

[@arclight7892]

Yeah but it would look like a nintendo switch port of a game (blurry and ugly) which hurts the eyes.

[@nophacetech4596]

Absolutely, I agree that for those who prioritize achieving 60fps, fine-tuning to this extent is possible. However, I personally don't mind playing with enhanced visuals, and as long as the frame rate stays above 30fps, I'm content. If it reaches into the 40s, that's even better for a handheld device. I believe that 60fps and above are more significant for larger consoles or PCs.

[@Talulah_Artorius]

@@arclight7892 that's what sharpness is for, I personally like it between 3 and 5

[@tbatrics]

Thanks. I have been curious about cyberpunk

[@nophacetech4596]

No problem!

[@t3chnod3lic]

Just waiting for my OLED 512 to arrive. Ive seen on YT that Power Tools in Emudeck can improve performance with frame dips on emulated games (by limiting the threads to about 4). Works great from what Ive seen. Wish you could do that in pc games. Still, 30fps is still acceptable and playable.

[@nophacetech4596]

heck yes!!! congrats! I have seen some people get okay improvements but currently i'm happy with the stock performance and have no need to spend the time doing that.

[@bigherb]

keep up the good work homie!

[@nophacetech4596]

Thank you 🙏🏼 appreciate that 🤙🏼

[@martynbywater]

It looks to me like you're running Witcher 3 in DX12. This game runs much better in DX11 on the Deck. Load up the game launcher and you can switch to DX11

[@nophacetech4596]

ohhh snap... im going to go try that. thanks for that info.

[@theNimboo]

Dude you're so right Elden Ring looks gorgeous on the deck!!! I can't wait to get a steam deck

[@nophacetech4596]

heck yes!

[@phillipsjuan3871]

Love my steamdeck. Just wait until all the anticheat compatibility issues are fully resolved. Watch out!

[@nophacetech4596]

heck yeah

[@SteakOSaurier]

How does the performance dip (or hopefully doesn't dip!) when docked and playing on a monitor? Elden Ring for example, would love to have a steam deck and occasionally play on a Monitor.

[@nophacetech4596]

if you play at 720p you could get better performance because the deck is 800p. but if you go up to 1080p in some games it dips a bit.

[@SteakOSaurier]

Gotchya! What about going 720p and using FSR for when you play docked? Shouldn't be much of a performance decrease, right? Or am i missing something@@nophacetech4596

[@evancraft7219]

Great Video!!! Love playing Witcher 3 on it.

[@MrAwesumo]

I wanna add i played cyberpunk 2077 on my high end PC and everytime you go to dogtown the FPS tanks so the fact that the steam deck is hitting 60 in by far the most demanding area in the game is insane (I actually used moonlight to play cyberpunk on my steam deck because I thought “it wasn’t powerful enough too” 😭 how wrong I was lol absolutely love my deck!)

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah it's pretty dang impressive 🤘🏼

[@ActualKaktus]

The fact that we can even do this now is amazing.

[@nophacetech4596]

I know it's crazy!

[@workout3D]

Wow, on original Steam Deck that trick with 1600 GPU in Cyberpunk doesn't help at all, and OLED gives you about 60 fps?! That's a huge difference

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah idk if thats just me or why it was doing that.. hahah

[@cringeusername9705]

Thats not true lmfao. He is using FSR 3 frame generation which he somehow failed to mention. This game has an issue where you need to pin the gpu to get good performance when using fsr 3. He had fsr 3 on the ENTIRE CYBERPUNK SECTION! It affects the LCD and the OLED.

[@namrepmek]

What’s the performance difference between the LCD and OLED decks, in general-would these results be similar on the LCD deck?

[@nophacetech4596]

they would be VERY similar they didn't upgrade the insides for performance rather for optimisation. The OLED steam deck is basically like the switch to switch OLED same thing just everything is nicer.

[@namrepmek]

@@nophacetech4596 Thanks, I thought so. And thanks for the video, have a sub! 👍

[@TheSoledee]

i love how the steam deck oled looks and having good battery life on my devices, i really want the steam deck but then again i wanna play xbox game pass, will i be missing out at all getting the steam over the Ally?

[@paprika2280]

There will be a new Ally coming out so you could wait for it. Maybe it will have OLED and that would be worth it even if it still would suffer from battery problems.

[@nophacetech4596]

You can easily install Windows on the Deck. However, the Ally is more powerful, and if you're not interested in the major benefit of avoiding Windows (which isn't great on handhelds), then choosing an Ally or Legion Go might be a better option. At this point, I'd probably wait to see what new, improved handheld V2 comes out this year or just opt for an OLED Steam Deck.

[@TheSoledee]

@@paprika2280 yh good point, thanks bro

[@wodar2741]

Remember. In cyberpunk this guy used Frame Generation mod for a whole settings testing. Even tho he didn't wrote in some of them prompt "FSR3", He still did use frame gen. He just didn't use FSR3 upscaler. Just a quick reminder that without, a mod you won't be able to use Frame Generation option like He did in the video and get 60's on your own. More like 30 to 40 fps at max.

[@nophacetech4596]

wait what frame generation am i using in everything? As I understood i installed an FSR3 mod and it would only do anything when i turned FSR3 on.. not just all the time no matter what.

[@wodar2741]

@@nophacetech4596 yea in cyberpunk section you had enabled "frame generation" in all settings.

[@marcusjones882]

With my witcher settings on deck, they're mostly at high and ultra. A couple on medium, and some things on and off... 512GB lcd. I get a stable 40fps!

[@nophacetech4596]

nice! thats great

[@cavbodega]

its a great video, my only problem with it is that you were just running around, not really showing what happens when you do something ingame that would use more GPU; cast some spells, go to crowded spaces, start combat, throw grenades, whatever

[@nophacetech4596]

That's very true future vids I'll try to get some more action backed areas

[@Tonnimon_Games-se6op]

cant wait to get the OLED

[@nophacetech4596]

heck yes!!!

[@Gairan]

Good content here. Have my sub

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you :D

[@Carinthian_Oak]

For me the steam deck is an indie games machine, and titles where i have to grind a lot. AAA Games are played on my main pc.

[@nophacetech4596]

that's a good setup for sure!

[@MrTigidoo]

Interesting i was trying to figure out how to reach above 30fps in certain part of dogtown. I didnt know the gpu tricks i need to test it. Otherwise i just spent +250h on this game with geforce now in ultra settings+pathtraycing on steamdeck lcd 😅

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah most of my hours are on GeForce now as well... So good.

[@MrTigidoo]

Agree even much better than FSR 10 imo 😆

[@megadeth8592]

so what happened in cyberpunk was you walked into one of the most demanding areas in the game and compared it to a less demanding one. i know its not too far from each other but that roundabout area is taxing even on desktop pcs

[@nophacetech4596]

that would make sense.. my test isn't extremely scientific hahah

[@cringeusername9705]

No it’s because he had FSR 3 on for both tests even though he claimed it was off for the first test. FSR 3 has an issue in cyberpunk where you need to pin the GPU. He pinned it the first time, but not the second time. The entire cyberpunk section is pretty useless and should be taken with a grain of salt.

[@dopplerganger9750]

So, now it is closer to the performance of a PS4. It would also be nice to see it in 1080p, to see how it performs in dock mode.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah doing some docked test would be a good idea

[@TheTekEffect]

There sure are a lot of great devices out now but the screen zise of the legion go amazing. I had both the deck and ally but they both were missing a larger acreen which is why i sold them for the legion go.

[@nophacetech4596]

The Legion go is the only other device i want to get but i would still like the steam deck its just so nice.. and the OLED screen size is much better and just a WAY better screen. I almost feel like the Go is going to be too big but idk i have never held one.

[@TheTekEffect]

@nophacetech4596 the immersion due to the size of the screen is great. I love the legion because of this and it has enough juice to satisfy my gaming needs for the next three years, the screen tho 👌

[@braukwood925]

@@TheTekEffectI feel like they are better in different ways. I can imagine the Legion Go screen looks great and I’ve heard the colors are amazing but there’s just something about OLED that is magic to me. Only thing that would stop me from buying the Go is the lack of OLED

[@TheTekEffect]

@braukwood925 Both the ally and deck oled are amazing but what's doing for it me with the legion go is the size of the screen which offers immersion.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah it does look really good.. I hope they made a version 2.. i might jump on that. I fear the new unreal engine 5 games coming out this year and next wont work or maybe with FSR 3 on the steam deck but i bet whatever a 2024 legion go 2 would be able too. Not sure if they are making another one this year or not.

[@stevenadscn949]

Undervolting the sd oled with all -50mv, and the Elden Ring run in 45fps steadily. It is throttled by the TDP limits. Wait for a bios crack then.

[@nophacetech4596]

i have never messed around with undervolting yet maybe someday i'll try that.

[@maximus8610]

Did you play palworld with this thing?

[@nophacetech4596]

yes! I just played it for hours on an airplane ride this week :D here is a video where i show it playing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Wpp2tvYtZ8oZI

[@GarlicJogs]

You can turn on the HUD permanently for Elden Ring btw.

[@nophacetech4596]

nice

[@ChristopherToro]

At 800p, you can’t really see the difference in graphical details anyway, sticking to medium to high settings makes more sense.

[@nophacetech4596]

🤘🏼🤙🏼

[@josephhall7317]

I'm kind of upset with the power per dollar ratio I guess you'd say, i returned the rog ally z1 extreme for the 1tb oled steam deck not knowing that I was losing power and the ability to play a lot of games, also question, does anyone else that's purchased an OLED get that notification the first time you booted it up " congratulations, you received one of the first OLED units"?

[@nophacetech4596]

dollar ratio the Steam deck is the number one option. For raw power its becoming the lowest option and i'm going to assume the gen 2 handhelds this year is going to fall very far behind on raw power but still better in every other element.. what do you mean by games are not playable? do you need 60fps to be playable? because i have found LOTS of people claim games dont play on the steam deck but they are games i have played 50+ hours on the steam deck with zero problems and 100% playable. You just have to make sure you have the settings right.

[@josephhall7317]

@@nophacetech4596 I mean like call of duty and other stuff like that, stuff I should have looked up before getting it, but certain games like Forza horizon 5 I get stuttering and full crashes sometimes, I'm also completely new to anything PC related though, but I got some settings to make it a little better

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah makes sense... i hope more games get the Steam Deck Settings option like cyberpunk.. unfortunately PC gaming comes with having to play around with settings and stuff but really we should just be able to play the games haha.

[@himbourbanist]

I seriously cannot believe just how damn well 2077 runs on the Steam Deck, it's insane

[@nophacetech4596]

🤘🏼

[@chariothe9013]

You might want to try disable unified slider and play games like locked 45fps at 90hz and see how it feels, I wanna know if it's feel better than locking both at 45. Battery life improvement comparison between 30 45 60 etc., Edit: Ah hell nah never mind my mistake and yours mistake too. when you say you bumping down hertz to 30 it's not really hz you bumped down fps to 30 but slider automatically keep hertz at 90.

[@nophacetech4596]

Really? The slider isn't changing the hz?

[@JetCrasher13]

@@nophacetech4596steam updated the slider some time ago. The default on the steam deck oled is 90hz.

[@kellyd1910]

This is interesting! Do more!!!! 😅

[@nophacetech4596]

Thank you! Yes I will do more in the future 🤙🏼

[@PCGGC]

Been playing Ori and the Will o the Wisps at 90fps on my OLED deck. It's a great machine. Also SUBSCRIBED!

[@nophacetech4596]

Nice! I need to get some more easy to run games to take advantage of the 90hz screen

[@itsdtxjd]

Thank you for this. The steamdeck is amazing! I’m currently playing GTA V on the oled deck at very high settings at 40 fps and I’m getting no frame drops and I get 4 hours battery!

[@thehive4560]

40fps is shit, thanks for sharing, now we know its a waste of money

[@itsdtxjd]

@@thehive4560 it runs at 60fps at the same settings flawlessly as well. I just set it to 40fps to give me a little more battery life, which I don’t really need tbh because the battery lasts long

[@nophacetech4596]

dude thats great im glad Valve is going this direction not just trying to push out the "most powerful" device every new chip. It makes for a better experience for sure and allows them to tweak it for such a long time that it performs surprisingly well. However i'm going to be pretty interested if next year a Legion Go 2 comes out i would probably pick that up for the raw power but we will have to see if that happens.

[@nophacetech4596]

hahah

[@thehive4560]

naw, u are lying bro, stop that, its not good for u @@itsdtxjd

[@Spencerwalker21]

I tried cyberpunk but the text elements are so small that i couldn't read what button was being prompted in the tutorial. Is that normal because its literally unplayable for me.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah i would agree that the text is VERY small in cyberpunk.. however make sure your at 800P and dont have FSR on like ultra performance because that makes it really hard to see.. I can definitely read the text but it is small so if you don't have 20/20 vision i could see that possibly being unplayable unfortunately.

[@brianwolf5752]

You can increase the text size In the settings

[@huydinh8804]

Compare to Lenovo Legion Go about gaming experience what should I buy?

[@the_hello_guster]

Processor in lenovo actually better, but 2.5k screen quality in to much even for it so u'll play on 720p and 720p on 2.5k screen looks awful IMHO steam deck better

[@Ray-dl5mp]

This is really cool. But can’t help me not think about a new steam deck someday with more power. The technology is there, now I wonder what they can do with better chips inside this thing someday. But it’s very cool people can play the latest games in this thing. Also very cool they did steam deck settings to get people super good frames in some of titles you were showing. Valve is doing all the good things. Giving people great gaming experience with tons of tweak options available.

[@nophacetech4596]

I'm genuinely excited about the next Steam Deck, but I suspect it won't be released for a few years. I believe they're waiting for a more efficient chip that can run future AAA games, like those using Unreal Engine 5, with low power consumption and temperature. Such technology doesn't exist yet.

[@nophacetech4596]

I also think Valve is banking on tech like FSR 3 to help push them over the edge until then.. but it might be a little rough but hopefully not haha

[@GerrySoraGotama]

Quick question, can we get the HDR of OLED in 720p?

[@nophacetech4596]

i would think so i don't see why not

[@alphozerra3635]

how has your battery life been playing these games?

[@nophacetech4596]

The OLED steam deck is the best battery life of any handheld PC on the market. I would never play over 2 hours in a session and the OLED can do that at maxed TDP so i have no thoughts or worries about the battery.

[@Heldermaior]

In The Witcher 3, force DX11 for a boost in performance.

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah I need to test it again in dx11

[@lightnix9188]

You’re confusing me between fps and hz, but it’s good experiment video!

[@user-funnymadp]

just got a steam deck oled, although my pc is 2k,240hz with 4090, i don't have problems playing those casual games on the deck with less than 90 fps. if u but a handheld and hope it would run 3a smoothly, u should get a pc instead lmao, handheld is not meant to be used to play 3a😂

[@nophacetech4596]

Truth different devices for different use cases

[@jayguy2664]

At 11:23 The manual clock is whats making the fsr 3 mod not work well

[@nophacetech4596]

Ohh interesting why is that?

[@jayguy2664]

I believe it's because the CPU is needed to prepare frames from frame gen into rendering pipeline. Usually when manual clock is set to 1600 the CPU usage is hitting 99%. I found good success on 1200-1400 manual clock. Gives more power for CPU

[@nophacetech4596]

that makes a lot of sense thank you@@jayguy2664

[@cringeusername9705]

Nope you have it reversed here. In the first test, he had the manual GPU set to 1600mhz. Though he claimed that he only had FSR 3 enabled in the second test, he actually had it enabled in both. In the second test he didn’t pin the GPU. Cyberpunk has an issue with FSR 3, where you will get bad performance if you DON’T pin the GPU. No idea how the creator failed to disable the mod before testing the first time.

[@GemayelDaniel]

it doesn't matter how much you lower you settings when your cpu usage is at +90% and gpu is at 50%. you are fully bottlenecked by the cpu so lowering graphic settings or resolution won't affect performance at all

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah the poor little CPU just out here doing its best.

[@dekunutsocarina]

Your steam deck is naked. I recommend skull and co convex thumb grips and dbrand skin.

[@playnicegames]

Concave thumbs!

[@thehive4560]

i recommend not buying this piece of shit and wasting your money

[@nophacetech4596]

hahah yeah maybe someday I'll get it all done up. Maybe i could get a Dbrand sponsor :D

[@arielvega1206]

Honestly I can play everything in low settings and I will be just fine. It’s not like it looks like a video game in the early 90s. To be fair, a lot of this has no ACTUAL gameplay. I don’t need to know how steady the frames are simply walking around. I’m looking for a solid 30 when hell breaks loose in the game. Regardless if I can game on switch, I’m sure the steam deck can’t be that far off

[@nophacetech4596]

Hahaha for real! So many of the games look great at low

[@xavi_117]

Nice vid, man! Question, how did you got cyberpunk to run that well!? Even when I switched the manual GPU I don't see any difference.

[@nophacetech4596]

Hey thank you! I didn't do anything just went through all the pre created settings like you saw in the video. Some areas in the game have a harder time so maybe its just where you are in the map?

[@daveadams3989]

Can you buy a OLED STEAM DECK IN THE UK ?? Thank you

[@nophacetech4596]

chat GPT says: Yes, you can buy a Steam Deck in the UK. You can purchase it from various retailers including Amazon UK and CeX, as well as directly from the Steam website. The Steam Deck is available in different models with varying storage capacities, such as 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. Prices and availability may vary, so it's recommended to check the current listings on these platforms​

[@cringeusername9705]

You literally had FSR 3 on for the “unmodded” section of the Cyberpunk test. The reason you had better performance the first time is because you pinned the GPU, which you need to do for cyberpunk with fsr 3. I can’t tell if it’s pure incompetence or if you’re misleading your audience for whatever reason.

[@nophacetech4596]

What do you mean I had the fsr 3 mod on for the unmodded section? I only used the fsr 3 mod on the labeled sections. However I did learn that with fsr 3 on I should have not pinned the gpu at Max and that might be why the steam deck presets worked better with frs 3 off.. I need to go back and try. I'm not sure if you are trying to say something different or not.. because the first test on steam deck settings is locked at 1600 and then I turned fsr3 on and still had it pinned like you said it needed... However that's the problem it needs to be not pinned with fsr3 on. Sounds like you are telling me I needed to do it just like I did do it but others have pointed out to me it might do better with the fsr not maxing out the gpu. Still interesting because at ultra maxed gpu turning the fsr made a noticeable difference so I just need to try it I guess.

[@cringeusername9705]

@@nophacetech4596 No. You can’t get 60fps in cyberpunk without frame generation. The only reason you got 60fps in the unmodded section is because you pinned the GPU while using FSR 3 , which improves performance. At 5:19 you can see “DLSS FRAME GENERATION” is on. This means the mod is active. The reason you had worse performance in the modded section is because you weren’t pinning the GPU. This game requires GPU pinning while using FSR 3. It’s a pretty well known fact.

[@nophacetech4596]

That's not the mod. The video clearly shows FSR 2.1 selected. To engage the mod, one needs to switch to DLSS, which is the mod's method for enabling FSR 3, since it's not yet available. Moreover, I have confirmed the GPU is pinned, a point you've reiterated twice. It's peculiar to label it a well-known fact, considering FSR 3 isn't even released for this game. The objective of your argument remains unclear, as you keep advising to activate FSR 3 and maximize GPU usage, which is precisely what's demonstrated in the video. Contrary to your suggestion, others have noted that maximizing GPU performance isn't the correct approach when using FSR 3, as it demands more CPU power.@@cringeusername9705

[@cringeusername9705]

@@nophacetech4596 Lol loud but wrong. In this specific game, while using FSR 3, pinning the GPU improves performance. You can enable FSR 3 by selecting either DLSS or FSR 2.1. To fully disable the mod you literally have to delete the launch option you added to enable the mod. You can’t switch to FSR, which I suspect is literally all you did to “disable” the mod. Since I obviously can’t convince you, I’ll ask you to actually test it yourself. Go the properties of Cyberpunk and delete your launch option completely. Notice how you don’t get the mod window. Now go to settings. Notice how the DLSS Frame Generation option is grayed out. Try playing the game at whatever settings you like. Notice how you aren’t getting 60fps. Close the game. Put the launch command back into the launch options box. Notice the mod window pop up. Ho to settings. Notice how DLSS Frame Generation can now be toggled on or off. Select FSR 2.1 and turn DLSS frame generation on. Start playing without GPU pinning. Notice how you are getting a higher framerate than before, but it isn’t 60fps. Now try pinning the gpu at 1600mhz. Notice how you get much closer to 60fps. Now switch to DLSS and turn off the GPU pinning. Notice the exact same results as FSR 2.1, except with less flickering. Now pin the GPU to 1600mhz. Notice how your FPS increases. You can even try using XESS upscaling. It will look less visually smooth, but it will display 60fps on the framerate graph. No matter which upscaler you use, the mod is still active, increasing the FPS displayed on the FPS counter, even if it only works properly when selecting DLSS. When you selected FSR 2.1 at 5:19, DLSS frame generation was on, which PROVES that the mod was active. Yes, GPU pinning generally decreases performance when a game is cpu limited, (which cyberpunk isn’t) however, this game with the FSR 3 mod has improved performance. End of story. Go test it out yourself. Switching to FSR instead of DLSS does not disable the mod. Also don’t use the auto preset for DLSS or FSR as it decreases performance.

[@cringeusername9705]

@@nophacetech4596 Lol rewatched your video and I realize I made a mistake. I didn’t realize you had the GPU pinned for the unmodded and modded test. I was wondering how you got less performance the second time and I realized it’s because you weren’t using the same settings lol. You had FSR on balanced the first time and auto the second time. As I already mentioned, the “auto” setting tanks performance while using FSR 3 especially. (You were accidentally using FSR 3.)

[@idzhumashev]

Thanks for the video. Now i know that i will buy Ally

[@nophacetech4596]

you dont wanna wait for the ally 2?

[@Dutrow363]

I would have subscribed but the "I'm OK" bit was a lil to weird for my liking... other then that... Great video.

[@nophacetech4596]

Bro things could get way weirder so maybe set to private browsing when you watch my vids and stay away from that sub button 🤙🏼

[@gianni6690]

is it the new version of witcher 3?

[@nophacetech4596]

yes it is :D

[@xedalpha1]

Jeez when i was 6 i thought the Game Gear was impressive with its epic 30 mins of aa battery life. And here we are now 😂

[@nophacetech4596]

It's a good time to be alive haha

[@Alan-pr3mm]

in some cases (like cyberpunk low settings) you should try leaving gpu clock on auto because setting it to 1600 locks the wh that the cpu gets to 4.5 wh causing it to bottleneck gpu. thats why setting the game on super low didnt achieve 90 fps

[@nophacetech4596]

i need to jump back in and try that.. it was getting such better performance when i did the maxed GPU though.. but maybe not on low i'll have to try that. thanks!

[@Alan-pr3mm]

@@nophacetech4596 99 percent of the time this won't really matter, it's just whenever you are trying to reach high framerates and lowering the settings doesn't seem to improve the performance that much

[@itman9000]

@@nophacetech4596same with the Witcher, I play it on high-ultra with a steady 50-60

[@cringeusername9705]

The reason it helped in cyberpunk is because he was using fsr 3. Cyberpunk has an issue where you need to pin the gpu to get good performance. This guy had FSR 3 on the entire cyberpunk section.

[@marvin8291]

I would say there are 3 types of gamers 1) people who don't care about fps as long as it's stable over 30 - 2) people who have too much money and need every game to hit 120 fps in every scenario possible - 3) the group that targets >60 fps and is able to put settings lower than max... I would say handhelds aren't for 2) YET. I personally like the 30 fps/90 hz or 45 fps/90 hz mode when it comes to AAA games

[@nophacetech4596]

agreed haha

[@Greygamerfox]

I was gonna sub when you asked, and I am still going too.....but that lick....

[@nophacetech4596]

just do it. we don't have to ever talk about it again.

[@alexdenton6586]

You want true 60 FPS you get the asus Rog ally instead I think the Steam Deck is another category Thanks for testing

[@nophacetech4596]

I agree

[@nonsoville]

Not sure why you have such a bad performance on the Witcher 3. I get 60-70fps on medium to high settings on the Witcher. Maybe I got a unicorn steam deck

[@nophacetech4596]

i think someone just told me.. im running it in DX12 and it runs better in DX11.. so i'm going to try that and i might get better performance.

[@budthecyborg4575]

1:22 Locking the screen to 45hz is only beneficial if the game regularly runs ABOVE 45fps (meaning you've got the game capped consistently to 45fps), if you're running below 45fps you'd actually just get a more smooth experience keeping the screen at 90hz. If you have any doubts whether 90hz is smoother than 45hz on game running 38fps average just look at the frame time graph. Elden Ring looks like another case where you're actually best off capping to just 30hz, it's entirely possible you'll have lower input lag capping to 30hz than fluctuating at the mid-30's.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah totally

[@Deathweaselpro]

in elden ring: set gpu clock 1300-1400. performance is night and day!!

[@cizi7227]

Could you reach stable 45-50 ?

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you i will try that!

[@Deathweaselpro]

@@nophacetech4596 all high/gpu clock1300/60hz disable fps limit/allow tearing/40fps cap in launcher options.. MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=40,no_display" mangohud %command% game runs smooth regardless of dipping from 40 to 35-32 is rare open world areas. 35-40fps unlocked60hz feels very smooth and responsive in Elden ring compared to 30/60hz lock..which is still very smooth with my settings. If you don’t put fps cap in launch options it’s stark from 33ish in demanding cpu areas, to 55 fps underground or by water. I’d wanted best of both worlds, and even at 60hz on LCD, it runs at 40 and occasionally unnoticeably dips into 35-40fps.

[@Deathweaselpro]

@@nophacetech4596btw ur vids are great… Nophacetech; If this works for you and you feel inclined to make a vid on it, your MORE than welcome to, because I haven’t seen anyone figure this out yet😊. Btw btw, not that you care, but I’m upgrading to OLED because the 50-90hz refresh rate panel will most definitely SMOOTHEN out that experience much further and even a 30fps/90hz it’ll feel very smooth. Best of luck decking friends 😊🎉

[@beezze]

wow this really works! why?

[@pinkmist]

Subbed just because the way you asked us to subscribe.... Great video though lol

[@nophacetech4596]

hahah you gotta do what you gotta do :D

[@NIIJIKIWENH]

Try playing Ark Ascended of the steam deck with mods

[@Sheldor_warrior]

hi, I'm a beginner KZbinr, and now I'm making a big video about Nintendo Switch games on the steam deck, I recorded the gameplay of the games that interest me, but I forgot to record the Zelda gameplay, can I take the gameplay from your videos, thanks in advance

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah go for it! if you could just give me a shoutout and tag me :D thanks for asking

[@Sheldor_warrior]

@@nophacetech4596 thank you very much, of course I’ll mention it, let my 150 viewers subscribe to you too, I hope I didn’t make big mistakes in the message, my English is not very good

[@nophacetech4596]

🙏🏼🤙🏼

[@ktm-kr9mm]

I don't know if i should get this or the rog ally

[@nophacetech4596]

both great choices but man the OLED is so nice. the Ally is smaller if that is important but to me the steam deck is such a great size.

[@paprika2280]

Depends on the games you're going to play. Are those games where frame rate matters that much? Then get the Ally. If you're playing mostly indie titles and some triple a stuff here and there, emulations and such go for SD. I think I'm gonna get the OLED for playing things like Forza, Dredge, Doom and Persona 5 and I do dig the better battery life. Anyway if something new gets released I'm selling the OLED right away :D

[@natalya_volochay]

Steam deck GPU is pretty close to gtx 1060 - 1080 models. Absuletely not higher than that

[@nophacetech4596]

Sounds about right

[@roberta.3318]

Witcher 3 is pretty easy to run at 45fps with a mix of medium and high graphics with fsr set to balanced, it's the game I have the most hrs on my deck with so I'm not sure why u r stuck in the 30's

[@nophacetech4596]

later settings it jumped up for sure.. someone told me to try it in dx 11 not 12

[@user-fy7mt4fo5i]

You praise valve on Efficiency and knowing what handhelds need yet valve didn’t include vrr to the oled when it clearly needs it when it isn’t able to lock its own steam games at 60/90fps lol

[@nophacetech4596]

solid point

[@willyklips7164]

Actually as far as Ive seen most if not all of valves games on steam run at 60fps locked on max setting. Halflife 1&2 portals lfd2 the steam deck screen is great.

[@Smilez54]

The fact that you can play these games on the go is crazy...Who cares if it doesn't run at 120fps at max settings at all times?👀

[@nophacetech4596]

Truth. I was freaking playing helldivers 2 poolside out of state with my dad yesterday.. I mean if that's not fun you can keep your 4k 120fps.

[@Smilez54]

@nophacetech4596 Okay, wow, now that's cool! It's the small things like that that count😁

[@lunadevil4322]

that's so odd, I have cyberpunk 2077 and it doesn't seem to run any better than 40 fps

[@nophacetech4596]

Honestly I think I had my frame generator mod on... So... Yeah I think that's what's going on but I'm not 100% sure because I thought I had to have a different setting to use it.

[@hymefly]

Hell, unless the game looks like an Atari 2600 and has framerates of a 1900’s silent film, I’m set!

[@nophacetech4596]

Let's go! Haha

[@mdh8623]

What is AAA means?

[@nophacetech4596]

AAA" (Triple-A) games refer to video games that are developed and published by major studios with significant budgets for development, marketing, and promotion. The term "AAA" signifies the quality and scope of the project, similar to how movies might be categorized as blockbusters. AAA games are typically expected to sell millions of copies and have a wide-reaching impact on the gaming industry, often setting trends and standards for game development and player expectations. The term "AAA" does not stand for anything specific in the context of video games; instead, it's a classification that originated from the finance industry. In finance, a "AAA" rating is the highest possible rating assigned to a borrower's debts

[@Tonnimon_Games-se6op]

could you test control?

[@nophacetech4596]

is control a game? If so ill add it to the list :D

[@Tonnimon_Games-se6op]

an awesome game alan wake creators i think @@nophacetech4596

[@nophacetech4596]

nice ill look into it :D

[@juancruz258]

The Im okay moment made me sub lol. Is it okay if I email you to help you grow the channel?

[@nophacetech4596]

hahah amazing and yes absolutely shoot me an email.

[@goat800]

new sub

[@nophacetech4596]

thank you!

[@armroj51]

thats why i didnt upgrade. 90 hrts for what? just to keep playing games at around 45 herts? yea not worth the extra hour battery ill just wait for steam deck 2

[@nophacetech4596]

I love all the benefits of the OLED; even just the screen size and quality is SO much of a noticeable difference. But the better Wi-Fi and Bluetooth was surprisingly noticeable as well; it connects to my headphones and controllers way easier and faster. Also, I play lots of lighter games that do play at 90Hz, and it's great. With all that said, I DO think the LCD deck is the best handheld money can buy by far!! For lots of people, it's all they really need or would want.

[@valhakun]

It'd be fair to keep the power consumption at 15W.

[@nophacetech4596]

what do you mean?

[@psycho6mantis938]

"Cant play it" = It doest get 244 frames in 8k on ultra with ray tracing on steam deck. I think when we get a steam deck 2, itll hit high no problem, and maybe some stutter on ultra. Thats my prediction anyway.

[@SkylerFuhrman]

Thanks for the nonsense video. Great looking video, easy to understand and all the chapters. Thanks.

[@nophacetech4596]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@cerberus276]

Being a gamer from Atari on ,there's nothing more that I could want in a handheld FFS. I wish I could see the faces of the modern "gamer" if suddenly all that they had was a first Gen Gameboy, that was powered by AA batteries for gaming on the go. The better devices get, the more jaded and nihilistic the average consumer becomes. Really sad.

[@nophacetech4596]

yeah its wild hahah even after using the steam deck for so long im still so impressed with how far handheld gaming has come.

[@lukex1337]

Can’t run anything that has good graphics unless on ALL LOW SETTINGS, maybe medium….for 20 fps 😂.

[@nophacetech4596]

I guess

[@Nikos_Apostolakis]

The only reason I'm not buying it is that black screen of death people are talking about

[@nophacetech4596]

That's not an issue

[@Nikos_Apostolakis]

@@nophacetech4596 wdym? I heard a lot of people talk about it and it ultimately renders your device useless

[@jairmendez6583]

@@Nikos_Apostolakistf are you on about? That’s not an issue and I have the oled

[@Nikos_Apostolakis]

@@jairmendez6583 just search the damn thing. Black screen of death. While i was viewing reviews i saw a lot of people talking about it.

[@Nikos_Apostolakis]

@@jairmendez6583 just search the damn thing dude. Steam deck black screen of death. How's it not a problem if it destroys your device? I saw a lot of reviews because i couldn't decide between the deck, legion go and rog ally. And a lot of people were talking about it. It's too risky, it's like a waste.

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

Stray is an indie game, not AAA

[@nophacetech4596]

Yeah that's true idk how I didn't think about that other than they did such a good job it didn't feel lower budget at all.

[@soapmactavish6449]

Some people think more fps more smooth gaming. 😂

[@nophacetech4596]

Some would say that makes sense hahah

[@reduxmod4044]

@nophacetech4596 partially it makes sense if it stable and you have high refresh rate monitor, but handheld is not pc, i better cap 60 or 30-45 fps than have unstable 90-120fps that getting massive dips in framerate, battery usage improves to. Forgot to say, fps is important in competitive games, more fps = better mouse input in ms (pretty obvious) if its pc.