STEAM DECK In 20 TRIPLE A GAMES | Optimized Settings

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The Steam Deck has a swap file of 16GB and 4GB of dedicated VRAM have been set in the bios
0:00 GTA 5
2:04 CYBERPUNK 2077
4:03 ELDEN RING
5:30 RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
6:54 THE CALLISTO PROTOCOL
9:29 SPIDER MAN REMASTERED
11:13 UNCHARTED 4
12:43 FORZA HORIZON 5
14:00 NFS UNBOUND
15:22 DARK SOULS 3
18:08 DYING LIGHT 2
19:11 GTA 4
20:45 THE WITCHER 3
22:17 DOOM ETERNAL
23:55 HORIZON ZERO DAWN
25:24 RESIDENT EVIL 8
27:58 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT
28:47 ASSASSINS CREED ORIGINS
30:11 FIFA 22
31:05 DAYS GONE
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[@ADreamingTraveler]

Another thing that should be noted is if you can run a game at 40fps...do it. Valve designed the screen to run extremely smooth at 40fps and the trade off with battery life is worth it for how much smoother the game gets with 10 extra frames. Once you go over 40fps to 60fps the trade off for smoothness by reducing battery life is not worth it as much. Valve did a ton of tinkering to make games feel extremely smooth locked at 40fps compared to other devices

[@Exilium31]

how does that work. I never thought people could make something smoother

[@cyberwarrior8382]

@@Exilium31 you need to check how display/tv works...

[@arthurcaliburn5521]

@@cyberwarrior8382 how does it work bro, I will paypal you 8500$ if you tell me how

[@iihamed711]

@@arthurcaliburn5521they basically made it possible to lock the refresh rate of the screen at 40hz so that your framerate is in sync with the refresh rate of the screen. This means you don’t get any tearing or stuttering. Now where’s my $8500?

[@arthurcaliburn5521]

@@iihamed711 lol

[@bimmer8602]

Cyberpunk on the steam deck is a bit more "playable" today than before when I first got my deck it back in April, it was really stuttery even at lowest settings with fsr enabled. Not sure if its because of updates to cyberpunk or because of the 40fps feature that was added later to the deck makes the game look "smoother".

[@chitan1362]

Because DirectX doesn't exist on Linux in any form, Translating Direct3D game shaders to Vulkan has the unfortunate downside of causing stutters due to shader compilation. The good news though is that it will become less stuttery over time as more shaders are recompiled to Vulkan. Steam appears to solve this now by providing a pre-compiled shader cache.

[@iihamed711]

@@chitan1362why do developers insist on using directx when Vulcan is objectively better?

[@FlyingVinix]

It's nice to see you actually playing the games and having fun. Most benchmark videos are highly informative and focused on providing that, which is 100% the point of course, but after watching hundreds of them to decide a purchase, it gets tiring seeing numbers, even for someone who loves numbers like me. Your video delivered the information while also having your personal inputs on the gameplay which made it lighthearted and easier to go through, thank you.

[@dang7748]

Ok

[@animationmann6612]

Hi he Limits tze FPS by himself you can test it yourself if you got the SD

[@darkinfamous11]

Well put and I completely agree! This video was exactly what I was looking for

[@Ghost88o9]

Thanks for this video. I’m leaning towards getting a deck after seeing this! 🥳🔥

[@DJCJ999]

... its videos like this that fill up my wish list!

[@hiyo2567]

Thanks for the vid man, it helped alot

[@arkamukherjee457]

Fantastic video, I love such detailed tests, you earned a sub with your hard work.

[@MrClassy1991]

Amazing video, so much effort was put in 👏

[@Javs_Tech]

thank you glad you liked it

[@Mabifield]

I got to work games like cyberpunk like a dream, for example: Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 version: Downloaded FSR 2.1 mod, balanced CET engine tweaks Lowish-med settings 8W tdp cap 40Hz limit -> 8w cap or 30fps limit with 7w cap In launch parameter set DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command% Used GE-7-42 Proton 3 hours to 3,5 hours of battery life with smooth 30 to 40 fps. The main problem is that cyberpunk, and some others don't use the energy with efficiency, a lot of times is wasting energy, so putting the TDP cap is a must. If you stutter when you compile use the DXVK_ASYNC command If you have good performance but even tho bad battery life try limiting the TDP

[@mylescasey8914]

Fantastic work, GB Handy to know what I'm getting myself into, cheers

[@Javs_Tech]

np glad you liked it

[@gufful3573]

Most of these work on 40fps by setting resolutions to 960 x 600. Even got callisto protocol to run solid 40 with cryoutilities. And be sure to run games on 720p or less for fsr to be enabled

[@matilsao115]

Great video bro!

[@NoonMight]

Elden ring actually plays surprisingly smooth, nothing was worse than trying to play Callisto protocol on my 3050 ti laptop

[@BiZz_GSG]

Great content!

[@tannhauser007]

What a small monster I'm not an hardcore gamer anymore but for playing some FPS and elder ring looks fantastic

[@imstupidbut]

fps is bad without mouse and elden ring doesn’t run well

[@KRK-zy3yl]

This was fantastic

[@thenotoriousbusinessman5045]

I wish more people went the doom eternal and re engine route and optimize the shit out of their games

[@NeonPixels81]

I played through all of Red Dead Redemption 2 except for maybe 3 hours or so when I forgot my Steam Deck at home and only had my Razer laptop with me, so I fired it up on there. 150+ hours and the fact that I was playing on the Steam Deck never was a hindrance, and everything looked great. Would love to see more games target that level of graphics and target running at 30 on the Steam Deck.

[@user-rs7wq1du6y]

Which deck did you buy ? 64, 256, etc

[@NeonPixels81]

@@user-rs7wq1du6y 512gb with the matte screen. For a while it was the only option that wasn't sold out here in Japan, so I went with it and I'm glad I did!

[@OverloadPlays]

Bro very good

[@redcool32]

Thx for video

[@louisevirtudazo2822]

The fact that you can actually play those TRIPLE A games, HANDHELD!! Holysheez

[@MrTerryj64]

Great video!! Its stuff like this people use to help determine if they're gonna buy a Steam Deck.

[@Javs_Tech]

thank you, glad you liked it 😁

[@danieldev514]

Not a great video, fps is locked to 30 for no reason for benchmarks, FSR at balanced also for no reason when cyberpunk can easily run at medium with FSR quality or even without FSR. Disappointed

[@cartergraham9429]

@@DetroitMetroRetro it does but not always, in the cases he is using it it’s not giving any better performance since he has a 30fps cap, basically just degrading the quality for no reason

[@anshverma7031]

It is not locked to 30,,this guy locked to 30 using msi afterburner

[@phoenixyt124]

Yep. Pretty much fake benchmark, since he isn’t showing the potential power of the deck, and no brainers will believe it.

[@matilsao115]

@@phoenixyt124 bro, literally the name of the video is "testing triple a games, optimized settings" he is telling that he is showing the best settings for performance, watts and stability, u gotta know how to read smh

[@phoenixyt124]

@@matilsao115 you obviously have zero knowledge about pcs and consoles so don’t tell me i should read. This benchmark is pure shit, no matter how you twist the title. A lazy 30fps lock is the opposite of optimized, that’s what comes to mind first.

[@JDabz96]

Do you have cryobytes settings and CryoUtilities plugin?

[@salitz91]

Was the Witcher 3 with the "next gen update"? Sorry if I missed that.

[@hayesfamily97]

Good video 👍 what proton version did you run GTA 5 ?

[@Javs_Tech]

I used Experimental, 7.0 will also work as well i believe

[@DouglasLippert]

I love my Steam Deck but the hardware can’t run any AAA titles more recent than 2014. That being said, it can run thousands of other games at 800P and 60 FPS. It’s pretty darn amazing!

[@allenqueen]

Steam Deck would make a great FIFA device.

[@InvalidUser_]

5:16 FSR actually significantly decreases battery life

[@brainiestben]

GTA IV will run at a pretty much locked 60 fps with the default settings when you boot the game up from fresh. Literally out of the box with no tweaks needed

[@tatemushroom1002]

Best gta too even if it hates mods.

[@JeyVGaming]

For me, some games like GTA V doesn't need to be locked at 30 or 40fps since the games are already capable of running at stable 50-60fps. I would only lock it if it keeps going under 40fps.

[@Javs_Tech]

i agree for the story mode but online 50-60 fps aint happening, so I chose 30 fps just so the average person can have a good time for both story and online modes

[@donniedarko4497]

Also I lock it at 40 to conserve battery

[@davidthebavid8967]

@@Javs_Techdunno I got 95% stable 60fps even in gta online…

[@JaydenTMBTE]

@@davidthebavid8967 i dont

[@flowerizer]

How do you have vulkan working after the steamos update is there a way to get vulkan working again?

[@tmiyc]

What’s the point of a benchmark if your gonna lock it at 30fps. This doesn’t inform me about how well it plays the games at all…

[@TxusGamer027]

Gracias por el vídeo 👍

[@justehcupcake]

I know some people are shitty on the 30fps thing Tbh I want my steam deck to just be consistent and last a little longer with battery, and I’m perfectly fine with a PS4/Xbox One quality standard with this

[@Whitedudeabove]

I'm disappointed you didn't actually showcase the actual range of the possible performance of these games. Many of these games I know for a fact can run stably at a higher FPS than what you showed.

[@Javs_Tech]

like i mention in the video i have full videos on most of these games which shows the full range on each preset i didnt want to showcase a game having massive lag spikes and have people complain

[@Whitedudeabove]

@@Javs_Tech Massive lag spikes? As I mentioned in my comment, there are games you showed that are capable of running stably, as in no lag spikes, at a much higher framerate than what you show. If anything, your video was very reductive to the actual performance of these games. Like showcasing GTA at locked 30, when it can so easily run at a stable consistent 60. You're achieving the opposite effect.

[@Javs_Tech]

​@@Whitedudeabove at what settings though? also gta online is absolutely not running at 60 fps

[@Whitedudeabove]

@GameBenchmarks The settings would be mixed between maybe med/high and with that you get stable 60. No idea about GTA Online though, my comments were in regards to just standard GTA 5.

[@Javs_Tech]

@@Whitedudeabove I guess it really depends on the person IMO the average Steam Deck user would want a 1 setting fits all kinda thing having to tweak your fps cap between gamemodes just isn't ideal and for battery life, running at 60 fps also isn't ideal

[@ThePatryk]

Thanks for video. I have a question, can I play games from win xp until win7 era? I also have some games from very early xp or even win98 on my gog account. I;ve been told that I can install gog but can I actually install and play games from it?

[@Javs_Tech]

I personally just emulate those older games (PS2 and earlier), its just more convenient and plays better with controllers but yeah you can install older games on the deck, ive played through AC1 which is from 2007 and it ran beautifully but performance and stability will depend game to game

[@johnboylan3832]

Showing battery length would be helpful.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

The Callisto Protocol runs as poorly as it does because the pc port was atrocious. So I'm surprised the Deck is even running it that well lol

[@linkep380]

Todos esos juegos se ven que corren perfecto, literalmente ahorrrare para una

[@GraveUypo]

fh5 totally runs at 60 on my undervolted deck. i get 65fps avg on the built in benchmark on low settings with quality fsr2. barely ever drops in gameplay, usually hovers around the high 70s low 80s

[@Himsag1]

Where did you buy the steam deck from?

[@matumbable]

Вери найс! 👍🏻

[@Pooky999]

Do you think that if it had a 4k 60hz hdmi cable the quality would look better when docked?

[@blaze1805]

Around 80°c on both gpu is crazy... you can boil an egg when u play cyberpunk with 97°c

[@joogled1839]

sort of necroposting here, but thank god they fixed the temps. they're even better on the oled. i haven't seen anyone get higher than 70c on the gpu before, and it's also much quieter.

[@nukfauxsho]

You were running some games at the wrong aspect ratio FYI. Make sure you set the aspect ratio to 16:10.

[@MrTosh441]

oh hell yeah

[@stakanoff4617]

Is the dying light 2 looking like slowed down or slow motion, or its just captured like that?

[@Javs_Tech]

🤔 looks fine to me

[@Magplant-qw1zv]

Wdym slow motion are even watch the video?

[@BlackWatch9]

i have pc with RTX 2060+Ryzen 5 3600 and im thinking to leave the pc to the online games only and very big games and buy steam deck do you feel it really good when play the games with 30fps? and how it looks graphics/colors ... is it really enough and did you tryed play and charge in same time without any problem?

[@Javs_Tech]

If you're gonna be playing and charging at the same time then you can get far better performance (i only capped the fps to 30 to give better battery life), as long as its not a ps5 / series x game but regardless 30 fps feels fine and the colours / graphics look good as well since its a small screen

[@domination9110]

​@@Javs_Techisn't it damaging to play on the steam deck while charging?

[@ItsMeMattCarter]

@@domination9110 no.

[@ItsMeMattCarter]

I know people who never unplug their steam decks.

[@user-sp6vi9by5e]

I heard that the internal display of Steam deck disappears when the external HDMI is output. How do you record Steam deck while playing it in handheld mode? I would like you to tell me.

[@tejapinnamaneni9237]

Bro I have a doubt fifa 22 is unsupported in steam deck and how you was able to play it without any problem please please answer please bro

[@sirajkhan-bx5zl]

its a portable device, atlest unplug so we can see the TDP draw

[@rafaelguevarra2363]

92C temp when he was playing cyberpunk wth is that even safe? Do you not feel that level if heat since you're holding the device directly on your hand?

[@Gnushy]

Once again, 40fps or nothing for this device. They allow you to change the screens refresh rate between 40-60 for this reason of keeping most games smooth looking and feeling. Please do another video with a benchmark around atleast 40fps not 30. 30 is the bear minimum.

[@Li0np3ach]

From 1 to 5 which one is balanced ?

[@senandunghimalaya4905]

Does it run from sd card or internal ssd

[@killarious]

Are those temps normal?

[@ekasunandika3243]

The gpu temps mostly above 80 c. It is okay ?

[@Tarek_Issa77]

Are you Playing while charging your battery 🔋 is that good for your battery life

[@vadimmanuilov7401]

Games like Arkham Knight play on all Ultra at 60 FPS on SD. Why not demonstrate that? Why lock it at 30 on medium graphics?

[@vrsv]

Bro caps the frame rate and calls it a benchmark these kids are something else man

[@lonelygoner2012]

devs need to just optimize their games for portables at this point. lots of competition coming out this year in terms of portables

[@astrahcat1212]

AGREED, but AAA have their head so far up their own jazzes that they keep adding more and more and more bloat onto the bloat.

[@artlew6547]

Performance of gpd win 3 which was 1 year older and almost 2 years before deck was actually available to buy 😂

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Imagine navigating Windows 11 with controller buttons lmao

[@artlew6547]

@@ADreamingTraveler I’m actually doing that with gpd win 3 but it’s like using left hand, having shitty keyboard but still keyboard and touch screen helps

[@kasjamm]

The Steam Deck runs games better than the win 3

[@dramaticmudderer5208]

The tdp the win 3 is running those games at is really high, the deck runs at max 15 watts tdp, of course the win 3 will run better at higher wattages Though(since it's Intel, it runs way worse than amd at lower wattages too)

[@legitlynk]

so i really want a steam deck but im someone who cant stand 30 fps how does it feel actually playing does it feel different then 30 fps on console or pc

[@dewinter1411]

Most of the games shown are able to run at 40 very easily. 40 is the sweet spot for the Deck. Games look real smooth at 40. I’d say set the screen refresh and fps cap to 40 and tweak the graphic settings to hit that.

[@pablogargiulo5355]

And how about the battery life?

[@BlaZeRR420]

I think if you compromise with 30fps, the deck able to run everything. In my opinion a good and enjoyable experience is 40fps. Not 60... but still do it's job. If I can and just for cases I use 60fps, but like i said 40fps is what really makes the worth, but 30 is runs literally everything.

[@Galo994]

For sure 40fps is a sweet spot

[@xauthegamer]

true. every game he tried, I also it tried but in 40fps-40hz and it was fluid. 40 is the sweet spot.

[@Jeremy-ff7gv]

@@xauthegamer exactly,op has no clue how high u can get graphics/fps on the deck

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Pretty much. If you're fine with 30fps you can run anything. Which is the trade off you have to make to even have new AAA games even be playable on a handheld device. People act like it can just magically run better than this without the battery life instantly dying lol

[@JamieReynolds89]

so is 40fps smooth where it feels as good at 60fps?? 40fps on pc is so bad

[@Mazen_Almalki]

Do all games run at 30fps ?

[@CDNShuffle]

can u rest arma reforger

[@greaveytrain7081]

All the games running like a stop animation movie. Real stuttery. Wish you could get a easy 60 but it's just a handheld.

[@skydiamsteam6005]

40 fps is enough

[@emerwian83]

That GPU temperature hurts

[@aWOLtrooper]

Wild that you would keep Motion Blur and DoF on for most of these games- Those are absolutely useless features that hinder your performance greatly.

[@hippolartomasyt2366]

personally i play all this games at 45 fps capped but idk

[@Tovarishchostdeutsch]

Doom is allways a example for a deep good optimized game

[@GamingInfested]

so you are looking at 30 fps on 10 year old games at most. not ideal.

[@TECHNOBEASTclips]

Why can yours run these games decently but the other guy can't even run far cry 5 on low?

[@lukeskywalker3962]

Can it run crysis?

[@Degen7]

Why scared to test on full high only?

[@Jeremy-ff7gv]

U are doing something wrong bro,i play elden ring on maximum/high graphics and get a steady 40fps...for most other games on this list too btw so idk but u should sent ur steamdeck to valve for a check,the performance u getting is not ok

[@MrClassy1991]

Is 30fps on the steam deck bad? I always played games on ps3 and ps4 only so will it be normal or bad experience for me at locked 30fps? Thanks

[@Torttelini1]

In the past consoles have usually been locked to work at 30 fps in order to secure a good performance. You shouldn't feel a difference unless you were used to 60 fps on PCs. In the end, what steam deck tries to achieve is that you can play your steam library anywhere, but obviously not running them at the highest specs.

[@MrClassy1991]

@@Torttelini1 perfect iv been using ps3 and ps4 the whole time, so will medium 30fps triple A games on steam deck similar to let's say ps3 and ps4 or a bit lower, which is still amazing from a device you hold in your hand

[@Torttelini1]

@@MrClassy1991 Precisely! As some other comments I've seen, there will be other games that you'll be able to run at 60 fps too. It will go harder on your battery though. You should be good. On the plus side, you can even use the Steam Deck as a PC by installing Windows and plugging in peripherals.

[@MrClassy1991]

@@Torttelini1 perfect, but games won't look worse that ps3 quality right? Like gta 5, bf1, bf4, god of war ps4 etc

[@Javs_Tech]

older games tend to look better on the deck since you're running em on a smaller screen and in those ps3 era games you should be able to get 60 fps pretty easily, i capped the fps to 30 to get extra battery life / keep the temperatures down ps4 era games you can pretty much get 40-50 fps ps5 era games mostly run at 35-40 and for GTA 5 and 4, those are the ps4 versions on pc not the ps3, so bf4 will be 64 players and not 32 hope this helped

[@loreleap]

I wish I had this thing but I cant afford it :( :(😭😭😭😭😭 the only thing I should do is wait until the prices come down

[@sosadagod6963]

Yah but can it run Crysis???

[@Tylerr64]

Why are you locking these to 30fps?!

[@410MaXiMuS]

You say the games are running beautifully yet I can see lots of distracting screen tearing in every clip.

[@panamike6178]

Too bad they made running FIFA 23 on the SD a nightmare. I put over 100 hours into FUT FIFA 22 on the deck, the best part is that it was the full blown FIFA game, not that FIFA Legacy BS.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

battery last how long for a gaming session ?

[@splork8016]

Wildly depends on the game and settings you choose

[@dewinter1411]

With these settings, he’s probably getting between 1.5 to 2 hours max.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

@@dewinter1411 steam dexk should hav bigger batt

[@smallrestaurant5176]

plz test devil may cry 5 and devil may cry 4 special editon lengendary dark knight!!!

[@Javs_Tech]

I plan on picking up devil may cry 5 at some point

[@ekasunandika3243]

The gpu temps mostly above 80 c. Is it okay?

[@dramaticmudderer5208]

Yes

[@BiZz_GSG]

Where is his fan??

[@jaotrx7163]

The heat at 80c freak me a bit should i be scared i play in win10btw

[@Javs_Tech]

80 aint too bad, once it gets to the 90s that's when I get worried you can limit the fps and lower the quality of the game to drop temps

[@phoenixyt124]

bro, red dead never hit 80% on the gpu, ged rid of that fsr damn.

[@Saikou7896]

A lot of games can run without fsr at all Spiderman forza horizon and rdr2 for example

[@whatstreetzentertainment6189]

Forza 5 is not loading... I can hear the sound but blank screen. Pls help

[@Javs_Tech]

theres been a couple of updates recently maybe that screwed with things? does it work properly in desktop mode?

[@xyphor317]

Same here

[@HANDBANANAxoxo]

bind alt + enter to full screen to windowed mode

[@panagiotisandrikopoulos6853]

the revolution brought valve, now u can play windows games directly from linux one simple check from settings >steam play >active steam play > proton (7.0-6) and u are ready, bye bye windows...

[@jan2606]

You doing benchmark with the FPS capped at 30? Seriously?

[@TheVarliuxas]

with that constant gpu temp its not going to last that long before stuttering and dead gpu

[@dramaticmudderer5208]

@@ChillYeti laptops use passive cooling, the deck uses active cooling(unless you use the updated fan curve) Shouldn't even reach above 95 even maxed out for a while

[@elco666]

just bang it all on high it can handle it runs fine

[@wicho99w99]

So the deck is basically a Ps4 portable in terms of graphics and performance

[@Javs_Tech]

the deck can handle some ps5 games as well but its gonna be at 30 fps at low settings

[@DJCJ999]

is performance better on Windows?

[@Javs_Tech]

It should be similar, windows is just more annoying to use on the deck

[@Reggio_Emilia]

I do 80 fps in high setting in gta 5

[@panamike6178]

It's pretty much a portable PS4/Xbox one.