The Steam Deck vs Bad PC Ports...

[@GOPACKERSJT]

I've found the 40hz, 40fps setting is perfect for most games. It's way smoother than 30 fps, but boosts your battery life a lot.

[@Qa_mook]

Yep, 40 is king on deck. Battery life get huge boost and game are still nice to play.

[@kanarena2114]

It does work well for most, but I actually suggest 45/45 normally. 40/40 has a risk of triggering migraines for people with certain light sensitivities, ones many who have them may not be aware of before getting their decks as the last common devices that set them off were certain crts.

[@joemarais7683]

@@kanarena2114 yeah I noticed that 45 feels so much better than 40 and I never understood why.

[@Gabu_]

​@@joemarais7683 45 is one of the most common vsync enabled refresh rates (without FreeSync). Anything below that will actually update at 30 fps with some interstitial frames.

[@Qa_mook]

@@kanarena2114 So 30 with motion blur. Half of 60 Hz, no light sensitive issue, even more battery life. And 30 stil was standard for XO/PS4 and over 150 million people play at 30 at 40 inch screen so 7 should be also good

[@mythicalsnake8656]

I would love more Steam Deck videos! Just got mine as well, and it's super fun just seeing what can run on the thing.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah really impressive for what it is. It’s been used more than my main PC this week

[@donovan6320]

​@@RandomGaminginHD I found the last couple of months. I either go to my laptop or the steam deck typically

[@SOF006]

It makes me very happy to see more and more people getting their hands on the steam deck, I hope it makes devs take the steam deck and linux as a whole more seriously for gaming.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah same

[@_Clipper_]

Still not launched in my country :(

[@wanderingwobb6300]

Waiting for the OLED revision before hopping aboard but it really is a cool new device. It's what Nintendo should be doing IMO instead of just trodding around with ancient hardware.

[@eddiew.4650]

@@wanderingwobb6300 "ancient hardware" that ended up selling over 100 million units. But seriously, there's enough space in the handheld market for everyone. Don't put down one company or its fandom to place another one higher up. We all game on the go, no matter what device we play on.

[@wanderingwobb6300]

@@eddiew.4650 Criticizing Nintendo's overpriced underpowered hardware is perfectly fair game. Not sure why you seem to believe otherwise. The value proposition alone compared to the Steam Deck is gigantic especially with how expensive Switch games are. Just because the Switch is selling well doesn't necessarily mean it's a good buy.

[@kekistanifreedomfighter4197]

Running GTA 4 with DXVK on any OS will improve performance massively. Biggest problem with it is that the bottleneck in the game is the DX9 api it's self. Lighting & especially shadows seem to give it the most trouble on DX9 but since vulkan is so much faster & more efficient you won't get the massive framerate fluctuations that the PC version is infamous for.

[@kamiz0]

dxvk translates dx9 calls more efficiently than native gpu driver (is more multi-threaded which alleviates the bottleneck), blame the driver not the api.

[@Crimsongz]

@@kamiz0 Dx9 can't even do multi threading properly, so he is right. The game is too ambitious for DX9.

[@AJ-po6up]

@@Crimsongz I'm surprised it didn't have DX10 or DX11 since the game came out in '08, back then both APIs were available with DX11 being the new one. But at the same time it was a bad and lazy PC port so I guess it makes sense.

[@Rizzle37]

@@AJ-po6up blame consoles and them making the laziest port possible almost

[@MetaDude]

It's also that older games made use of single powerful core to do most of the stuff rather than multiple cores, You can see this when playing games like ac1, ac2, Gta 4, etc, The cpu 0 will sit at 100% but other cores will be chilling out

[@E_lisa_a]

gta 4 is absolutely amazing on the Deck

[@iR0CKt]

It’s better than on a beefy pc.

[@chincemagnet]

I’ve been wanting to replay that game for like 15 years. Maybe steam deck is finally the system to replay it on?

[@Megatholis]

Man my 1050ti can play gta 4 in native 4k60 at max settings no problem I can't understand how the game ports was so bad

[@gbrooks2]

GTA IV was amazing on my Xbox 360 15 years ago

[@E_lisa_a]

@@Megatholis i call cap, a 1050Ti? i cant get smooth fps on a 3070 on 3440x1440.

[@CouchCoach]

I play most 3D games with a 40fps lock. You can save a lot of battery and usually it does not bother me much not having 60fps in the portable form factor. I can only recommend trying that. Side benefit, the steam deck stays cooler since it does not have to use so much power.

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

Yeah definitely, especially for more demanding games, or 3rd person games.

[@TigerTT]

I kinda realized that some JRPGs don't even need 60fps if they're more on the sprite side with no huge 3D visuals and whatnot. So then games like Trails of Zero and Azure are perfect at 30fps on the Steam Deck, while paired with 6x speed mode for way faster fights and battery life can reach 8-10 hours on the Deck.

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

@@TigerTT I definitely find I don't mind the lower framerate since the screen is smaller.

[@RealBadGaming52]

I only play games with Cloud saves, I ain’t starting all over again on the deck, Why oh why does gta4 not have cloud saves on steam

[@spiltcoff33]

@@RealBadGaming52 clue saves worked for me in GTA 4. i didn’t have to restart it on steam deck after playing it on PC first.

[@ryanstavnezer4087]

This is actually a pretty cool video, especially since you're playing two of the worst ports that were ever released It's a shame, too, since idolninja before he passed away from cancer, he was working on an official remastered version of saints row 2 pc in his free time will also working on the saints row reboot. I hope we see it remastered someday since he was very adamant about finally fixing this version of the game

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Ah that’s a shame to hear. Hopefully someone picks it up and finishes his amazing work

[@william8853]

@@RandomGaminginHD it is being worked on but volition is not sharing any info beyond that

[@helenHTID]

The Gentlemen of the Row mod pack from mike idolninja and his modding team is still around, It fixes the game great and adds some cool touches :) Although yeah I would love a total remaster! he was working on that ? I've not kept up with tings for a hot minute I missed that info.

[@ryanstavnezer4087]

@helenHTID yeah originally they couldn't fix the PC version since it's source code was missing. Fast forward in time a bit. idolninja announced they managed to find it, which meant he could fix the port and he said him and one other person would be working on anytime they had freetime

[@BDozer666]

It's not a remaster, it's just a big patch.

[@AirWolf2301]

Love to see more videos, and test it out against similarly priced PCs. The steam deck is one hell of a piece of hardware for the money!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah will definitely be testing against a few Pc setups

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

It’s pretty crazy how the two biggest sandbox games of 2008 both have infamously bad PC ports

[@deckverse]

Good stuff and welcome to the party! One important thing: I would highly recommend learning about the "Golden 40" that leverages the 40Hz capabilities of the Deck's display. Inevitably, you'll often end up worrying if a recent release can run at 60FPS on there. The Golden 40 would massively help here: Due to the fact you can lower the panel's refresh rate to 40Hz through the Quick Action Menu, you are able to go for 40FPS instead of 30. Why you may ask? Despite a 10FPS additional payload to the Deck's graphics APU, 40 FPS is right in the middle between 30 and 60 FPS in terms of frame pacing - meaning a nearly-60 FPS experience. Try it out! If you want to see this in action, feel free to give an older video of mine a shot, where I tried to explain this comprehensively.

[@nikitamedvedev4696]

Funny how 40Hz/FPS became popular due to steam deck release. I've been using this trick since mid 10 to give almost 60 fps experience on low-mid laptop.

[@qlum]

It also depends on the game, some games you can do a stable 45, others a stable 50 - 55, all of those can be worth it. I personally played nier automata with mostly a 52fps lock.

[@deckverse]

@@qlum But the returns in input latency and frame pacing are not always worth the trade. For instance, the jump in both from 45 to 50 is smaller than from 40 to 45. So at some point you begin to trade in battery life and fan noise versus just a really small amount of improvement here. In the end, again, it's still a thing of personal preference and a nice proof for how flexible both Deck and SteamOS are! :)

[@qlum]

that is very much true, there are games I just run without vsync as well. As for battery life, most of the time its good enough for my daily commute + lunch break, if not I can also charge at work.

[@SantiagoSantiago]

I was looking forward to this! Hope you do more steam deck videos soon, enjoy :)

[@fujiwaranovari]

I imagine part of the reason it's running so well is because Proton uses Vulkan by default (or at least I think so), so it's not that different from running the game on Windows with DXVK

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I was thinking that too

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

@@RandomGaminginHD DXVK (DX9-11 Vulkan rewrite) and VKD3D-Proton (DX12 Vulkan rewrite) are specifically designed for use with Proton and Linux so should work more reliably on a Linux based OS than on Windows. DXVK on Windows is kind of a cool it works kind of a deal but any Windows only specific bugs don't tend to get fixed because just use DX-whatever.

[@AlexTheStampede]

One other thing worth mentioning is that if you hook it up to an external screen like you did here, there's going to be a loss of performance. Small, potentially not noticeable, but it will be there depending on the resolution of the screen. And it won't be possible to set it to 40 hz that's a great middle ground.

[@fujiwaranovari]

@@AlexTheStampede GTA IV should only be played at 30 fps, you literally can't beat the game otherwise because of framerate dependent things

[@Verellic]

@@fujiwaranovari Pretty sure that's not true. I beat GTA 4 no issue at 60fps on my Steam Deck.

[@HyperSonic1999orJTH]

Funnily enough, having the borders there made it so I could stretch the video to fill my native 16:10 tablet screen without cutting anything off. Glad the YT app has that feature.

[@falconer-ts8fq]

gta 4 on steam deck is basically a childhood dream which came true. this is one of my favourite games of all time, and finishing it on the deck was an absolute blast

[@WTFBOOMDOOM]

Aw, but surely GTA4 has been available on Android for nearly a decade, the ads can't be all fake, clickbait and malware 😮 Just kidding 🤣

[@samserious1337]

3:09 "yeah didnt mean to bump into the cop car, but driving over to people is fine" :D

[@rainintokyoo]

I've been hoping you would post some steam deck content. Hopefully you post some more.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

For sure. Love the steam deck

[@roflBeck]

I replayed Saints Row 2 on my Steam Deck recently, it was great! I think it works better than it does on Windows, no patches or mods either. Only glaring issue is the shadows being kinda weird, like shown at 7:50.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I picked up on that after a while.

[@glennwilson9956]

Set your vram to 4gb in bios ;) Makes a decent difference in many games. Gta 4 is wonderful on the deck, i generally play at 45 setting the refresh rate of the screen to the same. It's smooth as butter and the battery life is much improved! Also installing Ge proton under desktop mode adds a huge amount of compatibility for games that don't work straightaway with the standard settings. Click cogwheel and select compatibility then force use of proton experimental. I'm yet to find a game I cant run!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Ah I’ll look into that, thanks

[@Wrublos212]

The lower the resolution and screen size the harder is to notice less FPS I think. That's why I believe 60FPS is not must have on handheld unlike on full size PC monitor. Good to know that Steam deck is capable to go beyond 60FPS.

[@nonci6]

@@Wrublos212 The Steam Deck can only achieve 60FPS on it's limited (yet still impressive) hardware because Valve decided to go the Linux route and not Windows. I tried Windows on the Deck and Windows Update ate half of the available CPU which isn't that good when you want to play on the go. Same device with Linux (in this case SteamOS) can play AAA titles.

[@bullymaguiregaming1757]

Changing the vram actually does nothing

[@JackGarbarinoOfficial]

​@@nonci6 Did you actually try playing games on windows? Mw2 60fps Is easily achievable with decent settings

[@dylan_00]

Welcome to the Steam Deck! More and more games are enabling EAC for Linux/Deck, some games are getting Deck-specific graphics options, community layouts are growing by the day, it's fantastic! Not to mention the emulation capabilities ;) Glad you're liking it!

[@HEKVT]

Nowadays, there's an ever growing selection of games that fit into the "Bad PC Port" category.

[@8.4V10]

I’ve had my Steam deck for almost a year and it’s great. The fact that it plays most games NATIVELY instead of cloud streaming is amazing and it plays them decently well for the size of the device and the hardware.

[@icky_thump]

I was super excited to see how flawless the Deck handles GTAIV. It was notoriously bad back in the day. Idk if patches have ironed it out, or just the brute force of modern hardware, but yeah it's a LOT better than it used to be. Side note - you mentioned wanting to install the HD era GTAs. San Andreas works pretty much fine out of the box with the Steam version, but GTA3 and GTAVC both will need a minimum of 2 mods to get working ideally; look up the Definitive Edition and widescreen fixes and you'll be good to go.

[@RealSykes]

Congrats on copping a Steam Deck my man! I got one for myself and my SO a few months ago and it's a fantastic machine. Plenty powerful for most of my library with many thousands of older classics just waiting to be played in another sale. A suggestion, I'd install Decky Loader. Gives you a whole host of add-ons such as the ability to change the Boot & Suspend Animations, Proton Badges to see what is and isn't compatible, Vibrancy to make the screen just a tad bit more colorful among many others. I'd also install Cryo Utilities. Super easy and gives you a few more frames in many titles and where negligible improves the lifespan of the inter al storage. Both will require you to switch to Desktop Mode and install it via terminal. But it's super easy, both take no more than a few minutes.

[@priyanshusharma1812]

The reason GTA 4 runs amazing on deck is because by default Linux uses dxvk to translate dx9 calls to Vulkan, which fixes most of the stuttering and frametime issues. This is also why Elden Ring got fixed on Linux before windows. Also would love to see more steam deck content, or linux gaming in general as there are some really neat tricks with proton that can fix some notorious pc games.

[@WayStedYou]

He did a video on using vulkan for it years ago

[@Brickbuilder128]

GTA IV plays perfectly in the steam deck! I'm really shocked it's not a "Great on Deck" title, since it hits consistent 60 FPS on High settings/Medium/no night shadows, and 50/50/50 for the sliders.

[@evernote1568]

Refreshing to see someone record the Deck via OBS instead of filming their Deck. Would love to see more Steam Deck content!

[@SkauOfArcadia]

It's worth noting that using external frame limiters on GTA IV has the nasty side effect of increasing loading times. I'd recommend using Fusion Fix and enabling the frame limiter in the ini file instead.

[@Adualion]

For games that need the Escape key for example, Jump into Controller settings via the Steam button, and you can map any input, to any...well, input, so any of the touchpad dpad clicks, the face buttons, stick clicks, back paddles etc. Map your preferred buttons to Escape (or whatever key it is you need) and you're good to go. This also applies to setting your trackpads as a mouse and adding left and right clicks to any game/launcher/software that doesn't already have it mapped.

[@ogrejd]

Damn, I'd forgotten how bad the Saints Row 2 draw distance could be. Then again, it's been a long time since I last played (like 2 years), and seeing that it works great on Steam Deck (which means it should run fine under normal Linux distros), it's should definitely be going back into the rotation (especially since my current box is a lot better than the Phenom II X4 840, Radeon HD 6770 and 8 GB RAM I used for it the last time :).

[@beetheimmortal]

It's the funniest thing to me that Saints Row 2 of all things, which is known to be terrible on Windows has a native linux port, that is also not complete shit somehow...

[@juliusfucik4011]

Have you been working out? You look fresher and healthier every single time I see you, my friend!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Eating a lot of salad and being walked by my dog every day 😂

[@isaiaheltrapo9172]

@@RandomGaminginHDW

[@anishgupta8938]

TLOU on Steam Deck PepeLaugh

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

My brother buys all the latest tech and like a new car, it is near worthless once its off the lot. I was super impressed with his steam deck. I wanted to hate it and considering how brutal it feels going from 2 32 inch screens to a handheld, I dont. You get used to the controls and screen very quickly. And like everything else in his arsenal, he got bored of it and broke brother got it for £100 from him. It is just the 512 version but it will more than play what I have in my library. Cheers for the review

[@ademiravdic]

bro you re set, get a 512 sd card and rock on :d

[@JDRumbleBee]

you can turn up the sliders for view distance, traffic etc. up to around 60-70% and the Deck will still deliver around 60fps and it looks amazing

[@MyNameIsBucket]

I'd like to see you expand on this idea and try testing games that, for many reasons, just won't run on modern versions of Windows.

[@melodicsatisfactionproductions]

Welcome to the steam deck family! I also have a 256gb model and I love it. I’ve also played a good chunk of GTA IV on there as well.

[@Treynath84]

Saints Row 2 runs better on the Steam Deck than it does on my 3060 laptop, even if I drop the resolution to 720p it still drops really low and that's with GotR installed. Might need to mess around with DXVK on this game, or just play it on my Deck as I love this game. I played this thing on PS3, I can handle low framerates. I grabbed a 512 for myself along with 3 512 cards, already filled up 2 of them, other one's for Windows stuff for whenever I decide to run Windows through a USB and play stuff that way. Actually played Mario Kart Wii that way with a DolphinBar, ran great. It's a great system, it's weird because some games like Skyrim I couldn't get into but I can play it on the Deck, makes no sense but it just clicks and I can play the game. Hope you enjoy messing with yours, it's great for some older titles, even some newer ones like Days Gone run pretty well if you don't mind having next to no battery life.

[@sunofpearl89]

Great video. Please make more Steam Deck videos. It seems like a great topic for the channel.

[@Salty_Bass]

The issue with SR2 on Steam Deck is the issue with shadows glitching out. For example @ 9:45

[@devakadex9588]

Off topic but one feature i miss abt gta 4 is how when u get out of the car by tapping the exit button the car will stay running but if u hold the exit button he turns it off

[@mustasheolll2020]

Same, GTA V it’s only when u in a cop chase

[@Redmage913]

Steam Deck vs 3000g might prove interesting. Maybe comparing frame rates at equivalent resolution, power consumption, or ability to interact with the games, controller vs keyboard and mouse. I really want one of these computer consoles; any and all video on it would be lovely.

[@GuyManley]

The deck absolutly loves these older games. Good news, the windows to linux translation via proton is probably using DXVK so other then some broken collission detection, there is little need to mod GTA4. I presonally capped the game to 40hz/fps. I beat this game at 30fps on ps3 so this still a huge improvement and it extends the battery life even more.

[@nfsjoey]

Regarding Saints Row 2's controls, Gentlemen of the Row allows you to change the icons to be controller inputs but there are games like Hatred that just flat out don't have anything of the sort

[@woozeye8998]

"Whoops, I didn't mean to brake into this car with the cops right in front of me" *proceeds to run into 2 pedestrians full throttle*

[@n1tr0maverick]

love your content way too much, hope you reach a million by this year ❤

[@uss_liberty_incident]

I apologize in advance if this is a nitpick. I noticed that you seem to have a decent quality mic behind you, but the audio quality is still very echoey in your intro. If you recorded with a webcam instead of a phone camera (assuming that's what being used), you could use software like nvidia broadcast to remove a lot of that echo. Keep up the excellent reviews and content!

[@nirvadramlakan5626]

Love you for still testing out GTA 4 and Saints row 2 🥳 hope GTA 4 gets a remaster

[@gamercop911]

Hey Congratulations on getting your Steam Deck!!!! I'm excited to see more videos with steam deck focus!!

[@Nanotechnician]

Steam chords menu (keep Steam or ••• button pressed) gives you some extra keys/shortcuts (like the Escape you were searching)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Ah ok thanks haha it’s still pretty new to me

[@JMartinni]

I'd recommend running games with a 40 FPS/40 Hz lock. Also turning down anti-aliasing saves some performance and isn't so noticable on the small screen tbh.

[@telsan4291]

Yes more steamdeck content please! 🙌 To flex I’ve added some mods to mine like a 2TB SSD and made the deck whisper quiet repasting the APU, adding a JSAUX backplate and then add the plug-ins like fantastic to lower the fan RPM thresholds. Then add Emu-deck and loads of ROMS and you’re done. I suggest doing the same to have an ultimate all in one handheld gaming device, super happy with mine 😬

[@nonci6]

Which 2TB SSD did you get for the Deck?

[@telsan4291]

@@nonci6 I used the only branded readily available one and that’s the WD740 2TB 2230 from Scan in the UK, it works great however be aware any 2TB SSD will draw slightly more power meaning slightly higher temps, hence why I started looking into cooling solutions

[@mh-jw6gr]

Welcome to gaming on Linux! Would love to see some more, either on the Deck, or maybe some of your desktop stuff. Keep at it! :)

[@prezidenttrump5171]

You mean "Welcome to gaming on a Linux distro that was actually developed for a purpose by people who aren't all independently working on 1000's of distros trying to be the next Microsoft or Apple of OS's."

[@mh-jw6gr]

@@prezidenttrump5171 Not really. SteamOS is Arch / KDE with all the associated gaming tools bolted in with a nice UI to control it all. All of those tools are available for any other distro, it just takes more time to set up.

[@cinerir8203]

More Steam Deck videos would be amazing, I too ordered one when they had them on sale.

[@absurd.inc.]

damn, 500k subscribers ! Congrat !

[@chincemagnet]

Great video, it would be cool to see more Steam Deck videos. Actually what I’d really like to see is windows gaming performance on steam deck.

[@NinjaSpotted]

Congratulations on finally getting a Steam Deck! I hope you have fun with it :)

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

A 40fps cap with a 40hz refresh rate is a pretty good compromise for smoother than 30, but good battery life as well.

[@AlexBell1991]

For action games, 45 to 48 is the sweet spot!

[@Jangko3]

I just got mine as well and its been my favourite purchase of the year. Would love to see videos on emulators if possible. Especially setting them up. God knows it took me way too long to get WiiU and Switch emulators up and running on the system.

[@fabriziopinna]

Love your vids man, congrats on 500k

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@GamEchGT3299]

5:07 that’s some smooth parking right there

[@Balasca]

The steam deck seems like the perfect fit for your channel. Hope you are enjoying it, I love mine.

[@demrasnawla]

Been playing GTA4 from time to time for a while on Steam Deck and it's been rock solid at 60fps, very nice

[@TheLastLineLive]

I absolutely love my steam deck. It’s what I’ve gamed on the most ever since getting it, even considering that I got a PS five afterwards. I mainly just stick with AAA games on PS five, I play just about everything else on steam deck.

[@TVRust]

i got the 64gb version lucky me, and just spent 50 bucks on a 512gb and on top of that 20 on a 256gb sd card, also got a dock so i can use it as a pc, as right now im typing on it in desktop mode, i love the fact that u can turn it in to a full desktop experience and a handheld device when needed, and i bought a m.2 case for the 64gb i took out from the console and im using that for windows heh, also i had a 1tb external ssd and i use that with batocera, bought a transparent case put some double sided velcros on the drives behind the case so i can swap fast and easy between systems is very nice i recommend to do as i did, try not to get the 256 or 512 if possible, opening the steam deck is not that hard is like opening a PC just remove a few screws and pop the back of it and swap the ssd very easy, anyways i am glad that u got one hope to see more content from you about the steam deck. Cheers.

[@rev7x]

i love your content mate, keep it up!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@Wineblood]

I'd be interested to see steam deck handling indies and how the battery fares, that's mostly what I'd use it for.

[@alin8080_]

There are also ways of improving the steamdeck's performance on the 1% and 0.1% lows by installing cryo utilities and increasing the steamdeck's vram to 4gb in the bios I hope that helps

[@tropicalfruit4571]

I'd enjoy more videos on this bad boi. I've been playing GTAIV on the Steam Deck myself because whatever I did on PC didn't quite feel/look satisfying. On Steam Deck tho? No issues at all. I turned out view distance, traffic density and the last option too (forgot what it was) and put everything on high. FPS sort of jumps around at certain places but honestly I found that there's no point uncapping the fps ever (unless you go into desktop mode and play CS:GO at it, but if the fps dips a lot then I'd cap it too, maybe at 100 in game). You lose battery for no reason really, I personally can't see much if any difference in smoothness, but then when it jumps from 80 to 60, the frame pacing goes out the window. Worth mentioning that Steam Deck's frame pacing is excellent if the hardware can keep up with the game, it does feel like some games play better on the Deck than on PC. For that reason, I am (was) playing Bully on the Deck because quite frankly the 30fps on small screen with excellent frame pacing is... fine... It really is, it feels 5 times as smooth as on my PC with the 60fps fix that would crash all the time anyway. GTA IV gets to 50fps on my settings sometimes when driving really fast through the bridge onto the 2nd island especially, but also in the city, the further I get into the game the more dips I notice so I locked the game to 50fps and it really does still feel great (was on 55 lock for a long time which felt no different to 60 but more dips appeared). It's a great device, I love it.

[@LOSERRANODE]

Im using the Steam Deck over 1 year now and i must say: i love that thing. Many old and some new games runs pretty great. I set some games at 30, 45 or 60 fps and its much smoother than unlimited. Secret hack: you can already use dual boot so that you can switch between Steam OS and Windows 10/11. Useful for older games or games that doesnt run with steam os. But now enjoy your steam deck. It's a good choose!

[@TheSpotify95]

Thanks for sharing your initial experiences with the Steam Deck! If I needed one, I would gladly buy a Steam Deck, though maybe one with the most possible storage (or at least upgrade the storage manually). Also I would be happy with 30FPS on one of these, plus lowered settings (and possibly power limited settings) in order to conserve battery power, since getting under 2 hours of battery life on a full charge is far from ideal, and pulling a lot of current from the battery will not help its overall longevity; I wouldn't want to be replacing Steam Deck batteries every 12-18 months!

[@green929392]

You should render and record the video in a 16:10 aspect ratio, most of the video uses it after all, very good video.

[@Goalkeepertipsandtricks]

I went to order mine a week ago and was dismayed to see that the 64gb is still out of stock. Been checking obsessively 3 times a day ever since and still no luck! Can't wait to get my hands on it though

[@concept226]

More steamed deck videos please. I bet 'sleeping dogs' would also look and play well on the deck.

[@MrGiHunt]

Just got my deck this friday, and this was my exact same question, how would the bad ports run.. so the steam version of gta sa was the first thing i downloaded (which runs like crap on any modern pc) and i was surprised how well it runs. So far everything i've tried runs perfectly, couldn't be happier with my purchase.

[@jeffjefferson7384]

501K subs? Congratulations. You'll be on a million in no time.

[@WurlyBurger]

i wish you had a playlist starting from the start. id just have it playing in the back round while i work.

[@ademiravdic]

locking refresh rate of screen to 40 is a Godsend for AAA games on steam deck

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah definitely

[@repomansez]

Something I think you haven't realized is, the Steam Deck obviously runs Arch Linux and games run with Proton, so the so-called "DXVK fix" is already being utilized, as Proton uses DXVK itself by default, if it was instead using Wine's dxd9 implementation, I doubt you'd be getting more than 10fps. In short, DXVK is Linux software, "ported" to Windows, basically.

[@cremvursti]

GTA IV was the first game I finished on the Steam Deck, ran like a dream and with a 40 FPS limit you can play quite a while without having to charge it.

[@JellyYeen55]

I would definitely love to see more Steam Deck videos. I love my Steam Deck. It’s one of the best purchases I’ve made in a long time.

[@QuadrotesOpowiesciGrozy]

5:57 nice stunt there ;d

[@busyak]

I was really surprised when I got my SD and IV was running smooth out of the box, but to be fair, it has been 15 years - I guess we finally caught up to those system requirements. When the PC version of IV came out in late 2008, my then-new and decently powerful rig ran it terribly.

[@indianaliam1]

steam deck is genuinely the best way i've found to play saints row 2. there's a few graphics settings that solely tank the settings (like that terrible ingame antialiasing) also HDR is just the color filters so i'd totally recommend that on and ambient occulsion off cause that makes everything grey and plasticy

[@LuisFelipepg96]

I've never understood the hype over the steam deck really

[@brandon_nope]

portable PC gaming at console level prices

[@oo--7714]

Can play pc games, but it's not out of this world or anything, the graphical and fps performance isn't wowza tier imo (30fps 720-800p (expect lower then that in anything remotely modern 2022+) even when comparing it to modern mobile games like asphalt 9, grid autosport, alien isolation, wreckfest ( pc games), genshin impact, kartrider drift etc.

[@RuruFIN]

Damn! I guessed instantly the games which Steve mentions in the beginning :D

[@frestylezz]

It's actually absurd how well the deck does, even with modern games. I've played through the entirety of Cyberpunk, large chunks of hogwarts legacy, Forza Horizon 5 and more AAA games (FF VII remake, AC Oddysey, any of the PS4 ports - like HZD/GoW/... to name a few), which was mostly a good experience. Usually 30 FPS, but sometimes hitting 40 was possible, which is great when you set the screen refresh rate to 40 as well. With AAA games, the only issue really is the storage. While loading from SD cards is okay, installing or updating the games can take ages, even on a decent sd card. Upgrading the SSD is probably the better choice, if possible.

[@sixunity1171]

would you even need a dxvk patch for gta 4? it's running through proton so it should already be using dxvk

[@gzaos]

GTA 4 is my most played game on the deck, it was a struggle to mod it with all the remove music radio, but now it's perfect. Maybe in the future I will have the patience to install the pirated version and really mod it as it should. But for now I am happy with the steam version with restore music radio.

[@airspeedmph]

Not 100% sure, but judging from those black spots where reflections/windows/etc should be, you are playing the Linux port and not through DXVK. The Linux port was done by Virtual Programming and uses their proprietary tech. They also ported other several Saints Row releases. In any case, the port is basically the original Windows game with a compatibility layer on top, somewhat similar with what Proton does. One rather big difference in contrast to default Proton is that the old Linux port use OpenGL (there was no Vulkan at the time). So it would be interesting to see the difference between the two, Linux port vs Proton. There is another method to run old DirectX 9 games on Linux, using Gallium Nine, which is an open source implementation of said API, but is seldom used these days after D9VK/DXVK took off. Saint Row 2 in particular ran very well with it, but is more cumbersome to set up and use.

[@Imblitzyboi]

A steamdeck vs 2023 vid sounds cool

[@myztklk3v]

GTA 4 actually ran surprisingly well on the deck, although it just goes to show how better GTA 5 was optimized because it actually runs better lol. I have them both installed right now. Every once in a while I see weird lines across the screen for a split second at the time, but steam does say it has minor graphical glitches.

[@RedstoneBros]

Deadly Premonition and Dark Souls are the first games that come to mind when I think of bad PC ports

[@fekbutchers]

The artifacts at 1:48 scared the crap out of me.

[@sgky2k]

Congrats on 500k

[@gordonfreeman9733]

Amazing video! Thanks!

[@snakeplissken1754]

Can´t wait for my deck, should be here in a week or so.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah mine came about a week after ordering this time which was faster than expected

[@snakeplissken1754]

@@RandomGaminginHD will be great for when I commute to work and back. Already have to 65w Powerbanks to stay charged.

[@daisy_301]

​@@RandomGaminginHD mine too, did you get it on sale?

[@muizzsiddique]

I also just recently bought one myself! The 64GB model deck went out of stock in England the day after I bought mine.

[@VanBourner]

Just a word of caution for people that have GTAs purchased through Rockstar Social Club - the launchers do not play well with the steamdeck and will often ask you to log in etc with each run. If you rebuy the games through steam (which has oauth token instead of an password), then make sure you do not have the social club linked to your steam account - the games will refuse to run as you can only have one licence per account. It's manageable but you lose large portion of the ease of use the steamos UI offers.

[@nonyabusiness999]

Best purchase I've ever made,I've just bought max payne 3 for a fiver and it still stands up to any AAA title out there and plays amazing,the fact you can run red dead,cyberpunk,elden rings,god of war ect on a handheld device at a good frame rate and it looking phenomenal is amazing but to get one for just over £300 is just the cherry on the cake....

[@writingweasel6518]

Do a Steam Deck vs equivalent specs PC

[@unisonarcanine]

I got a Steam Deck on aforementioned the sale the other day, Doom runs very well on it! I think it's best for 2D/Older games, but most new AAA games will run fine at low graphics. Either way It's still impressive for a £300 handheld!

[@oo--7714]

It's £349 not £300

[@unisonarcanine]

@@oo--7714 on sale it was £315, I rounded it