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InvalidEntrance t1_j5i7vcz wrote

Reply to comment by _Ev4n_ in Steam Deck Is Reaching Its Limits in Games Like Plague Tale: Requiem by ardi62

I find anyone who thinks the Deck should be able to run these types of games to begin with completely out of touch.

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crispyfrybits t1_j5ih776 wrote

It's not like the steamdeck is playing these games at the game resolution and settings as desktop.

The steamdeck can play current gen games because the resolution is only 720 and the settings are generally reduced to medium. On top of that there are settings for the deck that let you limit the max framerate.

There's a lot the deck does to make gaming on it feel smooth. It still looks good since the screen is smaller. All of this doesn't even take into account DLSS and FSR.

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BoyzIIWolves t1_j5k9mu5 wrote

>All of this doesn't even take into account DLSS

SD can't use DLSS. It's an AMD product, not NVIDIA.

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Napkin_whore t1_j5jft30 wrote

I always thought it was for more platformer and Nintendo-like games, not some massive open world game or something along those lines

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aztekno2012 t1_j5jimkr wrote

Plays max settings on Fallout 76 or Fallout 4 phenomenally.

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StupiderIdjit t1_j5jiuf0 wrote

Thanks, now I have to buy my girlfriend a Steamdeck.

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StarGaurdianBard t1_j5jj6rw wrote

It can play massive open world games just fine, Cyberpunk,Witcher, Skyrim, Fallout, etc all play just fine on it.

The Steam Deck is actually what got me to finally sit down and play through Cyberpunk

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lakiku_u t1_j5je6bl wrote

It’s because they act like the Steam Deck is a console and should play every game, it’s not. It’s a low powered portable pc and thus has limits and not going to be compatible with every game.

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Gamebird8 t1_j5maw8d wrote

I mean, if it is a console, it's competing with the Switch. Not the Series X.

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That's the part they're missing

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grammar_nazi_zombie t1_j5mjlx6 wrote

I’d say it’s closer to the PS4/Xbone than a Switch. You can play Elden Ring on the Deck.

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Antedelopean t1_j5p41y2 wrote

It's my favorite monster hunter machine. Can run rise out of the box, flawlessly, can run world with some tweaking of settings, can run older games via emulation, can run dragon's dogma, out of the box, and allows for all these damned games to be played, modded.

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waaarg t1_j5vcheg wrote

Yeah, I use mine with the mental expectation that it’s effectively the power equivalent of a portable PS4, and it’s phenomenal for that.

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WatRedditHathWrought t1_j5mwyl1 wrote

I can use mine as a console to my 70 4K tv and play Metro Exodus and it looks great. Or I can take it to work and use it as a handheld or connect to my second monitor. I can also use keyboard and mouse.

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DJ_BowelMovement t1_j5m4ocr wrote

they need to make the next generation with an Intel Atom chip

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bunkbail t1_j5m7715 wrote

no they dont. atoms have embarrassingly low single core performance, gaming is really not their main thing.

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asyrin25 t1_j5ihs47 wrote

Honestly.

Imagine someone posting

>Hey guys! I have a GTX 1050! I should be able to rock out in the most demanding AAA titles, right?

Steam deck often gets a pass because it's a mobile device...but the games don't care.

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kronosblaster t1_j5jbkya wrote

Man I have a 3060ti and I'm still having trouble running aaa titles :c

Then again I also have a fairly old CPU that Is prolly throttling my gpu.

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AgentUnknown821 t1_j5l3g71 wrote

same issue here, Was told my 5 year Ryzen 1600 CPU is bottlenecking my RTX 3050 so I got to upgrade.

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kronosblaster t1_j5l9i77 wrote

Ryzen 7 3700x here. It runs most things fairly well, but I should prolly retire it and just throw it into the makeshift PC.

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Blindfire2 t1_j5mets6 wrote

The main issue with games like A Plague Tale is the cpu optimization is horrid. Like how witcher 3 dx12 maxes 1 or 2 threads on just about every cpu (with ray tracing on) or that Gotham Knights game that came out was still dipping to 30s with a 13600k lol. Even CP2077 is in the same boat, although at this point, I think it's more demanding that unoptimized.

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ihateusednames t1_j5jx4pb wrote

Funnily enough mine runs cyberpunk at a solid 44 while my 2080 super build struggles to hit a solid 72/144

Bearing in mind I have a 2k ultra wide...

Resolution works wonders.

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bytebackjrd t1_j5mvjy5 wrote

The steamdeck can play red dead redemption 2, spiderman, and god of war with no issues at all so actually it can play fairly recent AAA titles.

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atbths t1_j61kzs4 wrote

Are those really recent? Red dead 2 is over 3 years old.

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bytebackjrd t1_j61l91y wrote

maybe but it still is a beast to run on any comptuer gaming system. Just the fact that you can play this massive game on a handheld is amazing and something you could not do a couple of years ago. Some can get 45 or high fps on it. It also is a more demanding game than some new ones that have come out recently.

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oldkingcoles t1_j5kemz6 wrote

100%

I just got one like a week ago and totally got it to play like pixel indie games

I don’t know who would get this and expect it to be some absolute powerhouse

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Potato_Octopi t1_j5kqhk4 wrote

Similar use on my end and can't wait for Octopath 2.

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oldkingcoles t1_j5ktrch wrote

And I get it like can run some more graphically impressive games but like that’s not what I’m here for you know

Octopath 2 is going to be gorgeous on it

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Ka11adin t1_j5re07a wrote

I mean.... I hope I can play starfield on it.

I know it's a long shot but it's my only avenue to play that game and a man can hope right?

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Tisorok t1_j5k93iu wrote

Stream deck is best if you have a system that can stream your games to the deck.

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nsci2ece t1_j5rxa58 wrote

Buying a steam deck to do game streaming makes about as much sense as buying a modern 4k TV to watch VHS tapes.

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Tisorok t1_j5s1fb9 wrote

That analogy is dumber than you are then. The steam deck is literally designed for streaming high quality graphics. It does that better than running games natively actually. So your analogy sound like “buying a fast car to go fast makes about as much sense as pickling bread”

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zim8141 t1_j63su5b wrote

There are much cheaper and smaller devices that can do that. The deck is meant to play games natively, otherwise why have the ability to run windows games on Linux? Wouldn’t they just use android and save themselves a lot of hassle?

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Tisorok t1_j63zc3i wrote

The deck can play games natively, but if you watch the performance of when it’s streaming vs natively you will see the stress difference on the deck. Your deck is only obsolete graphics wise if you don’t have a gaming rig that can take the heavy lifting out of the graphics in the game your playing, otherwise your looking at playing aaa titles while the cpu is maxed plugged in or something differently to combat throttles in the settings menu. Where as if you streamed it you could probably keep it up without having to sit next to a wall outlet for a good 4 hours.

I have no idea what android or windows has too do with the deck being meant for native gameplay, what ever point you were trying to make either didnt articulate well, or there is a typo in there. Afaik the deck can’t run windows games, or at least games with anti cheat software like destiny 2, require windows. Same with I think the blizzard games? I actually have to check if there’s a Linux launcher for Blizz now….

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