I’ve been going back and forth between actively looking to buy one and saying I’ll wait til they get better hardware. Was expecting to have to wait for a while for that so this was definitely surprising.
However while my interest in the new one is incredibly high, I still can’t shake the feeling that it’s still a bit underpowered. Not being able to get above 30/40 FPS in games like Cyberpunk make me feel like I’d be at least a little disappointed. Granted being able to even play AAA games at all on a handheld is awesome, so I may be being unrealistic here in my expectations (I’ve never owned a handheld so my comparisons are just with PCs and consoles).
Nevertheless I think I might finally take the plunge on the 16th.
I’ve been playing cyberpunk a lot on both my pc and deck. I thought that it would be a way worse experience going from desktop to handheld, however, it really is a decent experience. I’ve had the same luck with other games as well. Cyberpunk specifically runs avg 40/50 after I installed CryoUtilities and changed the vram buffer (for those who are curious).
There are places in the city that are worse than others for performance but I’ve only ever noticed stutters and the like while driving. Do you use power utils? I don’t have an overclock but I make sure the governor is set to performance. Could just be luck on my end though.
30 fps will never be equal to 60 fps but for the biggest titles Valve has gone the extra mile to seriously even out frametimes which helps significantly with the experience. It’s a difference I’ve noticed when comparing other handhelds as well, when the performance gain is meager on the Deck’s competitors for a given title the variance is also way higher.
I’ve been going back and forth between actively looking to buy one and saying I’ll wait til they get better hardware. Was expecting to have to wait for a while for that so this was definitely surprising.
However while my interest in the new one is incredibly high, I still can’t shake the feeling that it’s still a bit underpowered. Not being able to get above 30/40 FPS in games like Cyberpunk make me feel like I’d be at least a little disappointed. Granted being able to even play AAA games at all on a handheld is awesome, so I may be being unrealistic here in my expectations (I’ve never owned a handheld so my comparisons are just with PCs and consoles).
Nevertheless I think I might finally take the plunge on the 16th.
I’ve been playing cyberpunk a lot on both my pc and deck. I thought that it would be a way worse experience going from desktop to handheld, however, it really is a decent experience. I’ve had the same luck with other games as well. Cyberpunk specifically runs avg 40/50 after I installed CryoUtilities and changed the vram buffer (for those who are curious).
My experience is quite the opposite. Cyberpunk feels too stuttery to me on the deck. I’ve also installed CryoUtilities and tried using the 3.5 update.
There are places in the city that are worse than others for performance but I’ve only ever noticed stutters and the like while driving. Do you use power utils? I don’t have an overclock but I make sure the governor is set to performance. Could just be luck on my end though.
30 fps will never be equal to 60 fps but for the biggest titles Valve has gone the extra mile to seriously even out frametimes which helps significantly with the experience. It’s a difference I’ve noticed when comparing other handhelds as well, when the performance gain is meager on the Deck’s competitors for a given title the variance is also way higher.