Hi all,

Just got my 512 OLED the other day, upgrading from my old LCD Steam Deck. (Incidentally, moving all my games and settings from old to new Steam Deck was no more complicated than swapping over the SD card and SSD; worked immediately with no tweaking). Of course, like most of you, I was immediately stunned by the beautiful black levels and vibrant colours. However, one amazing discovery happened by accident.

I don’t usually play modern AAA games on my Deck, using it instead for legacy Steam titles and emulation. One of my favourites to play is Unreal Tournament. I fired it up and played a few deathmatch rounds, and again marvelled at the colours and slightly improved sound. But then I started thinking: man this display is smooth. It doesn’t just feel more vibrant, but… smoother. Then I remembered: oh yeah, it’s a 90Hz display! So I loaded up GameScope and saw that, indeed, the game was running at a locked 90fps. And what’s more, it was running at very low thermals! (I mean, it is a 1999 game after all).

This was SUCH an upgrade. Fast-paced FPS games feel SO much better at these higher framerates. And what;s more, it was totally unexpected. I was aware that the new OLED was a 90Hz panel, of course, but I didn’t expect to run anything at 90fps. But this SO fits my use case: older, faster games.

Very, very satisfied with the upgrade!

  • SubjectCraft8475BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This is one of the reasons I moved to ROG Ally the combination of VRR and 120fps and the extra performance to get higher frames made it a no brainer. I’m playing Monster Hunter Rise at 100fps

  • Long_Relationship_83BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How does it feel with triple A games at 30-45 fps? Does it actually smooth it out like the influencers said?

  • RiotOnVijzelstraatBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Currently in the process of transferring 200 games from PC to my new OLED lol. Also upgrading from the LCD one for me and the screen is unbelievable. Cannot wait to try a bunch of indies out at 90 fps.

  • DigitalHDBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I ordered the LE on the 21st. It got packaged last night. I’m so impatiently waiting for it to get shipped! 🤣

    • Long_Relationship_83BEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I can’t decide btwn the 512 and LE. It’s more expensive but I wonder if the resale value will be much higher for the LE down the line for some fan boy collector.

      • DtoodlezBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Probably not, to be honest. I would strictly make the decision on what you want for yourself.

    • NonEuclidianMeatloafOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That new remaster of Quake 2 is the fucking gold standard of remasters. Pure excellence, from top to bottom. I’ve had some people actually have the gall to say that the Metal Gear remaster angst is overdone and exaggerated, as in, “what do you really expect from a remaster?” The answer: the Quake 2 remaster.

      Anyways now that that’s out of my system, quick question: does the new remaster run at 90fps well?

      • MechanicStriking4666BEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It isn’t a solid 90 across the board. It’ll dip down to the 70s, but you don’t even notice.

        • NonEuclidianMeatloafOPBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          And that’s the best part! It was free for me because I bought Quake 2 vanilla like 9 years ago!

  • FrostyTheHippoBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Are the menus in 90hz? That’s one improvement I would love to see. Changing tabs on libraries was always really laggy, etc.

    • NonEuclidianMeatloafOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I haven’t spent much time in the menus but I did notice an improvement in UI responsiveness and smoothness, especially in the Steam Input sections

  • casuallycompetesBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    bruh 90fps apex, game changer, anyone have good settings for competitive with low fan noise?

    normally i run at 10tdp