I overclocked my steam deck, and now it runs at a 90% locked 30 fps in new Atlantis.
So, I’d say within the next update and maybe Proton update, we can see it improve heavily.
I’m running my deck (LCD) with 4GB VRAM and CU2 Recommended Settings and since the most recent patch I’ve noticed MUCH better performance, currently running it at 800p without FSR, all low settings except Indirect Lighting (Ultra), Volumetric Lighting (Medium), GTAO (Medium) and Crowd Density (Medium). Game looks and runs brilliant with these settings
And 100% fully playable on SteamDeck through GeForce Now
The game is an unstable mess even on my desktop with a 4080.
I’m nowhere near masochistic enough to try to play it on the Steam Deck.
I have a 3070 and realize how much I should appreciate the steam deck a bit for trying
“90% locked 30fps”
The phrase “locked 30fps” is losing all fucking meaning lmao
My door is about 90% locked.
Which means it’s not locked at all.
My door is about 90% locked.
Which means it’s not locked at all.
My door is about 90% locked.
Which means it’s not locked at all.
im 90% full black.
So it runs like shit
AMD fumbled the bag on Starfield. How they didn’t take the Cyberpunk approached to making this work on the Deck is beyond me. They wanted this to be Spider-Man levels and instead its got people feeling weird. Like beating the game doesn’t make me wanna play it again.
Honestly from countless reviews and opinions from friends, Starfield is not a great game
There are so many other games have came out that I would rather spend my time and money. I would probably buy it like 3 years later with a massive discount.
Is your deck oled ? and are you using custom fast ssd like 2tb wd sn770m ?
With a Performance Mod from Nexus?
Yes
Starfield is kind of bad. Terrible story, constant loading screens, barren worlds, the list goes on. Not really worth going to the hassle of getting it working on Steam Deck in my opinion.
To add to this, I played Starfield on my desktop at 4K60fps mostly stable framerates aside a couple stutters on new atlantis and aquila city.
Mostly the game is average (6/10 imo) and doesn’t to anything better than other bethesda games from the last 10 years or so, but with the caveat that there’s barely any mods that do much yet (creator kit for starfield is not out yet), so you won’t see much aside some UI, texture and clothes changes, and don’t get me wrong, there’s a bunch of UI issues that are terrible on the base game, but overall the game experience doesn’t change.
Honestly the only thing I felt refreshing from starfield compared to other bethesda games are ship related activities, but the main problem with that is that it’s super limited in scope, which is unsurprising considering it’s the first time they’ve done ships, but aside that, quests, story, NPCs, etc, are pretty much just a shuffle from their other games, so if you want another new bethesda game that is similar to old ones, starfield will be ok, if you want a next gen game from bethesda, this aint it.
Once creator kit for it is available (looks like somewhen 2024) and modders begin pumping out shit this will probably change a lot and the game will become way more popular, but I wouldn’t spend much effort tweaking my steamdeck for it, there’s a lot of better games out there honestly.
Now the question is do you really want to play it
Get Steam Deck essentials mod to get your stable 30 fps
I did, a little OC made it even better
That’s cool. But also:
- There’s no excuse for them launching such an unoptimized game. None at all.
- The game just isn’t very good.
I love Skyrim, and enjoyed Fallout 3, but I just have zero interest in this game. I even installed it on Game Pass weeks ago to try streaming it to my Deck but can’t even bring myself to launch it. Everything I’ve ever read about it just screams mediocrity. I’m honestly deeply concerned for TES VI now.
any reason steam deck oled upgrade dont use Z1 extreme ? asus ally and lenovo go can run starfield l bg3 | AW2 in acceptable fps | quality , why valve delay upgrading their cpu