Especially with the 3.5 preview/beta update I’ve been seeing a lot of people say that the stuff CryoUtilities does is wack and doesn’t really work, and one dude even went as far as to call it a placebo in a post where I mentioned it.
Does stuff like the swap file and swappiness, amongst other things, really boost performance and all that? Or is it just a waste of time and (storage) space?
Through a ton of testing I have never encountered a single benefit, logic would imply that it should have no benefit due to the way it inflates the swap file whilst simultaneously reducing the system’s use of it.
Theoretically the only potential benefit might have been hugepages being enabled, but this is now enabled by default in SteamOS 3.5 which is why a lot of people are now reporting no/reduced benefit.
It’s not a magic performance boost for everything - there are some scenarios it seems like it improves or stabilises performance for certain games, to a greater or lesser extent. In some cases gains are quite marginal.
The only real deep dives into how CryoUtilities affect performance are by Cryo himself. I don’t think he’s lying or misleading anyone, but it is a small pool of analysis.
There’s also one poster here whose whole personality seems to be “CryoUtilities are bad, it’s a placebo, people who use it are dumb”. They’re not very good at putting an argument in any way other than assertion and abuse and I’m not sure they have a lot of insight to offer.
It did appear to help me with the performance and stability of Midnight Suns early this year. Since then I’ve been playing less demanding games and I reverted the changes as they weren’t necessary for me. But there certainly doesn’t seem to be any harm in trying it out.
Not a placebo. It makes a difference. But more importantly in the 1% lows.
It’s a free to use script. You don’t need to use it if you don’t want to.
The placebo guy is wack. I think he is jealous or has a personal issue with Cryo/has personal issues.
Use Cryo or not, just enjoy your deck and turn of that performance monitor :)
Life is much more simple when you are focused on playing instead of focus on 1-3 additional fps
Deathblade is still at it, lmao
Will CRYO work on the OLED steam deck anyone?
I dunno, I’ve found it to work amazingly… Depending on the game.
Forza horizon 5 runs amazingly on the steam deck despite turning it into a toaster and killing the battery in like an hour.It made final fantasy 13 run like a shining diamond.
I think the guy’s done a lot of work and it shows and I appreciate it, really made the steam deck something more than it was.
Let’s honest it’s not ‘a lot of people’, just u/deathblade200
The way I see it….Cryo provided a video of it working….anyone discrediting him needs to do the same….your word is just not enough