Comment on Steam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a game

• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I remember seeing someone play a Steam Deck in an airport awhile ago and the 3D game had a HORRIBLE frame rate.

  To the person playing to their credit they didn’t seem bothered but it made me think that a lot of people may have not really had the importance of framerate explained to them and what the relevant numbers are (film is 25, 30 is generally minimum for gamee and 60 is best).

  Almost by definition we aren’t going to know those people but that is because if you are here you are probably a nerd, so this is good for all those blindspots.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A neat trick you can do with heavier games on … at least an OLED Deck (not sure if this is doable on the LCD version)…

    You target 45 fps, min, lock the max frame rate at something like 45-50, then, use VRR set at a 1:2 ratio, so you get 45 fps at 90hz.

    In many games, this generally, at least imo, ends you up with a smoother and potentially graphically higher quality than just targeting 60 fps / 60 hz.

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  • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t have a PC. My only way to play PC games is through a Deck. I’m at the point where I’m just happy to be able to play these games, period, let alone on the go.

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  • Sophocles@infosec.pub ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lowest I can go is 20fps, anything below is too nauseating. I learned to cope because I modded Skyrim to the point of no return, and I could only get max 20fps with a decent rig and a ton of optimising. Hair physics and 4k trees definitely worth it 👍

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    • UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m happy you can appreciate frames that low. My fiance makes fun of me cuz I stress about anything below 60 lol granted my current PC doesn’t have these issues. Plus I used to game on laptops so I’m perfectly content with lower graphics for smooth frame rate.

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  • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    in my case, i would play on potato graphics to get good fps, 60 is the minimum, 30 is an exception. i can FEEL it in my play if its below 100. like not only see it but it feels progressively bad the lower it is

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    • Nikelui@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Serious question: does the difference between 60 and 100 even matter if your monitor is capped to 60Hz?

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      • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        sort of. but not to the extent that 60-100 gives. if you have a monitor capped at 60 and an fps at high, it does feel better, and it’s much more stable, and every frame is all but guaranteed to have the most up to date frame.

        if you are stuck at 60, check your monitor, and its cable. you can have a 120 refresh on the monitor, but if the hdmi cable is only rated for 60 the computer will only allow 60. had me doubting my self until i found it

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      • StinkyRedMan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It will ensure the frame being sent to your display is more recent and represent the game state the best.

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      • frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It depends on the game. If the game doesn’t tie input handling to framerate, then yes, because your inputs will feel better.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I grew up playing RuneScape at 15 frames per second on the crappy school computers, so I’m used to it.

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    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, I started gaming when games were bought on cassette tape. Pretty much anything is an improvement. Though TBF some stuff back then was pretty cool at the time.

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    • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I played first the Wing Commander + special operations with 8088XT 10MHz, 768kB RAM system. FPS was 20 when things were quiet, but when the shit hit the fan it was below 10.

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