People could be playing the pre-upfrade version of the game, which is still available as a beta option (afaik).
It has much better performance.
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AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Only surprise for me is that Witcher 3 is so high up. In my experience it doesn’t actually run very well and needs the settings cranked down for an unstable 30 fps. Glad people are enjoying it, though.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
kayazere@feddit.nl 3 months ago
There’s a steam deck graphics preset on the next gen version that works really well. I have the FPS locked at 45fps and it is really smooth. I am also playing the next gen version on my PS4 and it is really laggy compared to the steam deck.