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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/mushaaleste2 on 2025-08-04 13:36:12+00:00.
So 4 days ago Intel released xess 2.1 with frame generation for non Intel hardware.
For a lengthy overview, here is a video (not from me) with all bells and whistles
https://youtu.be/vxWxZIr2mJ8
I thought if it would work on the deck and just tried it and yes, it works.
Just get the 4 files either from Intel sdk or from a nexus "mod" which are only the dlls anyway
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/23171?tab=files
(Note: files have nothing to do with cyberpunk).
Or the sdk:
https://github.com/intel/xess
Just copy the 4 dlls into the right place of your game. That's the place where the old files are. E.g. in expedition 33 it's in a subfolder. In death stranding DC it's in the main game folder.
On deck the main game folder is easy to be found in desktop mode. Just right click on the game, and search in the settings the button to the installation folder.
Off course this only works for games that use xess.
Now I tested it with expedition 33 and death stranding DC.
In expedition 33 (also shown in the linked video) you see that it works, if you go to the settings and choose xess and you see two new slider with xess frame gen and xess low latency.
FG can only be switched on in window mode, full screen it's greyed.
It does not make any big magic in terms of frame gen and the issues BUT the latency is magic. Even if the game goes under 30 in native frames, it still feels ok, playable. It's surprising.
In death stranding DC as it uses normally only xess 1.x there is no frame gen but the upscaling works and for me looks better and has a little performance boost.
The biggest thing is, in cyberpunk (see in the video) they have also now the ability to do "adaptive FG" where you can just put in the fps that you want to achieve and it adjust dynamically.
So they catch up to lossless scaling.
Note: before overwrite your files, make a copy of them because exchange the files can break the game. Anyway, if not you can just delete the 4 files and let steam repair your game.
