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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's lag on the deck? I never noticed.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most people aren't that sensitive to it, particularly with controller rather than mouse & k/b input.

EDIT: And looks like there is some significant improvements in input lag even on the LCD with newer firmware.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you not notice any input lag on your Deck when playing at 30fps? Feels absolutely horrible to me, so I'm hopeful this will fix it.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't the allow tearing plus disabling the overlay solves most of that? Of course you will have tearing which is not great I guess.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never tried disabling the overlay but allowing tearing does not do much. Should get my Steam Deck OLED this week so I can test there.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mentioned the overlay because now (and before caused perf and other issues) if you don't disable the overlay the allowing tearing option does nothing.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks, will keep this in mind when I test some games on the new Steam Deck.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

playing at 30fps

What kind of masochist would inflict that on themselves?

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The kind of person that wants to play Elden Ring on the go but can't because the input lag is too damn high.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've not played it, wasn't there a big story when it came out that the performance was better on Deck than any other PC setup?

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Valve patched proton so on Linux in general it performed better until either the game or GPU drivers got an update.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

If I remember right, there was stuttering from the DX12 implementation that valve was able to fix. I don't know about input lag though.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Saves a ton of battery life, and if 30fps matters or not depends entirely on the game.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't used it that much at 30 fps, maybe that's why I never noticed.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Same, I only once had to drop to 40 or 45 (whichever is the frame rate that works quite well with the deck's screen refresh rate)

[–] million@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As someone who bought a Steam Deck this summer, feels bad man

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't feel remorse over that, you joined the cool gamers club and that's what matters! Did you at least get the 20% off they were pushing here and there?

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Not this summer... But I bought two Decks so it Hurst double the second one I could have waited a little bit more... And gotten a better one.

That said... Now I feel better for opening one as if I break it... I have a excuse to get a new one... And hold on with the other meanwhile.

[–] Kraivo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, it isn't noticeable

[–] korewa@reddthat.com -1 points 2 years ago

I’ll give you 50$ for it

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, so this is why zombies were festing on me in Resident Evil Remastered. It makes sense now xD