#best settings for steam deck?

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placid pike
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wondering if any of you guys steam deck players have settings you'd recommend? i just use the medium preset but it's stuttering a lot especially in busy areas.

i use the 64gb model and install all games on the microsd if that helps. so also wondering if installing the game on the ssd would make a difference

muted wing
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Installing on SSD will help that is where mine is. Also limit your fps to 40 on your battery saving/performance area. And yes medium is good. I only notice small stutters when loading new areas aka the icon shows up in bottom right which I’m sure will be fixed since it’s a new game. Other then that it runs great on my end!

sage lichen
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I have it running on the console itself. I don't use a extra SD card etc. Runs perfectly fine. I think I'm running it also on the setting it starts out with. The only downside is that it drains my battery. So might change some settings to stop that. Try changing it to save it on the console memory instead of the microsd

placid pike
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@sage lichen @muted wing thanks for the tips i will try moving it to the ssd. if i may ask are you using the base model ssd? that's what i have

sage lichen
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I do have the one tho that comes with more storage. Was too scared to install anything by myself, so went with just a higher storage

placid pike
sage lichen
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I honestly had no idea that it came with a faster ssd! 😅
Didn’t pay attention to that when I got mine haha
I hope you can find a solution to make the game work better!

tawny bloom
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I'm playing with medium settings on SSD on a 512gb steamdeck with 40fps frame rate and it still lags/drops in frame rate 😅

muted wing
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It still lags drops for me too when switching between areas but the medium settings on 512gb and 40fps is much better imo and my battery lasts longer 🙂

sage lichen
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These are my settings.

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and then the last 2 are high and medium

muted wing
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If you want your battery to last longer do medium and 4p fps but totally up to you 🙂

sage lichen
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I think it's fine. Gives me a reason to go to bed hahahaha

muted wing
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Haha fair