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[Help] Steam Deck settings for dummies (self.steamdeck)

submitted 3 months ago by JohnnyH842 to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks, long time first time.

I'm interested in getting some recommendations for default settings for my OLED Steam Deck which I mainly use hooked up to my 55" TV in my living room.

Main questions:

what should I use for default settings on the Steam Deck for this setup?
what game specific settings should I make for games, and do I make those in Steam for each game (Game library page - properties - game resolution: default/native/specific) or inside each game's options menu?

If it helps, here's a list of games I'm mostly playing:

Skyrim DRG Unrailed Bramble Gloomhaven

Gloomhaven specifically is something I would like help with because it's so much text and lots of things that end up over lapping (card side drawer on the left with the character action/initiative tiles displayed at the top)

Thank you in advance for any help dumbing this down for me!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is just my personal settings I've found that work well for playing on a TV, but I usually cap my fps at 30, limit my external display resolution to 1920x1080 (you can set this for all games in SteamOS settings) and enable FSR. Goal is to still run the games at 1280x720, but use the FSR to upscale to 1920x1080.

I cap the external resolution because there is a noticable performance hit when using FSR or similar tech to upscale to 4k.

[–] JohnnyH842 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the input!