New Steam Deck Mod Claims to Improve FPS With AMD FSR 3

[GGforever]

A new Steam Deck mod is here, and the performance improvements that it brings to the table appear to be quite promising, thanks to the magic of frame generation. The gaming handheld is not exactly the most performant in terms of raw GPU performance, so technologies such as AMD's FSR 3 undoubtedly improve the gaming experience on the Deck by quite a substantial degree. Dubbed Decky Framegen, the plugin utilizes AMD FSR 3 to generate frames without having to go about rendering them, thereby increasing FPS quite a lot.

As of right now, this plugin allows gamers to employ frame generation in unsupported games such as Final Fantasy XVI, Witcher 3, Hogwarts Legacy, and a few others. Deck Wizard's detailed video reveals that the plugin does quite a good job, allowing for playable framerates in several titles. However, the games which are unable to manage 30 FPS are unlikely to benefit much, owing to the issues surrounding input lag. Moreover, a few graphical glitches here and there are also to be expected, which is something that many purists might not entirely be willing to deal with. Considering that Valve recently shot rumors of an AMD Ryzen Z2-powered Steam Deck 2 being in the works, there is no denying that those holding out for hardware improvements, still have a fair amount of waiting to do.

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[ZoneDymo]

"the performance improvements that it brings to the table appear to be quite promising, thanks to the magic of frame generation"

siiiiigh once again...its not performance and its not magic, dear lord.

 

[AusWolf]

"the performance improvements that it brings to the table appear to be quite promising, thanks to the magic of frame generation"

siiiiigh once again...its not performance and its not magic, dear lord.

Also:
"the games which are unable to manage 30 FPS are unlikely to benefit much, owing to the issues surrounding input lag"

What's the point of increasing your frame rate if you can't do it without issues when your frame rate is low? Where's the magic here?

 

[Jeager]

ofc it's magic, alter your perception (fps count increase) without altering the reality (input lag still here)
stop trying to look smart boys, just trust the marketing alright ?

 

[HOkay]

Brb, literally downloading more frames

 

[AsRock]

Also:
"the games which are unable to manage 30 FPS are unlikely to benefit much, owing to the issues surrounding input lag"

What's the point of increasing your frame rate if you can't do it without issues when your frame rate is low? Where's the magic here?

It's magic until you know how it's done, if anyone here ever watched house.

 

[Vayra86]

But guys

ITS INSANE!

 

[Jism]

Brb, literally downloading more frames

Magic Frame FPS accelerator V2.0!!!!11111

still don't understand that if a GPU is only capable of doing 25 FPS internally, you can fiddle around with tricks and stuff all you want and upscale or upframe it, its still 25fps.

Its like TV's these days adding "extra motion" to the existing 24/30hz input making it look more seamless.

I want things as intended, not f'ed around with.

 

[ammesiac]

Frame gen looks like garbage if you're running at 30 fps. Artifacts galore.