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Got it running at playable frame rate, just by lowering the definition of ‘playable’!

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Yeah but CP2077 is a stupid game to emulate as a reference. If that mess of a game can run at 30fps, then like 80% of the steam catalogue can run at 60+

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Wouldn’t that make it a great benchmark? It sits right at that sweet spot where if it’s barely playable then 80% of the other games are playable.

Usually the rule in software is that if it works for 80% of the cases then it’s a good product.

(This is also why software is shit 20% of the time)

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You are right, in that sense its a good showcase.

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It’s Crysis at max for the newer generations

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Is that still true? IIRC it got a lot better post-release. It runs fine for me on what is now modest hardware.

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It absolutely is not true. The game runs amazingly, and has for years at this point. One of my all time favorites.

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I believe it got better, but my standard is just high i guess.

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Is 30 fps not playable?

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Any FPS is playable if you lower your standards enough. But most PC gamers would consider 60 FPS the minimum low bar.

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It’s definitely news to me that it’s considered a PC game…

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Ever since the Steam Deck got released and local streaming services like Parsec or Sunshine/Moonlight have been created, I’ve noticed you can comfortably play games on lower frame rates, when your screen takes less of your view.

On PC I need to have at least 90 FPS to say a game runs smoothly, but I can play the same game on my phone/laptop via streaming at much lower frame rate and still not complain about the smoothness.

Playing Cyberpunk on a 6.7" smartphone display at 30 FPS will most definitely feel much less responsive than running it on PC at +60 FPS, but it may not be a bad experience.

I still find it impressive it’s possible to play a (somewhat) modern x86 Windows game on an Android smartphone. Imagine telling this to someone 10-15 years ago

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I find the opposite. I’m okay with 30fps on my tv but for handhelds, anything less than 60 is unbearable

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It really depends though. I can accept 30 FPS for stuff like a platformer, a third person brawler or a strategy game, especially so when I’m on my Deck. It’s not ideal and it makes it a bit harder to time things but it’s still playable. A first person game like Cyberpunk? You’re really stretching the limits of what “playable” means. And I’ve tried playing Battlefield 3 at 11 FPS on a MacBook back in 2010. Sure I was able to “play” it but “struggle” may have been a better word than “playable”.

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most PC gamers

many vocal PC gamers

FTFY.

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Set your desktop to 30 Herz and tell us how you like it

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I played games for years at 30 fps. Yeah more is better. But a GT 310m can only do so much and I wanted to play Battlefield 3.

I have been playing the shit out of it on my Steam Deck: 30-60 FPS is totally playable.

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