POOLS (4 Graphics Settings) on Steam Deck OLED
8Tested on Lowest, Low, Medium and High graphics settings (I did make those presets so they are not official ones).
It is possible to run this game on 90fps on Lowest settings.
On Low and Medium getting around 40-60fps which is still pretty good.
On High settings runs 20-30fps. Not really playable anymore.
FSR Upscaling gives nice boost for fps and minimal quality loss. For all settings i did keep scaling 84%. Lower than this definitely makes the game blurry
Graphics settings that impact performance a lot:
Resolution
Lighting Quality
Reflections Quality
Interactive Water
Impact performance slightly:
Ambient Occlusion
Anti-Aliasing
Depth of Field
Motion Blur
Issues what did i notice: None
Do i recommend this game: Yes, Plug and play. Controls works perfectly and Game runs really well and looks good even on lowest settings 10/10.
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Battery Life:
Lowest: 3 hours 10 Minutes
Low: 2 hours 15 Minutes
Medium: 2 hours 15 Minutes
High: 2 hours 15 Minutes
Steam Deck OLED Settings:
Frame Limit 90 FPS (90 HZ)
Allow Tearing: Off
Half Rate Shading: Off
Scaling Mode: Auto
Scaling Filter: Linear
Lowest Graphics Settings:
Resolution: 1280x800
VSync: On
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Motion Blur: Off
Interactive Water: Off
Depth of Field: Off
Anti-Aliasing: None
Lighting Quality: None
Reflections Quality: Off
Image Upscaling: FSR 1
FSR Resolution Scale: 0.84
Sharpness 20
Low Graphics Settings:
Resolution: 1280x800
VSync: On
Ambient Occlusion: 20
Motion Blur: Off
Interactive Water: Off
Depth of Field: Off
Anti-Aliasing: None
Lighting Quality: Low
Reflections Quality: Low
Image Upscaling: FSR 1
FSR Resolution Scale: 0.84
Sharpness 20
Medium Graphics Settings:
Resolution: 1280x800
VSync: On
Ambient Occlusion: 50
Motion Blur: On
Interactive Water: Off
Depth of Field: On
Anti-Aliasing: FXAA
Lighting Quality: Medium
Reflections Quality: Medium
Image Upscaling: FSR 1
FSR Resolution Scale: 0.84
Sharpness 20
High Graphics Settings:
Resolution: 1280x800
VSync: On
Ambient Occlusion: 100
Motion Blur: On
Interactive Water: On
Depth of Field: On
Anti-Aliasing: SMAA
Lighting Quality: High
Reflections Quality: High
Image Upscaling: FSR 1
FSR Resolution Scale: 0.84
Sharpness 20
FPS:
Lowest 80-90 FPS
Low: 55-65 FPS
Medium 45-55 FPS
High 25-35 FPS
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Steam Deck OLED Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkyRCU48Ou4uSQocayPW9lsCtMduUBnMA
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00:00 Lowest
03:22 Low
06:38 Medium
09:53 High