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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

2h 34m

19.5w

40fps

medium

OLED

Configuration

Graphics preset medium

Screen refresh rate 80fps

Framerate limit none

Average framerate 40fps

Tdp limit none

resolution 1280 x 800

System

Proton version 9.0-3

Steamos version 3.6

Note

Aiming for 40fps.

The game opens a launcher by default. Follow instructions on PC Gaming Wiki to disable this, and ensure it falls back to DirectX 11. For me, DX12 seems to lock the game under 30fps and I can do nothing to get it to 40.

You can also change the HUD scaling so it lines up for 16:10 using the steps on PCGW.

In the game's Steam properties, set launch options to:

MANGOHUD=1 MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=40,no_display" %command%

In the in-game settings (settings from Santiago Santiago), display tab:

Fullscreen
Vsync off
1280x800
No frame limit

Graphics tab:

Anti-aliasing on TAAU, sharpening on low
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion on SSAO
Screen Space Reflections on High
The next block is personal preference; I keep everything on except Chromatic Abberration, Vignetting and Camera Lens Effects
NVIDIA HairWorks disabled
The next block has everything on medium, except:
- Grass Density on Low
- Texture Quality on High

Super stable at 40fps; just reached Novigrad and is staying consistent so far. Previously aimed for 45fps with these settings, but the forest and bog areas often dropped to 40fps.

Disable QAM frame rate and allow tearing to reduce input lag - important at 40fps.

wsasaki

(3 reports)

Playtime: - / 26h

Cyberpunk 2077

2h 23m

21.0w

30fps

low

OLED

wsasaki

Configuration

Graphics preset low

Screen refresh rate 90fps

Framerate limit none

Average framerate 30fps

Tdp limit none

resolution 1280 x 800

System

Proton version 9.0-3

Steamos version 3.6

Note

This setup aims for 30fps cap at native 800p with no upscaling, with decent frame pacing, but some drops while driving.

First, install some mods.

First, install "General Performance Improvements (ini Tweaks) - Updates for 2.0" (the version with async).
Then, install Config Overhaul, and use it to disable long-distance ambient occlusion. For this, right click and open the .exe with ProtonTricks and select the Cyberpunk 2077 prefix. I had to update ProtonTricks to stop a Python error.
Next, perform the A.B.T. tweaks (search Google for it) - I did all except the last one with the security risk.
Optionally, install the skip intro videos mod.

Next, set the game's Steam launch options to:

--launcher-skip -skipStartScreen

Then, in the in-game settings, Graphics tab:

Disable Resolution Scaling, Frame Gen and Ray Tracing
Set Crowd Density to Low
Under Basic, set to personal preference
Enable Contact Shadows and Improved Facial Lighting Geometry
Anisotropy to 4
Local Shadow Mesh Quality to Medium
Local Shadow Quality to Medium
Cascaded Shadows Range to Low
Cascade Shadows Resolution to Medium
Distant Shadows Resolution to Low
Volumetric Fog Resolution to Low
Volumetric Cloud Quality to Off
Max Dynamic Decals to Medium
Screen Space Reflections Quality to Low
Subsurface Scattering Quality to Medium
Ambient Occlusion to Low
Color Precision to Medium
Mirror Quality to Low
Level of Detail to Low

Under the Video tab:

VSync off
Maximum FPS on at 30
Fullscreen
1280x800
HDR mode on either - unsure the difference currently

Under the Utilities tab:

Enable HDD Mode
Enable AMD Simultaneous Multithreading

Optionally, also set Accessibility > Difficulty > Additive Camera Motions to Reduced. I find the normal running bob too intense at 30fps. I also set Graphics > Basic > Field of View to 90 because of the portable screen.

Make sure to disable the QAM frame limiter and allow tearing.

Another Crab's Treasure

2h 59m

16.8w

45fps

medium

OLED

wsasaki

Configuration

Graphics preset medium

Screen refresh rate 90fps

Framerate limit none

Average framerate 45fps

Tdp limit none

resolution 1280 x 800

System

Proton version 9.0-3

Steamos version 3.6

Note

This game struggles to keep to 60fps, so I'm aiming for 45fps.

The game behaves very strangely with FPS limits. Both the built-in FPS limiter and MangoHud (both through QAM and launch option) make the game drop to 30fps and below in certain areas. I've noticed this mainly when first loading in from fast travel, and around the Moon Snail Shells in general.

First, go to the game's Steam properties:

I'm using Proton experimental, but I think performance is fine on normal Proton.
Set Game Resolution to 1024x640, and enable the toggle below (internal/external display)
- The game can't hold 45fps all the time at 800p, and on the default configuration the only other graphics option is 854x534, which is a little too low and is evidently blurry with FSR. 640p is a nice middle-ground that gets the performance benefits of upscaling, and still looks great to me.
For launch options, there are two options:
- ```
strangle 45 %command%
```
  - Ideally, install libstrangle to your Steam Deck for more stable frametimes. I've written a guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1jwc5d8/libstrangle_fps_limiter_and_another_crabs/
- ```
DXVK_FRAME_RATE=45 %command%
```
  - Otherwise, simply use DXVK. Frametimes are less consistent than with strangle, but you avoid the harsh drops created by the in-game cap or MangoHud.

In the in-game settings:

1024x640
Fullscreen
Enable all the toggles
- Motion blur is personal preference
Graphics quality on Medium
Texture quality on High
Disable V-sync
Disable FPS limit

In QAM performance tab:

90hz refresh
Disable frame limit
Allow tearing
FSR Scaling
- I use FSR sharpness 2

You'll still get stutters here and there, but in my experience this is the most stable configuration for the game. I've just gotten up to Reef's Edge, but I've calibrated these settings around the Slacktide and Duchess' Chambers Moon Snail Shells, which I've found to be the most demanding areas so far.

EDIT: Completed the game with this configuration. Some very minor dips in later areas, but on the whole I generally forgot about the settings and it played amazingly throughout.

wsasaki

Game Library

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Cyberpunk 2077

Another Crab's Treasure