Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 16 hours agoSteam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a gamesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1793arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1793arrow-down1imageSteam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a gamesopuli.xyzFubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square98linkfedilinkfile-text
More details here: https://www.techspot.com/news/111951-steam-could-soon-show-estimated-fps-based-crowd.html?hl=en-US
minus-squareBigTrout75@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·15 hours agoThat’s a great idea. I wonder if it will make developers consider optimizing their games more.
minus-squareHouseWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoDepends if Valve also require disclosure if “frame-generation” was used in the benchmark. Very easy to claim a game runs at 4K 60fps when it’s actually 720p 30fps with blurry up-scaled frames in-between.
minus-squareAnarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoI highly suspect it’ll lead to less than serious developers finding a way to trick this system.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoValve HATES this ONE TRICK to DOUBLE YOUR FPS INSTANTLY! Render scene to texture Copy texture to frame buffer, present it, wait for vblank (x2) Repeat from step 1.
That’s a great idea. I wonder if it will make developers consider optimizing their games more.
Depends if Valve also require disclosure if “frame-generation” was used in the benchmark.
Very easy to claim a game runs at 4K 60fps when it’s actually 720p 30fps with blurry up-scaled frames in-between.
I highly suspect it’ll lead to less than serious developers finding a way to trick this system.
Valve HATES this ONE TRICK to DOUBLE YOUR FPS INSTANTLY!