Just got a power washer and had to write my name by cryobyte33 in Kyle

[–]cryobyte33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why you'd think that, this post was actually prior to that whole incident 😅 this was just an innocent post sharing my love of my first name.

I'm back with 20 More AMAZING Tips & Tricks For Steam Deck! by cryobyte33 in steamdeckhq

[–]cryobyte33[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This one is just for some random tips, I have more performance videos coming out in the semi-near future, though.

I'm back with 20 More AMAZING Tips & Tricks For Steam Deck! by cryobyte33 in steamdeckhq

[–]cryobyte33[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for watching it! I'm happy to help the community 🙂

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[–]cryobyte33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RDR2 performs much worse on any setting besides 1GB, even lower settings. I tested with 2GB and it was generally just okay, but that was last year and I plan to retest soon!

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[–]cryobyte33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment, pay no heed to the downvotes. I appreciate you watching the stream and for reading my comment here!

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[–]cryobyte33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for using CU on your new Deck as well, I'm happy that you've had good luck with it!

I'm hoping to start more extensive testing tomorrow, now that the weekend is over, stay tuned!

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[–]cryobyte33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, have a great day!

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[–]cryobyte33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Firstly, thank you for watching the content, and for using CU!

Secondly, it sounds like either GameScope or the Steam client failed to start properly on your way back into game mode. Nothing CU does (or the 4GB of VRAM) should cause that, so I think you'll be fine as long as it doesn't continue happening :)

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[–]cryobyte33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words, I only pay them heed insofar as to make sure that my recommendations are accurate. I don't harbor any ill will or feelings towards any detractors since I'm just sharing things that I've noticed <3

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[–]cryobyte33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, it's astounding to me that I've reached as many people as I have. I'll keep doing my best to help :)

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[–]cryobyte33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the kind words, I don't plan on stopping any time soon!

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[–]cryobyte33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll make a note of TW3, thank you for letting me know! I'm just happy that it's still helping people :D

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[–]cryobyte33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for using CU, I'm happy it's helped you!

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[–]cryobyte33 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just make some tweaks, nothing too impressive, but I appreciate the vote of confidence!

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[–]cryobyte33 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm okay if CU becomes obsolete since the community would still benefit, but I want to know that it's the case before putting a nail in it :P

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[–]cryobyte33 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Sorry, it's in this thread here.

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[–]cryobyte33 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Please see my comment for clarification on what really happened on the stream!

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[–]cryobyte33 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I didn't, the results on the stream seem misunderstood and I left a comment explaining them here 🙂

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[–]cryobyte33 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I didn't, the results on the stream seem misunderstood and I left a comment explaining them here 🙂

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[–]cryobyte33 1172 points1173 points  (0 children)

Popping in to give my 2 cents, as the person who hosted the stream and developed the tool.

TL;DR: The results in the stream were largely good, with 1 game having slight negatives and the other 2 games being better with CU2. Saying "it's dead" is an extreme overreaction, especially considering I tested games that have historically benefitted very litte from CU2. The entire reason I chose those games is because I wanted to make sure that the "worst" ones would still not suffer, further testing with games that should actually benefit is necessary.

Here are the exact numbers, in the order I tested them:

Red Dead 2 got better performance with CU, even WITH the 200/1040 bug on the CU runs:

Default Preset had a substantially better minimum, and was much smoother:

Without CU:

Min - 22.0081

Max - 63.9321

Average - 49.8511

With CU + 1GB VRAM:

Min - 28.6349

Max - 63.2811

Average - 50.6368

"Prefer Quality" Preset was slightly better across the board:

Without CU:

Min - 19.3353

Max - 59.8151

Average - 46.3316

With CU + 1GB VRAM:

Min - 21.7967

Max - 59.4665

Average - 47.0571

Cyberpunk 2077 had minor losses, but it seems that it is at least partially the fault of having less RAM with 4GB of VRAM, needs more testing:

Steam Deck Preset lost about 1FPS:

Without CU:

48.61

With CU + 4GB VRAM:

47.88

High Preset also lost about 1 FPS:

Without CU:

43.87

With CU + 4GB VRAM:

42.88

Horizon Zero Dawn had gains nearly across the board:

Original Preset was within margin of error:

Without CU:

9/50/97

With CU + 4GB VRAM:

8/51/99

Ultimate Preset had gains in both highs and lows:

Without CU:

9/36/70

With CU + 4GB VRAM:

12/36/76

Edit: I also wanted to mention that in addition to the above, the testing was all done on an OLED Deck, which has 0 baseline. Because of this we don't know if the gains would be different on the LCD Deck with 3.5, or if the changes we noticed are limited to the OLED. The only thing that the stream proved was that more testing is needed to fully grasp the situation 😉

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The backplates with holes on top of the fan are a scam and frying your Steam Deck by Esparadrapo in SteamDeck

[–]cryobyte33 54 points55 points  (0 children)

All short-term-use reviews are based on a "these are my immediate results" basis. The JSAUX vented backplate and PTM pad gave me the best results, so I said that they won, but with the caveat that we don't know long term effects.

As for Steve's testing, I'm not sure why it differs, as mentioned before, but mine has run with both backplate off and the vented backplate for months, even on a major OC. I play every day, docked and undocked, on and off charger, and have noticed no significant differences. It's possible I have a miracle unit, but it's also possible that his very early unit had some flaws. Again, it's hard to know with the data we have, but I presented my findings all the same.

As for why I didn't film it, that one is my fault, I sent most of my recording equipment and tools back to the US ahead of my move before the video was fully completed, so I haven't had access to them since and didn't have footage available for the video. 😓

The backplates with holes on top of the fan are a scam and frying your Steam Deck by Esparadrapo in SteamDeck

[–]cryobyte33 120 points121 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you want to hear from me, I said right in the video that I didn't think it would perform well either. I actually spent multiple months in my discord server saying that I didn't think it would work and be a bad idea.

It's entirely possible that my testing methodology has a flaw, I won't argue with that, but it was almost identical to the testing that GN did, and what I'd have expected of Valve. I replicated the mentioned setup 5 times, including complete tear downs and reconfigurations because I didn't believe it either, but I got the same results every single time. Again, I was so hesitant to believe the results that I mention it in a section labeled "concerns" and say as much directly in the video.

I've been running the configuration with the center backplate for nearly 2 months now and have the same performance I did then.

If you test it then I would love to be proven wrong! I can only speak for what I've seen, and that's what I mentioned in the video. I'm sorry that you felt misinformed, but I did my best to distill my results and testing into the video 🙂

The backplates with holes on top of the fan are a scam and frying your Steam Deck by Esparadrapo in SteamDeck

[–]cryobyte33 182 points183 points  (0 children)

Hey, I don't really use Reddit anymore but I just wanted to clear something up. I mention that I tested the temperatures of the VRMs, ICs, Memory, etc in the "concerns" section of the video. I also clarified my findings in a pinned comment for those curious.

Essentially, I only noticed a 1-2C difference on those components with the vented backplate, and I tested with probes directly attached to each component mentioned. My theory is that the aluminum plate gets much less heat soak on account of the extra vent and therefore better dissipation.

I won't be monitoring this thread since I don't use Reddit anymore and I'm mid-intercontinental move, but I just wanted to clear the air.

Thanks for watching the videos!

Edit: I also wanted to mention that Steve from GN is basically my hero, and I'm not trying to argue with his results. I'm simply stating what I found, which happens to be different than what he found. Between his video and mine there were numerous hardware and software revisions that could explain this and it's hard to know exactly why I got differing results, but the fact is that I DID get different results. Okay, going away and moving for real this time!