FIXING God of War on Steam Deck! | Deck Dive

Welcome back everyone! Today, we're getting to the bottom of God of War's performance on the Steam Deck. Let's get started!

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00:00 - The Hook
00:27 - Introduction
00:52 - CTA
01:18 - Test Methodology and Configuration
02:10 - Baseline Results
03:07 - Finding a Bottleneck
05:16 - Hello from the Past
05:29 - 4G VRAM Results
05:46 - Swapfix Results
06:36 - Swap and VRAM Results
07:08 - GPU Pinning Results
07:27 - DXVK Mod Intro and Install
08:19 - DXVK Mod Results
08:40 - Hugepages Intro
09:25 - HugePages Install
09:43 - HugePages Results
10:10 - FSR Results
10:57 - Before and After
11:22 - Other Things I Tried
12:12 - Presets Intro
12:47 - Battery Saver Preset
13:36 - Smooth Preset
14:31 - Recommended Preset
15:34 - Prettiest Preset
16:40 - Check out SteamDeckHQ Ad
17:35 - Conclusion
18:37 - Supporters and Shoutouts