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However once more, Rift Aside was supposedly a PS5 unique for causes — and even the sport’s minimal PC system necessities initially prompt you’d want a desktop Radeon RX 470 or higher for 720p decision at 30 frames per second after they had been revealed two weeks again. These desktop graphics playing cards aren’t immediately akin to the Steam Deck’s built-in GPU, however benchmark charts recommend they’d be a tier above in uncooked efficiency.
Maybe Rift Aside has been notably properly optimized for the Deck’s customized AMD “Aerith” chip? Perhaps it depends closely on AMD’s FidelityFX Tremendous Decision and truly runs beneath 720p however with clever static upscaling.
All Valve is promising with the Steam Deck Verified badge is that it’s spot-checked the sport — it launches and runs comparatively easily on the developer’s default settings.