Low FPS on Legion Go (with Bazzite if that matters)

[Maskendoktor]

I get FPS in the 20s in the overworld with the default settings at 15W, and can only hit 50 FPS in the main game if I go into performance mode (30W) and lower all visual details. At that point, the Go sounds like a jet and drains battery like crazy.

I could lower the resolution, but the game has small text so I'd love to see some kind of optimization or option that takes load off the GPU.

(I've seen threads about CPU performance problems and unlocked FPS, but on the Legion Go, it is really the GPU that is the bottleneck according to the performance overlay.)

[Sleepy Mill Studio]

Hello! I don't know the Legion Go, don't have access to it sorry. The game uses Unreal Engine 5, which is quite demanding, and even if the style isn't uber-realistic, we display a lot of 3D models on screen, all with custom textures, hence the GPU is the bottleneck in most cases. Did you try updating drivers and disabling DX11 in the Steam launch option? That might help

[Maskendoktor]

I don't have my Deck anymore, but to put it into perspective, I estimate that playing on the Legion Go at its native resolution (2560x1600) should be similar to playing on a docked Steam Deck in Full HD. The Legion has just a slightly faster AMD APU but the resolution is higher too.

I will try the DX11 thing, thanks :)

[Maskendoktor]

I've tried -force -dx11 and it unfortunately doesn't change much. If anything, the FPS seems slightly lower.

But after playing the game on a 4K TV, I also understand why the handheld struggles, there's really an amazing lot of detail that I didn't previously notice (like the cute campfire on the map).

Thanks for the response and looking forward to the release :)