Benchmark #1061

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The Elder Scrolls Online - Steam Deck Performance Comparison (1080p vs 1280x800)

The Elder Scrolls Online test, questing and doing some Dark Anchors a bit. Played with some addons. The settings are: High Texture, TAA, Ultra Quality FSR, High Subsampling, Low Shadow, SSR Off, Planar Reflection Off, <1024 Particles, <30 particle supression, 40 View Distance, Software Occlusion Off, Low Grass, DOF off, Char Res. High, Bloom On, Distortion On, Sunlight Rays off, Show Add. Ally Effects Off. I trimmed the files due to file size.

Submitted 3 months ago by triffy.

Specifications
Label OS GPU CPU RAM OS specific
Elder Scrolls Online 1280x800 trimmed Steam Runtime 3 (sniper) AMD Custom GPU 0405 (RADV VANGOGH) AMD Custom APU 0405 16 GB 6.5.0-valve22-1-neptune-65-g9a338ed8a75e schedutil
Elder Scrolls Online 1080p trimmed Steam Runtime 3 (sniper) AMD Custom GPU 0405 (RADV VANGOGH) AMD Custom APU 0405 16 GB 6.5.0-valve22-1-neptune-65-g9a338ed8a75e schedutil

Top runs:

  • Highest FPS: Elder Scrolls Online 1280x800 trimmed with a significantly higher average FPS compared to the other run.
  • Smoothest FPS: Elder Scrolls Online 1080p trimmed with lower FPS variance and standard deviation than the other run.
  • Best overall: Elder Scrolls Online 1280x800 trimmed provides a balance of higher average FPS with acceptable smoothness.

Issues:

  • The 1080p resolution run significantly underperforms in FPS with a reduction of around 22% in average FPS compared to the 1280x800 resolution. Additionally, the frametime variance and standard deviation are substantially higher, indicating less smooth gameplay.

Summary

The benchmark compares performance between 1280x800 and 1080p resolutions on a Steam Deck while playing The Elder Scrolls Online. Both runs used the same hardware and software environment. The lower resolution of 1280x800 delivers better performance with a substantially higher FPS and efficient resource usage, making it more suitable for smoother gameplay. On the other hand, while 1080p provides slightly smoother FPS, it does so at the cost of significant FPS reduction and increased variance, which greatly affects gameplay fluidity.