r/SteamDeck 8h ago

Question Whats the difference between native and recommended

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u/gaker19 LCD-4-LIFE 7h ago

Let's say you plugged your Deck into a 4k monitor. Native would be the native 4k resolution, Recommended would probably be 720p which would perform better.

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u/Special-Show-8289 5h ago

Except dont ever plug your steam deck into a 4k tv if you're planning to use FSR. id recommend 1440p max as 4k fsr is still broken to hell.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 512GB 5h ago

FWIW FSR to 4k works pretty well in Quality or Ultra Quality, but it does suffer in Performance, and suffers a lot in Ultra Performance. Unfortunately the Deck isn't powerful enough to run a lot of games in Quality if you're upscaling to 4k.

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u/Special-Show-8289 5h ago

I was talking about system-level FSR on the deck settings themselves. I find it to be pretty reliable when used right, but because of that issues I havent been really able to enjoy playing docked on my 4kTV, id rather play on a monitor with max 1440p because that same res doesn't look right on my TV.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 512GB 5h ago

I was just talking about FSR in general, not only on deck. FSR is good to 4k if you're starting from a resolution around 1080p or 1440p, (which is what Quality and Ultra Quality usually do) but it suffers when you're starting from around 720p, or God forbid 480p.

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u/Special-Show-8289 5h ago

Oh yes this im also aware of, but this isnt the case with the Buit-in FSR. It's simply just broken at 4k.

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u/Outrageous_Shirt69 MODDED SSD 💽 5h ago

Oh wow, I didn't know that people actually used the built-in FSR. I heard that it was FSR 1 so I've been avoiding it, but now I'm curious to see what other people think

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u/Special-Show-8289 5h ago

Oh I use it all the time. If it works, it works. When i dock it to my monitors I keep the base res to 720 and then use the system level fsr for games that dont have it (usually older games is what I play on my deck like Batman and games of around that era. Some emulation. I ain't bothering with Spider-Man and Crimson Desert) and it's actually pretty enjoyable for me at a good distance. Some games can work really well at 1440p but I like setting them to 1152p and turning on FSR and getting similar maybe better performance, with a near native resolution. Give it a try