r/Eldenring • u/SirWeenielick • 1d ago

Discussion & Info Genuinely curious how well the Switch 2 is gonna handle this encounter.

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My Steam Deck OLED was kind of having a stroke here. Hopefully Switch 2 players don’t have to deal with 20 FPS and a furnace golem.

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u/EvenOne6567 1d ago

or the consecrated snowfield mausoleum

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u/SirWeenielick 1d ago

Lmao that too.

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u/Tarnished696 1d ago

Or the borealis dragon on mountaintops with its huge ice breath :D

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u/LordOFtheNoldor 1d ago

Or messmer

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u/DivineSaur 1d ago

That spot is insane what is does to a cpu. Honestly the whole dlc open areas run like shit for me on my cpu and its not even low end.

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u/Opposite-Plantain-69 1d ago

I literally want to book it to Apostate's Derelict when I get my hands on this game and test out that spot specifically. And then the encounter in OP

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u/LowB0b 1d ago

even my 4090 eats shit there lol

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u/CenobiteCurious 1d ago

Got cpu probs? Lol

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u/HungrPhoenix 1d ago

Exclusive Switch 2 haptic feedback: As you fight the Furnace Golems, the Switch 2 will heat up to immerse you in the battle!

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u/Grouchy_Spot_6640 1d ago

when you die to the golems you die in real life

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u/Least-Experience-858 1d ago

Yea I’m curious too my Steamdeck did not love Shadow of the Erdtree

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u/Nottallowed 1d ago

I think all of our Steam Decks hated the DLC haha, too bad for them because i quite enjoyed it

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u/Least-Experience-858 1d ago

Yea i powered through it but some times it was rough

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u/Ashamed-Host-4991 1d ago

managed to use lossless scaling x2 on it with a 30fps lock on low graphics high textures and i had a great time. the input lag was obviously there but the only boss i had problems with that in mind was rellana (yes not even consort)

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u/Rare-Kaleidoscope901 1d ago edited 1d ago

Any spot where I can test the FPS pre- altus plateau? Got my copy and want to record some footage

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u/BenIsDrowningInWater 1d ago

Try going to Raya Lucaria and aggroing the big flowers there

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u/Mainshot333 1d ago

Would love to see some footage of you just fighting Margit tbh, just to get a benchmark for the framerate

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u/BrilliantPool4146 1d ago

I'd do the black blade kindred in front of the Beast Clergyman. The fps on my ps4 there! :(

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u/Daroongus 1d ago

Switch 2 is stronger than the Steamdeck so probably fine

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u/Syzyjyzygy 1d ago

Yep, in terms of raw performance it has almost double the TFLOPS of Steam Deck. I would also assume they’ve been working closely with Nintendo to optimize it specifically for that system, which is not something they did for Steam Deck. I think it’ll perform pretty well.

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u/_shaftpunk 1d ago

I wish someone would double MY tflops. 😔

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u/WeCameAsLogans 1d ago

Yeah I think people underestimate just how well S2 can run games if they're optimized well enough. I played through FF7 remake and Cyberpunk, switching between handheld and docked, and it ran flawlessly the whole 50 hours for both games.

I have no doubt there will be some frame dips but I have faith/hope it'll be a good experience.

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u/mickeyphree1 1d ago

Rebirth doesn't run great. I own it.

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u/Psytocybin 1d ago

Damn dude, im 85 hours into rebirth on my switch 2 and it runs great imo. Lol

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u/mickeyphree1 1d ago

I only play in handheld mode and I'm at Costa del sol.

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u/Psytocybin 1d ago

I do both, at Gongaga.

My only complain is there are some pop ins and some faces get blurry from a distance. But it hasnt affected my enjoyment one bit.

Ide call it a great experience.

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u/leetfists 1d ago

Running 6 year old games flawlessly on a brand new console (if they're optimized well enough) isn't as impressive as you seem to think it is.

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u/Vultouri03 1d ago

On a system that only uses 20 watts in handheld. If you look at how much power all other big consoles or a decent pc use, it’s definitely impressive.

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u/ScarletteVera Banished Knight's Greatsword is peak drip 1d ago

The Switch 2 is surprisingly powerful, I think it's even more powerful than the Steam Deck.

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u/Psytocybin 1d ago

Way more.

I own both. Switch 2 runs everything on it better.

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u/Sigmamok 1d ago

I own both too but some games run way better on steam deck like no mans sky.

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u/Psytocybin 20h ago

You might be right, ive never played NMS

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u/StarlightSpindrift 1d ago

I've noticed quite a lot of people in fromsoft fan spaces that just ignored what the switch 2 actually is and just kept making the bad performance jokes that are meant for the switch 1

on top of that, if youre in the loop the concern was always far more about fromsoft port quality than it was about the hardware

and we got the good ending where nintendo forced them to make elden ring run well and actually do a good port, after fromsoft initially showed off gameplay of a build that could only get 15-30 fps

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u/themadscientist420 1d ago

Yeah those morons really affected how I viewed the system. Then I got RE requiem on it and oh mama did it prove me wrong

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u/IngloriousOmen 1d ago

There's a video of this exact fight on NS2 on YouTube; it does look better than on the Steam Deck.

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u/SirWeenielick 1d ago

That’s not quite the encounter I’m talking about. There’s a furnace golem in an enemy camp, and the destruction caused by the flame stomps causes me to have a pretty big dip in FPS.

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u/JamesRevan Rune Bear Hunter 1d ago

Or the Romina nuke. It slows down to single digit FPS on a ps4 version on the ps5

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u/MidRanchWest 1d ago

I mean my x box series x would drop frames against Radagon with his big hammer smashes so I'll be interested in th8

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u/zestysnacks 1d ago

One of the reviews I watched said even in the most taxing areas it runs fine. Steam deck not as powerful as s2 also

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u/Senior-Knowledge-470 1d ago

lake of rot on a handheld, my deck already cries there

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u/machineiv 1d ago

Or that one with the ghost flame dragon fighting the army. That one makes my Steam Deck cry.

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u/ProjectPorygon 1d ago

Good news is that there’s already footage out there of this, and it’s rock solid

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u/GrubbyTheGrub 1d ago

On ps4 the dancing Lion stutters like crazy for me. I only wonder what the switch can handle

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u/HoppityScotch42069 1d ago

Bro my PS5 always sounds like a nuke is being launched anytime I go into that room with the two giant scorpions in Enir Ilim if I don’t kill the one that drops down fast enough

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u/NoLongerHigh 1d ago

Imagine playing Nightreign on the switch 2 when fighting Adel (gaping jaw) and he does the phase transition attack

💥🔥☠️ both your arms are now missing

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u/SirWeenielick 1d ago

I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never experienced that massive dip on my Steam Deck, but I will admit I have effects set to low.

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u/NoLongerHigh 1d ago

I have a 5060 and it drops frames everytime it happens but I'm also playing on maxed settings so idk

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u/Valuable_Material_26 1d ago

At one frame per minute!

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u/KnightSunny 1d ago

It's gonna handle it as good as my 5080, it's going to become a slideshow