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Elden Ring - Steam Deck 40FPS Optimized
Elden Ring
Performance
38
avg FPS
40
target FPS
30
min FPS
40
max FPS
2.5h
battery life
Smooth 40FPS on the Steam Deck OLED's 40Hz panel (locked 30 on LCD). Elden Ring is hard-capped at 60 and is CPU-bound, so 60 is unreachable in open areas - 40 is a realistic target. Tested across major zones including Limgrave and Leyndell.
Display
Resolution1280x800
FPS Cap40
VSyncOff
Upscaling
TechnologyNone (in-game resolution setting only)
Graphics Quality
TexturesMedium
ShadowsLow
Anti-AliasingOff
Advanced Graphics
Ray TracingOff
Ambient OcclusionMedium
Motion BlurOff
Depth of FieldOff
Other
lighting qualityMedium
effects qualityMedium
grass qualityMedium
Notes
Vanilla Elden Ring has no built-in FSR/DLSS/XeSS - only an in-game resolution setting. Leave the GPU clock on Auto so power rebalances in heavy zones like Stormveil, set the SteamOS display to 40Hz and cap in-game to 40FPS.Hardware
OSSteamOS 3.5.19
ProfileBalanced
TDP12W
Refresh40 Hz
Details
Game version1.10.1
Handheld rating4/5
Updated6/13/2026
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Tags
soulslikeopen-worldaction-rpg40fps
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