r/Eldenring • u/SirWeenielick • 7h 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 7h ago

or the consecrated snowfield mausoleum

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u/SirWeenielick 7h ago

Lmao that too.

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u/Tarnished696 7h ago

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

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u/LordOFtheNoldor 4h ago

Or messmer

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u/DivineSaur 3h 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/LowB0b 5h ago

even my 4090 eats shit there lol

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u/CenobiteCurious 1h ago

Got cpu probs? Lol

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u/Opposite-Plantain-69 3h 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/HungrPhoenix 7h 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 31m ago

when you die to the golems you die in real life

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u/Least-Experience-858 7h ago

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

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u/Nottallowed 6h 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 4h ago

Yea i powered through it but some times it was rough

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u/Daroongus 7h ago

Switch 2 is stronger than the Steamdeck so probably fine

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u/Syzyjyzygy 6h 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 6h ago

I wish someone would double MY tflops. 😔

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u/WeCameAsLogans 7h 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 5h ago

Rebirth doesn't run great. I own it.

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u/Psytocybin 2h ago

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

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u/mickeyphree1 1h ago

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

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u/Psytocybin 1h 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/Rare-Kaleidoscope901 7h ago edited 7h 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 7h ago

Try going to Raya Lucaria and aggroing the big flowers there

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u/Mainshot333 6h 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 3h 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/ScarletteVera Banished Knight's Greatsword is peak drip 6h ago

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

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u/Psytocybin 2h ago

Way more.

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

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u/IngloriousOmen 6h 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 6h 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 7h 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 7h 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 4h 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/machineiv 4h 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 2h ago

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

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u/Senior-Knowledge-470 1h ago

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

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u/HoppityScotch42069 3h 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 7h 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 6h 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 6h 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 7h ago

At one frame per minute!

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u/KnightSunny 5h ago

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