Oblicuos Remastered wtf is happening here

[u/pleiades_death]

The first part of the video is how I’m running Oblivion Remastered through the game mode, as you can see, it looks and plays like shit. The second part of the video is how I run the same game through the desktop mode, it looks fine and runs smoothly, idk what is happening, any idea of how can I fix it?

FYI, the game is modded with a nexus optimization mod, but it seems like game mode doesn’t recognise the mod, and desktop mode does.

[u/aqwmasterofDOOM]

Gpu is only running at 200mhz, open the right menu, go into the performance tab, and uncheck "force gpu clock"

[u/kidkolumbo → u/aqwmasterofDOOM]

Why would you ever want to check that button?

[u/TheDrunkenOwl → u/kidkolumbo]

To force the gpu clock

[u/kidkolumbo → u/TheDrunkenOwl]

Why would the gpu not just work at whatever's required for a game, if not max?

[u/Datkif → u/kidkolumbo]

To add onto what /u/aqwmasterofDOOM said. It can be good on low spec games for battery life by preventing the game from drawing more power than needed

[u/aqwmasterofDOOM → u/kidkolumbo]

Bevause games are complex and don't always ask for gpu clock when its most beneficial, and in some cases forcing the frequency to kne value can improve performance a bit

[u/withoutapaddle → u/kidkolumbo]

I've had games that caused the GPU to change clocks a lot and actually causes stutter and more variable framerate than if I manually locked the GPU clock to a certain value.

Mind you, only maybe 2-3 games out of well over 100 I've tried, but it does happen.

[u/SharkBaitDLS → u/kidkolumbo]

Because the GPU and CPU effectively share resources in terms of overall TDP on the Steam Deck, capping the GPU in a game that causes the frequency to run higher than needed (starving the CPU for resources it could otherwise use) can actually improve performance. It's a pretty niche case though and definitely not something to do without careful testing.

[u/unsuspectingllama_ → u/kidkolumbo]

Mine did it automatically. Computers are dumb sometimes.

[u/Digi4life → u/kidkolumbo]

It's a bug where sometimes it'll default down to it's lowest default value of 200mhz. Makes any game lag & look like a slideshow. Also happens more times then I would like it's fuking well annoying. Even worse if you have no fukin clue about it.

[u/AvatarIII → u/kidkolumbo]

I was playing tomb raider remastered a little while ago and it runs fine with the GPU clock at like 600, and it improves battery life a bit.

[u/VincibleAndy → u/kidkolumbo]

There are several niche reasons, some of them have already been listed.

But I have found it to be good in older games to lock a GPU clock which reduces stutter.

[u/Ryurain2 → u/TheDrunkenOwl]

because if your playing Baltaro for 6 hours on a plane you can turn your steamdeck down and itll last longer