The free-to-play shooter from Ubisoft, XDefiant, has been the center of attention for many players for quite some time. Initially scheduled to be released before March 31, 2024, it received a delay as the developers stated that there are areas in the game that require more feedback from players to be improved and worked upon. For now, the game is made available to players only during test sessions that go live for 2 days. Recently, the April 19th test session was live, but it concluded on April 21. If you didn’t get the chance to enjoy the game during that period, don’t worry. There will be more such sessions until the game is released. Anyway, if you have tried playing XDefiant on your Deck, you must have felt the need to adjust the in-game settings to increase the FPS and performance. Well, we are here to share all the details regarding the same.
FPS in a first-person shooter is the most important metric. With a high and stable FPS, you would get a very immersive and smooth in-game experience. But if the FPS is unstable and frequently drops, you wouldn’t want to play the game as much. If you play XDefiant on a PC that has good hardware, you won’t experience many FPS drops, even on the highest settings. But, since you are playing the game on the Steam Deck, which has considerably inferior hardware, you will have to adjust the settings a bit. But which settings should you adjust?
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Best XDefiant Steam Deck Settings for High Fps & performance
To adjust the in-game settings, go to the main menu and select the Settings option. After this, go to the Video and Graphics tab, and apply these changes:
Video Settings
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Display Resolution: 1280×800
- Refresh Rate: 60Hz
- Triple Buffering: Off
- Reduced Latency: On
Graphics Settings
- Dx12 Renderer: Off
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- VSync: Off
- Framerate Limit: On
- Custom Framerate Limit: 60
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Spot Shadow Resolution: Low
- Contact Shadows: Off
- Resolution Scale: 75%
- Particle Detail: Medium
- Volumetric Fog: Low
- Global Reflection Quality: Medium
- Local Reflection Quality: Low
- Vegetation Quality: Low
- Sub–Surface Scattering: Off
- Ambient Occlusion: Low
- Object Detail: 0
- Extra Streaming Distance: 0
- Lens Flare: Off
- Water Quality: Low
- Chromatic Aberration: Off
Well, with these settings applied, you should get an average FPS of 55 in the game while playing it on your Deck. Do note that the settings shared in this guide are subject to change as per personal preference. If you are someone who prioritizes visuals over performance, you can tweak the visual quality settings in exchange for FPS. That said, we hope that you find this guide insightful. If you do, consider visiting Android Gram for more such content on all the latest gaming trends.
