The God of War For the PC, it appeared in early 2022 as perhaps the most anticipated and sought-after conversion of one of Sony’s stellar titles. At that time, we focused on a detailed technical analysis of a high-end computer, but it does not hurt to broaden your horizons and see how it works on Steam Deck compared to the last two generations of PlayStation consoles.

The YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits has released a video comparing the performance of God of War on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Steam Deck, but some considerations need to be taken into account. On PlayStation 5, the game was launched with backward compatibility, in 2160p resolution and with an unlocked frame rate of up to 60.

The Steam Deck is a “canned” mini-PC in the form of a hybrid console. It uses SteamOS 3 as the operating system, which is a standard GNU / Linux with fixed features. That is, run God of War it is necessary to use ProtonWine-based compatibility layer, powered by Valve, makes it easy to run video games compiled for Windows on Linux and macOS.

The graphics quality on the Steam Deck has been set to “Original”, which is similar to the quality used by the PlayStation with some improvements and resolution was set to 800p compared to 1080p on the PlayStation 4, the console on which it works at a fixed 30 frames per second. When you visit the God of War ProtonDB page, some users recommend using Proton Glorious Eggroll (a community reimplementation also known as Proton-GE or GE-Proton) and introducing the following parameter to run on Steam to improve performance:

DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%

Although the Steam Deck architecture is closer to that of a laptop than a desktop computer, there is one aspect that the Sony console outperforms: loading times that are shorter on the Valve. Steam Deck also beats both PlayStations draw distance in some areas and in the quality of certain texturesthings maybe because it’s actually running a version for Windows that is apparently aimed at more powerful computers.

This happens in ElAnalistaDeBits the God of War experience on Steam Deck is better than the one you got on PlayStation 4. If the Valve is used in portable mode, it would be better not to use FSR, when connected to a monitor, they still recommend putting AMD upscaling technology to the maximum for a stable frame rate. By no means did they manage to reach 60 frames per second, so they recommend locking to 30.

Obviously, the PlayStation 5 is playing a different league. It is noteworthy, however, that the Steam Deck is able to offer a better experience than the PlayStation 4, indicating that Valve has done a good job with its console and that God of War support points to room for improvement. We’ll leave you the video in question.