Nixxes Software is a master when it comes to their ports to PC, and with this new update, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart may look better and run more smoothly and look nicer on the Steam Deck!

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Along with some stability improvements and bug fixes, there were some added enhancements, including better frame pacing on GPUs with less than 8gb VRAM for surfaces with large amounts of bullets, dynamic resolution scaling that can be used with Intel XeSS upscaling, and new water deforming animation that shows when the player is swimming.

We also see an update to the FSR upscaling technology that brings it from 2.1 to 2.2. The biggest improvement with FSR 2.2 is the alleviated ghosting on fast-moving objects, making some faster-paced movements and high-speed moments in Ratchet & Clank look much better. There could also be some improvement to performance from this, but the bulk of the update is more for visual quality enhancements without sacrificing any performance.

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart 9/7/23 Update Changelog:

  • Stability improvements for AMD Radeon RX 7000 GPUs.
  • Improved frame pacing on GPUs with 8GB VRAM or less when hitting certain surfaces with large amounts of bullets.
  • Updated AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to version 2.2.
  • Ray-tracing options are now available on compatible AMD GPUs in Linux.
  • Dynamic Resolution Scaling can now be used in combination with Intel XeSS.
  • Added water deforming animation when the player character swims.
  • Hover Boots acceleration now works correctly at frame rates above 60 FPS.
  • Phantom Dash animation is no longer affected by the frame rate.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Phantom Dash effect to remain visible when toggled off.
  • Various user interface bugfixes.
  • Adjusted the launcher to fit on screens with low resolutions or high DPI scaling settings.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is available now on Steam and you can get it from various different websites including:

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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