It used to be (maybe still is the case idk) that if you didn’t run a script to increase the page file, GTA 5 and rdr2 would both crash within 30 minutes or so. Cryo utilities includes multiple fixes but that’s really the most important one

It’s not placebo. Its been benchmarked.

It’s tradeoffs, there’s definitely games that perform worse with cryoutilities, see FH5, but it does increase the performance of 1% lows in some games

I’ve mainly decided to turn it off because if it made a significant difference valve would already be doing it

Came in just to laugh at deathblade’s bullshit, was not disappointed

It does not increase performance as in a higher framerates. It does however increase your minimum framerates (1% lows) in some scenarios. It is more a minimum effort tweak to decrease the risk of stutter.

It’s not a magic performance boost for everything - there are some scenarios it seems like it improves or stabilises performance for certain games, to a greater or lesser extent. In some cases gains are quite marginal.

The only real deep dives into how CryoUtilities affect performance are by Cryo himself. I don’t think he’s lying or misleading anyone, but it is a small pool of analysis.

There’s also one poster here whose whole personality seems to be “CryoUtilities are bad, it’s a placebo, people who use it are dumb”. They’re not very good at putting an argument in any way other than assertion and abuse and I’m not sure they have a lot of insight to offer.

It did appear to help me with the performance and stability of Midnight Suns early this year. Since then I’ve been playing less demanding games and I reverted the changes as they weren’t necessary for me. But there certainly doesn’t seem to be any harm in trying it out.

The Steam Deck isn’t a biological organism. It’s a computer. It either shows an objective performance improvement or it doesn’t.

logically, i dont see how it wouldnt improve things, if nothing else, save the ssd from some unnecessary writes

Deathblade is still at it, lmao

Not a placebo. It makes a difference. But more importantly in the 1% lows.

It’s a free to use script. You don’t need to use it if you don’t want to.

The placebo guy is wack. I think he is jealous or has a personal issue with Cryo/has personal issues.

Use Cryo or not, just enjoy your deck and turn of that performance monitor :)

Life is much more simple when you are focused on playing instead of focus on 1-3 additional fps

All I can tell you is that it is the only thing that made Marvel: Midnight Sons work on my Steam Deck at launch

Will CRYO work on the OLED steam deck anyone?

Man this post did not disappoint, deathblade at it again 🤣

Great utility. I couldn’t play sons of forest before I installed.

Yes