{"id":43875,"date":"2022-08-13T03:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T03:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/comparing-load-times-for-marvels-spider-man-pc-steam-deck-ps5-ps4\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T03:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T03:10:48","slug":"comparing-load-times-for-marvels-spider-man-pc-steam-deck-ps5-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/comparing-load-times-for-marvels-spider-man-pc-steam-deck-ps5-ps4\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing load times for Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man: PC, Steam Deck, PS5, PS4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"dfzOLm\"><em>Marvel<\/em><em>&#8216;s <\/em><em>Spider-Man<\/em> is a great superhero game for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players.  And with its recent PC release, it&#8217;s available to a whole new legion of Spidey fans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IajYrm\">since <em>Marvel&#8217;s <\/em><em>Spider-Man<\/em> is now playable across three platforms (and Steam Deck, which is basically a platform unto itself), we decided to do a bit of testing.  Just how quickly does it <em>Spider-Man<\/em> load on PC vs Steam Deck?  What about PC vs the original PS4 version?  How does PC stand up to PS5?<\/p>\n<p id=\"AEqaRs\">Let&#8217;s set up some tests to answer those questions, and see just how quick Spidey can really go.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"I6nJ3y\"><strong>How fast is the fast-travel load time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"fvgi4H\">Swinging around New York as Spidey happens pretty quickly in <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man<\/em>.  But you know what&#8217;s faster?  Instantly teleporting from one side of Manhattan to the other via the game&#8217;s fast-travel system.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SghIdf\">For this test, I set up the remastered <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man<\/em> on my work PC (Intel i7-10700K processor, 32 GB of DDR4 RAM, and a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card), my Steam Deck (loading off of my Samsung EVO 512 GM microSD card), and my PS5.  I also set up the non-remastered version of the game on my PS4 Slim.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K1afsp\">For the test, I fast traveled back and forth between the police station in Harlem and the fast-travel point for the FEAST homeless shelter in Chinatown.  I started my stopwatch the moment I initiated fast travel (after I&#8217;d held down the button to confirm where I wanted to go) and stopped it as soon as I regained control of Spider-Man.  I ran each test at least five times, until I got a consistent range of results without any major deviations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JCdlKT\">Here are my results, from fastest to slowest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"w61TcJ\">PC: 2.8-3.5 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"CGJfa5\">PS5: 3-3.1 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"qYOSWG\">Steam Deck: 6-8 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"piV3EN\">PS4: 17-20 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"WeqKce\">My PC and PS5 were extremely close in these tests, with PS5 being the most consistent platform.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tWJVa4\"><strong>What about the boot-up?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"O1VA0m\">For the second test, I wanted to see how quickly the game could kick me into the open world from the start menu.  I started my timer as I hit the \u201ccontinue\u201d button and stopped it as soon as I regained control of Spider-Man.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iefx1T\">I used all the same equipment for this second test as I did for the first, and always made sure to load Spider-Man into the same location (the FEAST rooftop).  I loaded from the menu at least three times on each platform, until I got a consistent range with only one major deviation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"upiI2V\">Here are my results, fastest to slowest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"8CbFjI\">PS5: 2 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"S21TxR\">PC: 2.9-3.35 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"ZCxIQ7\">Steam Deck: 7-13 seconds<\/li>\n<li id=\"AbFfnY\">PS4: 35 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"Bda1Tf\">The aforementioned deviation for this test was the initial load for my Steam Deck: The first time I booted up the game for the test session, it took 22 seconds to get started.  Every other time, it was at least nine seconds faster than that.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"VrWeXv\"><strong>So, which platform is fastest?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"iZqjpg\">My PS5 and PC were neck-and-neck for both tests.  Both make for great places to play the remastered <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man<\/em>.  (While they&#8217;re both comparable in load times, PC gets the added benefit of Steam Deck&#8217;s cloud save functionality. So take that as you will.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"b46LuQ\">Speaking of Steam Deck \u2014 it performed quite well considering just how big <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man<\/em> work.  It&#8217;s obviously significantly slower than a good desktop PC or a modern console, but for running off an SD card, I was impressed with how little time I spent waiting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9Zr8GZ\">PS4 clearly brings up the rear during these experiments, taking nearly three times longer than Steam Deck to load into the same area. <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man<\/em> is still worth checking out on PS4 \u2014 despite aspects that haven&#8217;t aged well at all \u2014 even if it&#8217;s just a springboard to the excellent <em>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man: Miles Morales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel&#8216;s Spider-Man is a great superhero game for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players. And with its recent PC release, it&#8217;s available to a whole new legion of Spidey fans. since Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man is now playable across three platforms (and Steam Deck, which is basically a platform unto itself), we decided to do a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/comparing-load-times-for-marvels-spider-man-pc-steam-deck-ps5-ps4\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Comparing load times for Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man: PC, Steam Deck, PS5, PS4<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49779,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvels-spider-man-the-pc-port-plays-beautifully-on-steam-deck\/","url_meta":{"origin":43875,"position":0},"title":"Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man: the PC port plays beautifully on Steam Deck","date":"August 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We described Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered on PC as a patch or two away from perfection and our opinion hasn't changed! 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