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April 28, 20261 min readby Team DEMO-SLAP
Faceit vs Matchmaking: which demos give better clips?
We crunched 10,000 demos from both platforms. Here's what we learned about clip quality, tickrate, and POV variety.
Tickrate matters less than you think
Faceit's 128-tick demos render slightly smoother slow-mo, but for 1x playback the difference is barely visible on a highlight cut.
The clip-density gap
Faceit edges out mostly because the skill ceiling is higher and clutches are more common.
TL;DR
Connect both. Let DEMO-SLAP pull from whichever has a match ready.
Written by Team DEMO-SLAP
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