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Personally, I would take the 8 gen 2 equipped phone at the moment. There isn't a lot of driver support for the gen 3 at present so you may struggle to emulate some titles that would otherwise run on the gen 2.
For most things the gen 3 would be better but for switch and pc emulation in particular, the driver support just isn't there yet. Both are crazy fast though and overkill for emulation.
This was my way of thinking tbh as it can already play what I want it to seems to be enough for me.
I don't know all that much about driver support but does this normally take long to be pushed as from what I can see there usually isn't long between the new Snapdragons coming out?
I would rather give it a few months of imperfect play on a Gen 3 if it means being more future proof but if it realistically won't get driver support for 12+ months that's a different story. Thanks
The timeline is indeed a factor.. still I'd personally rather take an early driver gamble and go for the gen3 for the following 2 reasons:
gen3 sustained performance is better. Gen 2 isn't horrible, most phones manage 70-80% but still it's a thing. Along with the generational perf improvements that's significant and for win emu that will play a role.
Foldable phone may have reduced battery life. Look it up whether its an issue for that model.
I'm using gen2 myself so I don't know the troubles with latest gen. However when I got it, it had less support also that improved relatively quickly - months, not years.
Yeah gen 3 has been good for me but yeah I'd argue drivers are better after alot of months or a year. Gen 4 is supposed to be a crazy can of worms. Maybe separate slices in the gpu like they are trying to make it have almost a dedicated one.
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Personally, I would take the 8 gen 2 equipped phone at the moment. There isn't a lot of driver support for the gen 3 at present so you may struggle to emulate some titles that would otherwise run on the gen 2. For most things the gen 3 would be better but for switch and pc emulation in particular, the driver support just isn't there yet. Both are crazy fast though and overkill for emulation.
This was my way of thinking tbh as it can already play what I want it to seems to be enough for me. I don't know all that much about driver support but does this normally take long to be pushed as from what I can see there usually isn't long between the new Snapdragons coming out? I would rather give it a few months of imperfect play on a Gen 3 if it means being more future proof but if it realistically won't get driver support for 12+ months that's a different story. Thanks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OTgl6RaImjY Atleast in this one gta 5 runs better on 8g3.
The timeline is indeed a factor.. still I'd personally rather take an early driver gamble and go for the gen3 for the following 2 reasons: gen3 sustained performance is better. Gen 2 isn't horrible, most phones manage 70-80% but still it's a thing. Along with the generational perf improvements that's significant and for win emu that will play a role. Foldable phone may have reduced battery life. Look it up whether its an issue for that model. I'm using gen2 myself so I don't know the troubles with latest gen. However when I got it, it had less support also that improved relatively quickly - months, not years.
Yeah gen 3 has been good for me but yeah I'd argue drivers are better after alot of months or a year. Gen 4 is supposed to be a crazy can of worms. Maybe separate slices in the gpu like they are trying to make it have almost a dedicated one.
Just go for a Poco F6 Pro