(10-18-2018, 10:56 AM)Nintonito Wrote: I hear the MTK Helio x30 is quite good. Dual A73, PowerVR Rogue graphics, all API’s and 64bit supported. Last time it came up I believe it was mentioned the PowerVR drivers are actually in quite a good state. Not to mention my K8 Note with a Helio X23 is quite usable in dolphin. Not defending MediaTek, they are the ones shipping 32bit chipsets by the barrel in 2018. Not to mention they have a great way of making OEM’s avoid updating their devices lmao.
Of course, I agree with you, regarding 32Bit and how Mediatek treats OEMs, charging for the release of a free license kernel (a Linux Kernel) and closing all source codes.
This company, for the way it behaves with the rules of a GPL and with the Ethics of the programmers and developers, in my opinion should fail instantly.
It should only sell SoC, nothing else.
Instead, in addition to the SoC, Mediatek is also paid salty for the release of a source code, a license that should, I repeat, be all free; a Linux Kernel.
As I think it, this company only thinks about its profits and this only makes me angry.
The Helio, are good SoC (P60 with Mali G72MP3, Oppo A3 for example), the PowerVR, despite a Mediatek, stubbornly implement them in clusters of a few cores (low performance, when compared with those of the competitors), are mature.
But removed this family, the rest makes throw up.
The problem, however, is not the performance, but the large fragmentation that has come to create because of a Mediatek, which I repeat, it makes you pay to leave a license of a source code, which should in theory be open to anyone.
The fault is not the OEMs in this matter, Mediatek have the main fault.
Serious OEMs exist, but they are few and have a lot of money. (and update their terminals)
In the end, there are the tons of criminals "OEMs", who sell their products at low cost and the unwitting citizen buys them and without his knowledge, with dozens of malware pre-installed on the terminal.
Other thing, the support that can provide a Qualcomm, with the Mediatek you can forget it.
PS: In all those Asian and non-Asian countries, Kirin is the way, for those who want to spend a little money and have good performance and good support. (Kirin 710)
Or in alternative, Qualcomm Snapdragon 636/660/710/835/845 (Xiaomi!)
I apologize for any translation errors.