The Snapdragon 835/845 is good enough for certain games, but if you want to play games like Super Mario Sunshine (with accurate emulation, not with all the EFB hacks turned on) or Super Mario Galaxy, you're going to be disappointed.
(07-09-2018, 09:27 AM)Tourniquet Wrote: [ -> ]Hello,
I've recently bought the Galaxy A6 Plus with the Snapdragon 450. Before I bought it, I didn't knew that Dolphin was available on Android.
Now I was thinking about getting a more powerful phone like a Galaxy S8 plus (Exynos) or something smiliar.
I've heard that the Exynos is not the best supported processor, but also read that newer graphics driver should perform better.
My Question is: What is the 'best' smartphone for the best Dolphin performance.
I mostly looking for Mario (Sunshine, Galaxy etc) Games.
Regards
Tourniquet
Emulators Like Gamecube Wii, PS2 Demand Powerful CPU/GPU to Render correctly the Graphics
For example
Snapdragon 845 is a powerful CPU but it multi-core CPU..
also
Adreno 630 GPU is the best at the moment but not enough to emulate the Dolphin Emulator..
No matter what they are saying on YouTube videos, you cannot play stable Dolphin-Emu on Android Devices..
Ofc you can Emulate all games but full playable list are small...
Android 9 with Vulkan drivers support it could improve the game list but don't expect much..
I personally own OP6 from my experience and tests..
I'm not recommending you to buy a powerful Android phone only for Emulators, Xiaomi BS is Similar to OP6.
You can have 100% Accurate Emulation for PS1 PSP, Nes, Snes, GB, GBA, DS, SS, N64, Arcade.
All this Emulators is playable with cheaper Android Phone..
Dolphin-Emu = PC at the moment : )
Yes, everyone did. And still, it won´t be enough.
Why are people saying it won't work when there are those of us that are playing cube and Wii games on the phones telling you it does, so far I played Zelda Twilight Princess, Mario sunshine and galaxy 1 and 2, new super Mario Bros, Mario kart DD and Wii, soul calibur 2, Tony hawk 3 and thug, resident evil remake and resi 4, metroid prime and probably more I've forgotten
(07-10-2018, 03:36 AM)Ninjarider Wrote: [ -> ]Why are people saying it won't work when there are those of us that are playing cube and Wii games on the phones telling you it does, so far I played Zelda Twilight Princess, Mario sunshine and galaxy 1 and 2, new super Mario Bros, Mario kart DD and Wii, soul calibur 2, Tony hawk 3 and thug, resident evil remake and resi 4, metroid prime and probably more I've forgotten
Because the majority of those titles hit GPU driver issues (depending on hardware and software versions), slow performance making it certainly worse than the "native" experience, require 'dangerous' hacky settings to avoid some problems that can cause unpredictable crashes or other issues, have missing features in-game even if generally "playable", hit throttling on many devices depending on cooling implementation and the environment they're being played in, and likely other issues I haven't personally hit.
I guess it depends on what you expect. If you expect a good playing experience, where everything works, there are no graphical issues, you don't run the risk of crashes losing all progress, or OK with possibly hitting impassable game-breaking bugs all at native performance levels, you'll be disappointed.
It doesn't "just work" right now. On any hardware.
Anyone suggesting it does is either incredibly lucky, or (possibly subconsciously) ignoring these issues.
(07-10-2018, 04:06 AM)JonnyH Wrote: [ -> ]Because the majority of those titles hit GPU driver issues (depending on hardware and software versions), slow performance making it certainly worse than the "native" experience, require 'dangerous' hacky settings to avoid some problems that can cause unpredictable crashes or other issues, have missing features in-game even if generally "playable", hit throttling on many devices depending on cooling implementation and the environment they're being played in, and likely other issues I haven't personally hit.
I guess it depends on what you expect. If you expect a good playing experience, where everything works, there are no graphical issues, you don't run the risk of crashes losing all progress, or OK with possibly hitting impassable game-breaking bugs all at native performance levels, you'll be disappointed.
It doesn't "just work" right now. On any hardware.
Anyone suggesting it does is either incredibly lucky, or (possibly subconsciously) ignoring these issues.
I've got to say I find it runs near faultlessly the thing is
finding the right build, obviously people are going to go to the latest which I find really quite poor but build 5.01589 runs really well even though it's a very old build now the difference is amazing
(07-10-2018, 04:33 AM)Ninjarider Wrote: [ -> ]I've got to say I find it runs near faultlessly the thing is
finding the right build, obviously people are going to go to the latest which I find really quite poor but build 5.01589 runs really well even though it's a very old build now the difference is amazing
Really? You're getting close to 60 fps in Super Mario Galaxy, with pull stars working correctly?
(07-10-2018, 04:33 AM)Ninjarider Wrote: [ -> ]I've got to say I find it runs near faultlessly the thing is
finding the right build, obviously people are going to go to the latest which I find really quite poor but build 5.01589 runs really well even though it's a very old build now the difference is amazing
No offense buddy the people you are talking about is Developers & Testers. there is a small line between playable and non-playable..
I find really quite poor but build 5.01589 runs really well even though it's a very old build now the difference is amazing
-Most of the older Dolphin-Emu Android Builds crash on the start-up, Devices with Android 8.x.x need Latest Dolphin-Emu to run property.
Also I just notice you have one [color=#cc3333]Red[/color] [color=#cc3333]Title[/color] on your game list. ( Zelda Twilight Princess )
Are you sure about this game on Android Device? Cause this game crash when you get out in
Hyrule Field for the First Time.
Even if you survive the crash game runs 2-3 FPS in
Hyrule Field, with [color=#3399cc]Hyrule Field Speed Hack[/color] Enable on Config, you can reach 5-6 FPS
which makes the game mostly unplayable & awful..
(07-10-2018, 04:40 AM)JosJuice Wrote: [ -> ]Really? You're getting close to 60 fps in Super Mario Galaxy, with pull stars working correctly?
Don't know exact fpsbut it is very smooth, to be fair I have run into control issues now though but Wii is a bonus to the Gamcube and it's hard to emulate such complicated control system. Obviously a pc will run everything far better but I can take my phone and controller anywhere and play a choice of so many games on the go it's worth the price to me