Dom8383
02-25-2019, 09:37 AM
Hello
All the post I find about Intel Atoms are from 2016. Obviously Dolphin has been going forward since then, DX12 and Vulcan came and I am told that it now runs better than ever.
Back in 2016 a few were saying that many games were almost full speed, while most other ones were saying that no, even on the z8700, except three games and with hacks, everything would be 4fps...
The only videos that I find *allegedly* show Dolphin running very well on Z8300 and Z8500. They all look dubious to me, they may be jokes. Furthermore they are from 2016 too.
So, Intel Atom Z8500 devices users, tell me : how good/bad is Dolphin running nowadays on these ? Still unusable or what ?
The reason I ask is that my good old Windows tablet died yesterday and while looking for a replacement I found the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 (Atom Z8500), Windows version, for 114€ new. More powerful tablets, and even less powerful tablets actually, all are much much more expensive. I am considering buying it. Being able to play GameCube on it or not will make me decide.
By the way, the games that I am mostly interested in playing are Harry Potter 1 (GameCube) , Go Vacation (Wii) , Kao Kangaroo 2 (GameCube) , Mario Kart (GameCube) , Piggly (GameCube). I do not know if these are particularly easy or hard to emulate.
PS : while we're at it, which would runs Dolphin better :
- A Windows device with an Intel Atom Z8500 ?
- An Android device with a Snap Dragon 636/660 ?
All the post I find about Intel Atoms are from 2016. Obviously Dolphin has been going forward since then, DX12 and Vulcan came and I am told that it now runs better than ever.
Back in 2016 a few were saying that many games were almost full speed, while most other ones were saying that no, even on the z8700, except three games and with hacks, everything would be 4fps...
The only videos that I find *allegedly* show Dolphin running very well on Z8300 and Z8500. They all look dubious to me, they may be jokes. Furthermore they are from 2016 too.
So, Intel Atom Z8500 devices users, tell me : how good/bad is Dolphin running nowadays on these ? Still unusable or what ?
The reason I ask is that my good old Windows tablet died yesterday and while looking for a replacement I found the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 (Atom Z8500), Windows version, for 114€ new. More powerful tablets, and even less powerful tablets actually, all are much much more expensive. I am considering buying it. Being able to play GameCube on it or not will make me decide.
By the way, the games that I am mostly interested in playing are Harry Potter 1 (GameCube) , Go Vacation (Wii) , Kao Kangaroo 2 (GameCube) , Mario Kart (GameCube) , Piggly (GameCube). I do not know if these are particularly easy or hard to emulate.
PS : while we're at it, which would runs Dolphin better :
- A Windows device with an Intel Atom Z8500 ?
- An Android device with a Snap Dragon 636/660 ?