Hey guys/girls! So basically i had the Galaxy Note for some time now and really enjoyed the experience, however sold the Note in order to start saving up for a new phone. So i got around $475 and will be able to save up some more for a new phone. Here is what i want to know:
Should i go for the Xperia S or Galaxy Nexus? [Note: Looking for good lag free performance and good gaming performance]
If you recommend this please give your insight on the outdated hardware and whether the Adreno 220 GPU and the Snapdragon S3 CPU are will be able to cope up with the new demands of the future. If you own an Xperia S then please tell me how games like NOVA 3 work and wheter you face any lag or hicups in usage? Also please tell me about the ICS performance and does it make a large difference?
I have tested many games on my Xperia S and before starting anything, I just alert you that I have never played games on mobile phones before; so this is my first experience with mobile games. I always played PS3 and 360 so I am fond of console type performance maybe which is not available on ANY other mobile phone, I dont know.
HD Games which run very smooth on my device is: Asphalt 6 (I don't feel great graphics as in videos though, is it only me?), Shadowgun, Need for speed Hot Pursuit, Virtua Tennis, Adventure of Tintin, Samurai Vengeance, Battlefield 2, PES 2012(Haven't tested fifa 12) and Max Payne.
Now games which I feel does not work good: Modern combat 3 - I feel it lags or maybe low framerate, Ultimate Spiderman - not good graphics, Dead Trigger (This game only has problem with some Xperia S - probably will be fixed soon), GTA 3 - Lags sometimes.
The most interesting point is recently I downloaded Dark Knight Rises which is not available in play store, and made by same Gameloft as Ultimate Spiderman and it works VERY great. High graphics and good gameplay. Then why did they don't enable high graphics for Ultimate Spiderman ? - If we try to do this manually to enable high graphics on Spiderman, it does not work smooth
The point is I don't think our device is not capable of these games, but how developer make it compatible. When I was purchasing this mobile I know I would find some problems with the device in terms of gaming but I want a better phone overall i.e Unique Design, performance.
You won't get THD games, like Shadowgun THD, Fruit Ninja THD, in Dead Trigger some effects would be disabled. Some game devs make games high definition games for Tegra Devices only - you can search play store for THD.
Also you can see Youtube, players playing THD games with THD graphics on there adreno phones. You need to search on google for finding THD games for all devices apk though. See this video, Dead Trigger works with Tegra graphics on Xperia S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDZN0dV-RJU (Game dev will not gurantee smoothness for this if you play THD games on Xperia S lol)
So in conclusion, if you only want Gaming Device get Galaxy S3, S2 or maybe HTC One X. S2 was most popular phone so most probably games are already tested on S2. But If you are willing to play games on your console and PC and in spare time on Mobile then I would recommend Xperia S - No Phone can compete with our LED Bar
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well i just wanted to hear your opinions boys and girls
since im still lacking some funds for a new handset ,i just wanted to know how is it in those flashy looking 3d games with p500 when its with hw acceleration/ jit /oc /custom ROM - you name it.
tell the name of the game and what u experience please
***edit : what are the experiences in games that require multitouch ? less lag (i figure that it should be less since cpu gets kinda boosted, but thats only theory, what about in practice ? )
With one exception (Pocket Legends), the 3D experience is "meh" at best. The REALLY good ones need a larger screen to be usable.
With just JIT and HW accel enabled I can play NFS Shift just fine. Pretty fun for a cell racing game too.
It really all depends on how well the game is coded. Once we get gingerbread, it will be better as well. Touch slows down some 2D games, while other 3d games are fine. Don't try Q3android....
In the 3d realm I currently play Pocket Legends, NFS Shift, Lava Ball 3D, Ride Pinball, and Prism. Starting to toy with Psx4droid as well
This is with the beta kernel drellisdee installed, but not OCd, as well as the above mentioned JIT and HW accel, and 32MB heap.
ride pinball is a sweet game.. one of my top picks.
what about games like raging thunder 2 etc ? and do u guys use the virtual joystic in pocket legends ?
and na, the screen is fine lol im used to my mini w880 screen (lol u should see it )
NFS Shift
I used play NFS Shift. but not found it in market apps and it's better you will find to NFS.apk.
you can find almost anything in the internet just gotta look for it.
cmon guys, more feedback :X ?
assasins creed HD - screen is off
HAwkx -- playable but loads slow
NFS shift --smooth
Mini Gore -smooth
Legends - smooth
My paper Airplane 3D - smooth
all tested and played on stocked rom before i mod
sweet
hawx is a cool game btw
Hey guys,
My galaxy S 2 wouldn't render graphics on games like assassin's creed and HAWX. I can only see white silhouettes and the objects are all white too. I can still play the game though but the graphics sucks. Has it got anything to do with the lite'ning rom v1.5? I flashed it yesterday.
Probably designed for the Adreno/Tegra GPUs, find the chainfire 3d thread and read it to see what you can do
Thanks. Actually yesterday I bought Modern combat 2 , which is a gameloft game. But Assassin's creed and HAWX is also a Gameloft game. Does that make any difference. Pirated games might have some issue with rooted phones. Is that possible. Because my modern combat 2 does not have a similar problem. Only the two pirated ones: Assissin's Creed and HAWX.
don't buy pirated games from warez sites.help developers by buying
sounds like you are using or have a hacked version of the games. The GPU in the phone can't handle textures like tegra2 does and so they are not rendered.
mix1987 said:
Hey guys,
My galaxy S 2 wouldn't render graphics on games like assassin's creed and HAWX. I can only see white silhouettes and the objects are all white too. I can still play the game though but the graphics sucks. Has it got anything to do with the lite'ning rom v1.5? I flashed it yesterday.
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hi. i have a fully-stock galaxy s 2 and i am experiencing the same problem you are with spiderman total mayhem and tom clancy conviction game. i am using software downloaded from gameloft websites. the other thing is, i played a tegra 2 game with my phone, the guerilla bob thd and it runs fine. all graphics are fine in guerilla bob. what do you think is the problem causing the 3d rendering problem??
hey guys..
Well i was wondering how is the 3d performance of games on your devices?
I am quite unsatisfied with the performance of S2..mainly in 3d gaming..
Though most of the games run flawlessly.. but the open world games lag quite a lot on s2..
I have seen considerable fps drops at few places in open world 3d games like :
1. Gangstar rio city
2. The dark knight rises
3. amazing spiderman
4. gta3
5 backstab etc..
So i would just like to know that the others are facing this problem too? or is it my phone only? or could be my rom/kernel combination reducing my 3d performance?
Currently i am on neatrom lite with siyah 3.2
Again i want to mention that the games usually work good with proper fps..but at many places like when lots of builidings and stuff are there...there is quite a big fps drop while rotating camera or moving ..
Please guys do mention about your 3d performances..i am quite FRUSTRATED AND ANNOYED at my phone's behaviour..such a hyped phone and not givin satisfactory performance..
thanks
The games in your list i tried is gangstar rio and gta 3. In gta3 it doesn't lag at all while in gangstar rio, it lags alot because as someone posted (forgot where it was) the game was not optimized for our device. Bdw, running stock XWLPO with siyah 3.5.2.
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well i am a bit bothered..even in case of mutant roadkill..the starting scene (where the car jumps out ) is also slightly slow..
Plus the open world games like dark knight, spiderman etc lag a lot.. :|
Anyone have any suggestions for games that take full advantage of the Tegra 2 chip and the hardware?
I noticed Real Racing 2 doesn't show up in the market, are there any really good high res games, 1st person shooters, racing, dungeons or other cool games?
Not really Tegra 2 specific but drag racing is really good
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The Blood and Glory games are pretty good, as is GTA III. Too bad GTA's controls are so awful.
You likely know about all of these already, but heres my list:
(All of the Madfinger games)
Samurai II THD - hack & slash
Shadowgun - scifi FPS
Dead Trigger - zombie FPS
(All of the Vector Unit games)
Riptide GP - racing
Shine Runner - smuggling/racing/smashing through things
Beach Buggy Blitz - timer based racing
(Various)
Mini Motor racing
Turbofly 3d - wipeout style racing
(Fun 2d physics-based games)
iStunt 2
Ski Safari
All of these run perfectly on the Atrix 4G. Another awesome game is Modern Combat 3 from gameloft: great controls, impressive graphics, and a good soundtrack - but it lags a little sometimes. Not unbearable though. All the other gameloft games completely suck on the atrix, sooo laggy!
I like Shadowgun, and the Modern Combat series.
Chess.com
Max Payne
The various console emulators (NESoid, SNESoid, N64oid, etc.)
Thanks for all your help
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i have to disagree. i havent played em on jb but on cm7 all the gameloft games worked perfectly. and modern combat becomes laggy occasionally on the s2...
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Agree. I like most of the gameloft first person shooters, such as the modern combat series and NOVA3, also the gangstar series, in particular gangstar rio which was the first game that I was really addicted to since GTA san andreas. Max payne is really nice too.
I had no game so far that was not playable on my Atrix, occasional stutter may occur, but nothing disturbing...
there is an alternative appstore named NVIDIA TegraZone which you can download it on Play Store, it contains a lot of Tegra compatible games.
Another good one, kind of addictive is Temple Run. No lags and lots of fun.
CdnDesires said:
Anyone have any suggestions for games that take full advantage of the Tegra 2 chip and the hardware?
I noticed Real Racing 2 doesn't show up in the market, are there any really good high res games, 1st person shooters, racing, dungeons or other cool games?
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Dude, Real Racing works fine on Atrix, try with market enabler or.....
a very cool game is Rayman Jungle Run, very fluent, awesome graphics.
Also you have The Bard's Tale (action rpg), NBA Jam (sports), Dungeon Defenders (tower defense), Legendary Heroes (dota-like game)
Moonshield said:
Agree. I like most of the gameloft first person shooters, such as the modern combat series and NOVA3, also the gangstar series, in particular gangstar rio which was the first game that I was really addicted to since GTA san andreas. Max payne is really nice too.
I had no game so far that was not playable on my Atrix, occasional stutter may occur, but nothing disturbing...
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You are right, they aren't unplayable - but the op was just asking for games which take full advantage of the tegra hardware - definitely no gameloft games fall into that category. They are fun though, have you tried asphalt 7? The gameplay and graphics are awesome, but that one lags on basically every non-mali400 device... even the nexus 7
+1 for Rayman Jungle Run - awesome game!
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First, sorry if it is there, i'm on tapatalk so i can't check
So, i'm getting the Evo 3D this month (97%) and since I'm heavy gamer, i want to know if it can decently run newest games (MC4 etc.). I know that 1 GB RAM and Adreno 220 is not bad, but i still want to know. I want to stay at stock ROM for a while. And isn't the 16:9 screen bad? Are those games compatible with it? Thanks for any answer .
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First, sorry if it is there, i'm on tapatalk so i can't check
So, i'm getting the Evo 3D this month (97%) and since I'm heavy gamer, i want to know if it can decently run newest games (MC4 etc.). I know that 1 GB RAM and Adreno 220 is not bad, but i still want to know. I want to stay at stock ROM for a while. And isn't the 16:9 screen bad? Are those games compatible with it? Thanks for any answer .
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It does run Modern Combat 4 (got it free with my Moga and it played fine)
other games like Sonic 1 run great too. So does NFS Most Wanted if you can get it downloaded (it's listed as not compatible now)
a very little number of game run in 3D mode!
all the rest is standard 2D
Yeah it runs every game just fine except vice city. The game crashes when you enter a vehicle.
Other than that everything is good at defaults. But you don't get all the new games at high graphics like in galaxy s2/s3/iPhone5/iPad 4....In MC4 the havok is not enabled for evo 3d.No ragdoll animations, the gun doesn't shine and so many effects disabled. Same with asphalt 7, real racing 3 and most wanted. No motion blur and no water effects on road. Gangstar vegas has visual quality option in settings but it does not allow anything higher than medium graphics. There is no big game from EA and gameloft (from mid 2012 and onwards) that runs on high settings on evo 3d.
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imho the evo 3d doesn't keep up like it needs to... when it comes to gaming... however it does play most games.. chances are on a stock rom you are going to notice a lot more lag than if yo were to root it and get your flash on and get a kernal to optomize those processors correctly....