I was just wondering that nvidia shield tv is based on android and has some natively running awesome console games like resident evil 5 and Metal gear rising so maybe it is possible to run the games on an android device by fooling the game about the phone gpu or something else. I think adreno 530 found in snapdragon 820 is powerful enough to run these games. Has there been any successful attempts?
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After installing the Ubuntu on the transformer prime, anyone no if it would be capable of playing DC Universe online....
Dc Universe Online does run on ubuntu I have it installed on my pc it run great. I was hoping to install ubuntu on my Prime and play DCUO on it.
I know the CPU is a quad core with 1gb ram and a hi end nvidia GPU
Through splashtop or a good remote desktop, then yes. As far as through Ubuntu installed on prime. Doubt it at the moment.
REASON: Ubuntu installs at the moment aren't true ones. They still run alongside Android. Therefore Ubuntu doesn't have access to full power of CPU n gpu. Once bootloader unlocked, then we can have dual boot. Once you dual boot into Ubuntu, then you will access to all power n resources of tegra3.
Can't hurt to try though. Let us know how it goes on current setup.
Also i think Ubuntu games are x86 applications, i'm not a linux expert though. But x86 games wont work on the prime no matter what software you're using, because they are not compatible with ARM CPUs. And tegra3 is ARM.
Onlive.
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Can anyone tell me why there are loads of apps in the Marketplace but some (particularly 3d games) show up as incompatible when you try to download them?
Most notably, Dead Space from EA. Real Racing doesnt even show up. Quick Office HD which I owned with a previous tablet refuses to download and countless others.
Is there anyway to force the download of the apps - surely they cant all be incompatible? I also bought Need for Speed Hot pursuit, it will only launch if the tablet is in Hi-Res mode, if I put the tablet in standard I get nowhere!
If you contact Quickoffice support they will provide a link to download the Quickoffice sdk.
One of the problems with 3D games is the fact some game developers only support the Tegra 2 chipset, the GPU in the Mediapad is based on the Qualcomm/Snapdragon chipset with a Adreno 220 GPU instead (technically many say this chipset with the Adreno 220 GPU is more advanced, as it was released after the Tegra 2 chipset but as the Tegra got more of a foothold in the tablet market, it has been hard for the Adreno to get the same support in tablet games, there seems to be allot more phone handsets that use the Adreno chipset compared to tablets).
The app store checks what your devices configuration is and only shows games that use the chipset your device supports.However all games use the same graphics API (OpenGL ES) so there is a workaround called 'Chainfire 3D'. This program sits between OpenGL and the program and makes the mediapad look like it has a Tegra chipset and patches the calls to OpenGL.
The free version of the app does let you run games this way but does not patch the app store so you cannot list the games so this means you need to buy the full version (its a couple of £'s but not much and worth it if you can get a game you like to work).
Of course as more tablets are released with the Adreno 220 then more game publishers will directly support it, Technically there is no reason for the 220 to not run all Tegra 2 games.
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I saw Android phones today with cpu like 2.2 ghz quadcore or something.
As I can remember I was able to play PCSX2 smoothly with a 2.9 ghz dual core PC before, as well as a laptop something like 2.4 ghz.
I'm planning to buy one, are current smartphones capable of running emulated consoles smoothly? (PS1, PSP, DS, maybe PS2)
If yes, can you suggest what phone?
If no, are the hardwares not good enough or is it the emulators not perfected yet? (will current hardwares run them well in the future)
Thank you~
weirdopunkd said:
I saw Android phones today with cpu like 2.2 ghz quadcore or something.
As I can remember I was able to play PCSX2 smoothly with a 2.9 ghz dual core PC before, as well as a laptop something like 2.4 ghz.
I'm planning to buy one, are current smartphones capable of running emulated consoles smoothly? (PS1, PSP, DS, maybe PS2)
If yes, can you suggest what phone?
If no, are the hardwares not good enough or is it the emulators not perfected yet? (will current hardwares run them well in the future)
Thank you~
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PC's and Phones use different architecture that is not directly comparable or compatible.
PS1 Games are playable with an app called FPse here:
Other games are playable if they have a specific app with a GPL port like Doom 3 or Jedi knight. Other older games can be played using other emulator apps like Dosbox Turbo but performance is limited.
ps2 emulator
so is there ANY ps2 emulator for android|?
You can use FPse for PS game, PPSSPP for the PSP game. As to DS, their are different DS emulator, among which Drastic is the fastest, most game can run with full speed.
Awesome. I think PS1, PSP and DS emu are more than enough
I'm picking between Note 3, Nexus 5 and Xperia Z1. What do you think is the best for gaming especially for console emulation?
I got around to looking at some pretty powerful mobile devices, and found that the Lenovo K900 is pretty darn excellent. Its Intel Atom processor can be overclocked to beyond 2.2 GHz, and it has dual cores too.
Here's a short overview of the device:
1.Intel Atom Z2580 Dual core 2.0Ghz
2. 2GB Ram (LPDDR2).
3.Android V4.2 (not really a big make or break on PS2 emulation, but whatever).
I know this is not powerful enough for ideal gaming, but isn't it possible to port PCSX2 to Android and supported libraries, and manage to get somewhat emulation going and some games at low FPS?
I don't see why not ... I have heard of people using PCSX2 under 2.5 GHz processors on Windows, single core, and it was arguably "playable" to some.
Assuming this is not the highest-end smartphone in the market but still has pretty good specs, wouldn't a device a bit more powerful than this one come close to taking the cake?
In short, I believe PS2 emulation could be done on some high-end smartphones (like this one) now, just not "good FPS/emulation" yet.
Any rebuttal? The S5 from Samsung should be arriving soon, and they will be even more powerful. Somebody should help me port PCSX2, or at least create an open, community project to do so. As time goes on, updates can be made for the more powerful hardware in time.
Was wondering if it was somehow possible to emulate (don't know if that's the right term) a Tegra GPU if you have a GeForce GPU on your PC. Should that be able to allow you to play "Tegra Only" games with controllers?
Get something called "GLTools". Works like a charm. The developer is awesome too.