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High-end Android phones are now powerful enough to emulate the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 — YouTuber gets 2020's hottest PC game running at playable frame rates [30fps] on Red Magic 11 Pro (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ever since the Steam Deck got released and local streaming services like Parsec or Sunshine/Moonlight have been created, I've noticed you can comfortably play games on lower frame rates, when your screen takes less of your view.

On PC I need to have at least 90 FPS to say a game runs smoothly, but I can play the same game on my phone/laptop via streaming at much lower frame rate and still not complain about the smoothness.

Playing Cyberpunk on a 6.7" smartphone display at 30 FPS will most definitely feel much less responsive than running it on PC at +60 FPS, but it may not be a bad experience.

I still find it impressive it's possible to play a (somewhat) modern x86 Windows game on an Android smartphone. Imagine telling this to someone 10-15 years ago

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It really depends though. I can accept 30 FPS for stuff like a platformer, a third person brawler or a strategy game, especially so when I'm on my Deck. It's not ideal and it makes it a bit harder to time things but it's still playable. A first person game like Cyberpunk? You're really stretching the limits of what "playable" means. And I've tried playing Battlefield 3 at 11 FPS on a MacBook back in 2010. Sure I was able to "play" it but "struggle" may have been a better word than "playable".

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I find the opposite. I’m okay with 30fps on my tv but for handhelds, anything less than 60 is unbearable