Winlator is an Android application that lets you to run Windows (x86_64) applications with Wine and Box86/Box64.
Version 3.0 Changelog:
- Improved Audio Plugin
- Added PulseAudio
- Added the option to choose the Box86/Box64 version
- Added the option to choose the Turnip version
- Added Custom resolution option
- Improved Input Controls
- Improved Lock Cursor option
- Added Task Manager to main menu
- Updated OBB Image to version 3
- Other bug fixes and improvements
I would say they already are: the snapdragon 8Gen2 has a GPU comparable to a desktop GTX 1050 (!!!) And the 8gen3 is like 50% faster as well
It should be noted that while mobile GPUs may do well in terms of performance, their design makes it almost impossible to run any kind of Windows game on them. Mobile GPU hardware is optimised very differently so grabbing dxvk and Box64 and running a game won’t bring you anything close to what a 1050 can render. There are obvious performance issues with the instruction set difference as well, of course.
In a perfect world, we’d see Windows on ARM taking off once the exclusivity deal blows over. Games would still run slower than they could, but it’d help boost performance massively.
The limiting factor is still RAM, if you’re using more RAM intensive programs. Other than that, I’d pretty much agree.
Cooling is the major limiter for phones. They simply can’t dissipate the heat when running any kind of continuous load.
À lot of cheap phones start at 8 gigs of ram this days. That’s like entry level laptops
And MacBook Pros!
Haha, good one. If you try, you can even get a 12GB ram version from Chinese OEMs for cheap. Just remember it would be less than the Macbook Pro’s 8GB unified memory.
Fair enough.
I knew it was powerful but i didn’t know that it was comparable to a gtx 1050 🤯.
Strong press X to doubt.
If it can run Sekiro for 5 mins before dying of overheating, it does not mean it is comparable.
It’s a phone, not a gaming rig. Office work and internet browsing is what most people do with computers . The OS just doesn’t need to lag while doing the above and that’s enough. Cooling could be done via the dock used to transform the phone as pc.
Many people nowadays use their phones for gaming, me included.
Your point is not valid.
Me too but you were talking about wanting to play a recent PC game on your phone. You play games natively made for phones or old games ported to the platform . Let’s not forget about emulation which is basically Pandora box. You have access to games from the nes library to the entire Nintendo switch library. You don’t need the OS part for this to work, it’s already there.
Seems comparable to me. How long could the 1050 run a game without active cooling?
Uhh… Goalpost move. Active cooling is part of the design.
Phones lack active cooling, which means performance can’t be the same for any meaningful length of time.