Is there anything I should know before purchasing an RG405M?
Is there anything I should know before purchasing an RG405M?
I own a Retroid Pocket 3+ but unfortunately the shoulder button broke and I have been thinking about the RG405M for a while because I absolutely loved the feel of my RG350M. I've seen Retro Game Corps video on GammaOS and I know it's the same chipset as the RP3+ but I'm just wondering if there's anything I should be aware of.
For example I don't know if GammaOS is still being developed or if there's better devices on the horizon.
Gamma os is pretty well optimized at this point. Running an older build on the 405m and it’s extremely stable. Have not used a rg350m but did have a rg351mp and rg351m, the 405m is a noticeably thinner device. No issues with the screen or anything as that seems to be solved with later batches. Build quality and feel in the hands is phenomenal. Only complaint is the case does get warm on the side near the processor when running cpu under high load. Though you can open it and use some stacked thermal pads to make contact between the cpu shield and back case to even out the thermal distribution a bit.
The android build the 405m ships with performs worse than the rp3+/ flip as it uses a lower performance gpu driver. Gamma OS uses the gpu driver from the builds for the rp3+ and flip to bring performance back in line with those devices.
As an aside, huge benefit is that the 405m is a 4:3 device that has enough cpu to run Sega Genesis games using cycle accurate ym2612 emulation (massive sound quality upgrade). It’s a perfect companion device to a 16:9 handheld like the rp3+ or any of the Odin handhelds. At the moment cycle between an Odin pro, steam deck and 405m depending on the game.
I would suggest a Steam Deck but it might be too big for you if you want a pocket sized device
I already own a Steam Deck it's the portability I'm after. I also don't like carrying around a device that cost me $600 that isn't my phone
My 405m performs worse than my Pocket Flip, despite both having the same hardware. I love it, it’s super high build quality, and the 4:3 screen and lower resolution are nice to not have vertical bars or to need to fuss with above native resolutions, but if I want to play GameCube, I bust out the Retroid, especially since the flip has Analogue triggers.