Qualcomm says it's tested 1,200 x86 Windows games on its new X Elite Arm chip but won't say how well they actually run
Qualcomm says it's tested 1,200 x86 Windows games on its new X Elite Arm chip but won't say how well they actually run
We'll have to wait until we get our hands on the Snapdragon X Elite to find out.
Not saying pretty much says it all.
Not necessarily: If they came out right now and said that games run great, it might build expectations that they can't meet.
I haven’t seen anything about a translation layer for x86 to ARM like MacOS has (rosetta?). Is this something ive missed?
answered my own question https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/snapdragon-x-elite-spotted-running-baldurs-gate-3-at-around-30fps-supporting-claims-that-windows-games-just-work-on-arm-chip/
Baulders Gate 3 running at 1080p hovering around 30FPS
24H2 is supposed to make it a lot better, but when I first used the translation layer on my M1 Macbook through parallels it ran things pretty well. But that was also an M1 Macbook Pro.
Qualcomm: "Hey buddy, could you please port some of your games to our shared ARM platform as a showcase how great it is for games?"
Microsoft Game Studios: "No."
Qualcomm: "Not even Minecraft which you already ported to ARM for Nintendo Switch?"
Microsoft Game Studios: "No."
Qualcomm: "Why?"
Microsoft Game Studios: "Until your chips are fast enough to power the next generation Xbox hardware, we don't actually care about you."
Frankly, gaming is not a use case they really need to focus on right now. I’m betting that’ll improve in time, also.