Hi everyone, I'm running stock 4.1.2 and I've previously bought GTA 3 which worked on all my previous devices: Atrix, Nexus 7, Chinese Tab with RK3066 chip but how come its not compatible on my i9082? I know it has a Broadcom chip but it should be more than enough for GTA 3 as it runs Minecraft and Shadowgun pretty well. Are we just waiting for an update to support this GPU or is there something wrong with my device? I've watched videos on Youtube where people are running GTA 3/VC fine on the i9082 but they point you to download an apk and I don't want to do that as I'd rather have the Play Store version. Vice City isn't compatible either.
Thanks in advance,
Anthony
GTA Vice city working gud for me without any hard work just install apk and paste data file that's it
Sorry but
I didn't try GTA3
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Dear fellow S4 Mini guys,
I have bought this wonderful device a week ago, and since then it gave me nothing but usability comfort and modern smartphone awesomeness (I think its part High-end and part Middle-end (namely PPI and GPU are of the middle-end. You are welcome to discuss this though).
Being a mobile gaming junkie, the first I did is fire up a latest PPSSPP and playing some PSP titles, and I am still amazed at how the ARM cores have matured over time, Qualcomm Krait 300 (and 400 that started to appear just right now) and ARM Cortex A15 currently being state-of-the-art.
However, my grudge is against the GPU, which is less important to platform emulation than it is to native Android games. While it is enough for any game I actually play on S4 Mini, it is showing its middle-end teeth on the games like Iron Man or even Vice City. And I started to wonder what this Adreno 305 GPU is actually about. I've been for quite some time apart from recent 3D Android titles, and have seldom spare time for checking anything that is downloadable to figure out for myself.
So I wanted to know what games are the most GPU-intensive and demanding so I could test them and get a grip on the general GPU performance of S4 Mini. Not that it would change anything, but once the curiosity starts to spread... From Youtube videos I know that N.O.V.A. 3 runs quite good.
Thank you in advance, and you are most welcome to discuss the general performance of our device and your notes on performance of specific games.
Roguenova said:
Dear fellow S4 Mini guys,
I have bought this wonderful device a week ago, and since then it gave me nothing but usability comfort and modern smartphone awesomeness (I think its part High-end and part Middle-end (namely PPI and GPU are of the middle-end. You are welcome to discuss this though).
Being a mobile gaming junkie, the first I did is fire up a latest PPSSPP and playing some PSP titles, and I am still amazed at how the ARM cores have matured over time, Qualcomm Krait 300 (and 400 that started to appear just right now) and ARM Cortex A15 currently being state-of-the-art.
However, my grudge is against the GPU, which is less important to platform emulation than it is to native Android games. While it is enough for any game I actually play on S4 Mini, it is showing its middle-end teeth on the games like Iron Man or even Vice City. And I started to wonder what this Adreno 305 GPU is actually about. I've been for quite some time apart from recent 3D Android titles, and have seldom spare time for checking anything that is downloadable to figure out for myself.
So I wanted to know what games are the most GPU-intensive and demanding so I could test them and get a grip on the general GPU performance of S4 Mini. Not that it would change anything, but once the curiosity starts to spread... From Youtube videos I know that N.O.V.A. 3 runs quite good.
Thank you in advance, and you are most welcome to discuss the general performance of our device and your notes on performance of specific games.
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I'm not sure which game will really stress the 305, but the games I have tested work flawlessly with steady fps:
-Battlefield Bad Company 2
-Asphalt 7
-Asphalt 8
-Dead Space
-Modern Combat 3
-Modern Combat 4
-Riptide GP2
-Shadow Gun
-GTAIII
-GTA Vice City (works but got car/screen freezing though)
-Gangstar 4 Rio
-Gangstar 5 Vegas
-Need for Speed Most Wanted
-Mass Effect
-Street Fighter IV HD
-Sim City
-He-Man
-Kairo
-N.O.V.A 3
-Drastic NDS emu
-ePsxe PS1 emu
-Sine Mora
-Sonic 4 Episode 1 & 2
-Robot Unicorn Attack 2
-Respawnables
-CSR Racing 2
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-The Room
-Virtual Tennis - World Tour
-Puddle HD
-Call of Duty Black Ops - Zombies
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FIFA 14
-Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
-Rayman Jungle Run
-Carmageddon
-Worms 2 Armageddon
-Breach & Clear 2
-DosBox Turbo incl. various dosgames and Windows 3.11 Enterprise.
-Don't run with a Light Saber
-Ravensword
**Test purpose only, i do not play these games**
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Thanks, I'll check out some of these games tonight.
However, from my experience with 2011 Xperia Play I can state the following:
Dead Space, Shadowgun, Mass Effect and Need for Speed Most Wanted will run flawlessly on anything even remotely more powerful than Adreno 205, which is considerably behind Adreno 305.
Btw, I forgot to add that Carmageddon, GPU-accelerated mode of FPSE and N64oid run flawlessly as well. But I believe they are not GPU-demanding enough to push the limits of S4 Mini.
Take a look at a game called "The Room". Quite fun as a puzzle game and looks quite nice.
Seem to hit some snags here and there. You determine if it's poor optimisation or if it's just GPU-intensive.
Another game that looks quite good from the screenshots (don't really play fast-paced games on my phone) is a game called Galaxy on Fire 2 HD (it's free).
Galaxy on Fire 2 HD isn't supported on the I9195 though
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Galaxy on Fire 2 HD isn't supported on the I9195 though
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Oh really, well that sucks. I'm able to download it on my I9190.
Edit:Just finished downloading. Confirmed working on I9190.
I wonder why it isn't supported on the I9195.
Eradica said:
Oh really, well that sucks. I'm able to download it on my I9190.
Edit:Just finished downloading. Confirmed working on I9190.
I wonder why it isn't supported on the I9195.
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Yes it is indeed weird. I've emailed the developers and their reply:
Thank you very much for the report, that Galaxy on Fire 2 HD is not available for your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE, we'll forward it to our development team in order to let them check this issue and whether the game should be compatible with this device.
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nova 3 does not run
JMailuhu said:
I'm not sure which game will really stress the 305, but the games I have tested work flawlessly with steady fps:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Asphalt 7
Asphalt 8
Dead Space
Modern Combat 3
Modern Combat 4
Riptide GP2
Shadow Gun
GTAIII
GTA Vice City (works but got car/screen freezing though)
Gangstar 4 Rio
Gangstar 5 Vegas
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Mass Effect
Street Fighter IV HD
Sim City
He-Man
Kairo
N.O.V.A 3
Drastic NDS emu
ePsxe PS1 emu
Sine Mora
Sonic 4 Episode 1 & 2
Robot Unicorn Attack 2
Respawnables
STR Racing 2
nova 3 says device not supported
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That is in "your case" through the playstore yes. If you get the APK from other sources, you can install it. Basically most games that say "Not Compatable" are compatable anyways.. it's just the playstore that thinks your device is not supported.
Beware that if you have editted your build.prop and your DPI, playstore can also have compatability issues because its 240dpi for this device.
Also I'm not listing games if they do not work, obviously!
NOVA3 just works fine.
note: My list has been updated!
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Try out Ravensword. Runs on the unity engine but graphics are pretty good! It's been described as skyrim for Android, minus the largeness.
P.S. it should still be available as part of the humble bundle. humblebundle.com
Dungeon Hunter 4
is dungeon hunter 4 running fine? some reviews say it lags
edit: and dark knight rises as well
I'm playing galaxy on fire 2 hd without any lag
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305
I have Xperia M (Can't afford more than that) , it also have Adreno 305 , i can run games like Dead Trigger , Shadow Gun , Real Racing 3 ,Asphalt 7 and 8 and the game runs pretty smooth , too bad i can't play games like MC4 and NOVA 3 cuz of its internal size . Nevertheless , its a good GPU :good:
iKlutz said:
I'm playing galaxy on fire 2 hd without any lag
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Yes! They finally removed the restriction on the GT-I9195!
Whosat said:
Yes! They finally removed the restriction on the GT-I9195!
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Yeah but note that you need to force 4x MSAA in developer options to make it play.
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I am thinking about getting the Nexus 7 coming from the iPad mini. I have quite a collection of games and was particularly wondering if the new Nexus performs well with that PPSSPP emulator? Will I be happy with the performance for a lot of games or is the Nexus too slow?
I've been using drastic ds on mine for ds games and they are running without any hitches. Not tried any psp games on it yet though.
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You ask if the nexus will be too slow, yet you're coming from an iPad mini...
Of course they will run great! I've tried NES, SNES, GBA, DS, and have heard a out PSX and PSP emulators running flawlessly.
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Check out RetroArch... the best and free
gman901 said:
I am thinking about getting the Nexus 7 coming from the iPad mini. I have quite a collection of games and was particularly wondering if the new Nexus performs well with that PPSSPP emulator? Will I be happy with the performance for a lot of games or is the Nexus too slow?
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Some games run perfectly (Corpse Party, VC 2, Patapoon), but most are still kinda slow (Crisis Core, Fate/Extra, Dangaronpa framebuffered to CPU, etc.). PPSSPP still have a long way to go it seems, or the Nexus 7 2013 simply isn´t powerful enough.
But Drastic DS is perfect for every single DS game I´ve tried so far.
gman901 said:
I am thinking about getting the Nexus 7 coming from the iPad mini. I have quite a collection of games and was particularly wondering if the new Nexus performs well with that PPSSPP emulator? Will I be happy with the performance for a lot of games or is the Nexus too slow?
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I can vouch that the PSX, Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 emulators work great!! Especially the Playstation. There are a few games that dont work correctly on the 64 (Perfect Dark), but both Zelda games and Super Mario 64 work flawlessly.
Is this nexus 7 adreno320 better for gaming than the tegra 3 version? Does nexus 7 2013 lag on gta vice gta 3 gangstar vegas asphalt 8?
ian619420 said:
Is this nexus 7 adreno320 better for gaming than the tegra 3 version? Does nexus 7 2013 lag on gta vice gta 3 gangstar vegas asphalt 8?
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Lag may be due to limited storage capacity.
I had lags in my N7'12 but once i cleared some space, Asphalt was smooth!
Nexus 7 (2013) is about twice faster in games over 2012 version. (google benchmarks, everything is here)
Adreno 320 is crushing Tegra 3 pretty badly, and better CPU helps with that too.
Hello, I have a question. Is the Nexus 7 2013 so weak device? Why GTA San Andreas and Vice City are so laggy? I don't understand. Is the original Nexus 7 are better for gaming than New Nexus 7? Should i sell my nexus 7? Because i want play games
These GTA games are not optimized for Adreno GPU's. You should get the Tegra Note 7, if gaming is your primary concern.
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But is the Nexus 7 2013 inappropriate for gaming? I'm talking not about only GTA series, i'm talking about all good games with nice graphics. And Maybe Rockstar optimize GTA San Andreas and Vice City For adreno 320 gpu?
erazijus said:
But is the Nexus 7 2013 inappropriate for gaming? I'm talking not about only GTA series, i'm talking about all good games with nice graphics. And Maybe Rockstar optimize GTA San Andreas and Vice City For adreno 320 gpu?
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Can someone ask this questions?
In my opinion the Nexus 7 is not bad at all for gaming. Especially with the price/performance ratio in mind. I can play modern games like GTA SA on medium settings with no problems at all
it is a really good device man, the problem is that we have a really high resolution (too much pixels per inch) and rockstar did not optimize for adreno 320 gpu.
my brother owns a hp slate 7 with mali400 (it sucks) but gta runs smoothly.
In my opinion the Nexus 7 2 is a pretty good device for gaming combined with a great system performance in general.
If there is a game that lags a bit on highest settings you can still overclock the device by changing and configuring its kernel to improve the gaming experience.