Whine? Maybe even Fex?
You can play windows x86 games on the Arm chip that is in the steam Frame. So there are conversions, but generally you lose like 10-15% performance of it runs.
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thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
How is this even possible? I mean this is x86 we speaking off. Hello?!
JelleWho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This is not ARM, this is x86 processor ripped out of the Steam Deck. I know we can emulate x86 even on smartphones. So small form factor is possible this way. But having a full fledged x86 PC processor in a small form factor almost the size of original Game Boy is pretty impressive. Given what it is capable of playing.
JelleWho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ow cool, didn’t realised they used an actual x86 chip. Quite impressive for an diy form factor
ClobberBobble48@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If been playing around with theDroid-Deck on my android phone this week and it’s surprisingly good.
I don’t have the space to install really large games, so I’ve tested recent indie/AA games and older games like Crysis Remastered and they all just worked. Even the desktop experience and flatpak installer was quick and painless.
I already have a Steam Deck and don’t really need to use this, but it’s pretty awesome easily running games or Linux apps on the phone. Obviously YMMV, but I’ve been genuinely surprised by it so far
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
To be fair it is pretty chunky. If you think about it for a minute, we’ve had x86 laptops (portable, very thin) and very small desktop computers (NUC for example) for decades. So I don’t think the x86 architecture has anything to do with it.
I’ve seen countless YouTube videos making similar projects with a Wii or something, and it’s just as unbelievable.
Mad props to this maker!