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Is there a Retroid Pocket Duo PC performance database? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/retrohandhelds@sh.itjust.works
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Pretty much the title.

I was wondering, how plausible it is that this might become a clamshell steamdeck-lite.

Found some google docs online (lost the link, though - some r*ddit post mentioned it), but nothing too big. And I figured that there might be data out there.

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

The Thor and the Duo have plenty of horsepower, no doubt.

The issue is that PC games are built to run on x86 CPUs, talking to first-party DirectX drivers and Windows APIs.

So there’s a lot of overhead and lost optimizations when you translate them to run on ARM CPUs, talking to Turnip DirectX drivers, and emulated Windows APIs.

Performance will continue to improve, for sure, and eventually we’ll start to see native ARM Linux builds for some titles.

But it’s the wild West out there right now. Hard crashes are common, configs are brittle, and some games are more obstinant than others. Take any Steam success as a bonus rather than the main goal of the device.

Also: Just making sure… You said “even the Thor”, but my understanding is that the Thor is more powerful than the Duo.

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