Anbernic's first Snapdragon-powered handheld is beautifully designed, comfortable to use and capable, but the G1 Gen 2's weak GPU makes a starting-from $150 price harder to justify.
  • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    So here’s my review on the 55G1 retro handheld.

    The chip itself is pretty interesting: the CPU is capable, while the relatively weak GPU creates a pretty unusual performance profile, which by now is no shock to anyone here.

    I also chatted with Gamma (the mind behind GammaOS) about what he’s been able to do with the RG55G1’s drivers and where he thinks there’s more performance to be found.

    And I spoke to Camille, lead dev/creator of Eden (a Nintendo Switch emulator), about the G1 Gen 2, Switch emulation, drivers and how the chip compares with other Snapdragon hardware in his experiences. Obviously I review things too, but these are the two unique angles in my lil article here.

    There’s a lot I really like about the RG55G1, but the $150+ price makes it a difficult handheld to place. I think the part I’m most proud of in this review is the image of Gamma on top of MC Hammer’s ubiquitous album cover, which I used for his section in here:

  • popcar2@piefed.caEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Every now and then Anbernic just throws a curveball and makes a weird device nobody really wants, this being one of them. I don’t really understand the choice to make it 16:9 considering the only 16:9 system it can run is the PSP, and it’s not strong enough for anything even resembling PS2 with widescreen hacks.

    It’ll probably go on big sales like other Anbernic stuff soon enough, might find it even going down to $100 on AliExpress or something by the end of the year. But still, it’s just an awkward little device.