• BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s the same with the smartphone chips. The newest high end smartphones are able to make graphics like the ps5, real time shading and so on. But there is not a single app that uses this.

    Imagine you have 5 gears and you can only use up to the 2nd because the car manifacturer says that this way you are as fast as the majority.

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      1 year ago

      Cache is something everything uses. Unlike your situation where a developer has to program an app to do something like raytracing, x3D is already exiting technology and requires 0 input from the developer standpoint to use.

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      1 year ago

      Snapdragon 8 gen 2 gpu theoretical performance is closer to that of the ps4 pro. Even then you have vastly different power limits and architectures. It’s amazing what the gpus in our phones can do but they’re not in the same league as modern hardware in consoles and PCs.