Oh, but sorry; the new Nubia Red Magic 10S Pro+ takes it up a notch. The most important thing here is not the support of demanding mobile apps; it is powered by a beefy Snapdragon 8 Elite processor (with a max speed of 4.47 GHz) and has a secret weapon - an emulator for the real PC gaming experience. And now we are watching how it really works.
One dedicated owner of this phone really wanted to push the limits of what this baby can do, and what they did was run a bunch of famous PC games on the phone's emulator. Among these titles are:
- Control
- Dying Light 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Metro Exodus
- Black Myth: Wukong
All games ran on the glories of the stated resolution of 1600x720 pixels. So what does Red Magic 10S Pro+ think of this well-respected and dignified task.
The Results: Hits and Misses
As expected, performance was somewhat mixed. Here's a quick rundown:
The Winner
Remedy's paranormal shooter, Control, seemed to feel right at home on the phone. It ran incredibly smoothly, often hitting frame rates between 70 and 100 frames per second (fps). That's seriously impressive.
The Challenges
More difficult were the other titles. For instance:
Dying Light 2 hovers around the 30 fps mark, which is playable, but variable depending on what's happening on-screen while Metro Exodus is in a similar ballpark.
It was more or less 30 fps for Baldur's Gate 3, but it dropped trying to get that mark, sometimes going as low as 10 fps; that's not going to make for a very smooth adventure.
Black Myth: Wukong turned out to be quite heavy. Frame rates jumped anywhere between a mere 5 fps to 30 fps. In some heavy-action scenes, it was hovering around 10-15 fps. But by enabling an upscaling technology called NXSR (at 50%), the performance could be increased to a more respectful 30-50 fps, though this would really push the phone's graphics chip.
What the Nubia Red Magic 10S Pro+ is pulling off here is, in fact, really quite amazing. Running these complicated PC games even with an emulator as a go-between is really such big processing power. There is a bright outlook on the future of mobile gaming and what might yet be possible as these devices continue to evolve.
