Minisforum UM690 gaming mini PC with Microsoft Flight Simulator (DROIX Blog)

Summary

DROIX blog review of the minisforum-um690. Published 2023-02-08 on droix.net.

Overall, Flight Sim runs OK on the UM690. For the most part, we stay above 30 frames per second with some rare frame drops below when loading in scenery. This is quite a demanding game so it does a good job and is definitely playable at these settings.
Here’s some quick info on other games that work on the UM690. On Forza Horizon 5 you can run at Low graphics 720P and get 125 frames per second. You can of course increase the settings for higher quality graphics.
On Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 you can run at 720P on the Minimal graphics settings for around 100 frames per second. Again you can increase the graphics for higher quality visuals.

The UM690 is also very good for emulation. You can run all the classic 8 and 16 bit consoles as well as Dreamcast PS1 and PS2 with no issues at all. For PlayStation 3 providing the game is compatible you can generally run them at great speeds with some minor shader caching now and again. You can even play compatible games on the Ryujinx and Yuzu emulators, not all games run at full speed though, but there are a decent number that do.