Summary
DROIX blog review of the acepc-picobox-pro. Published 2023-12-18 on droix.net.
FPS / Gaming Performance
- While the ACEPC Picobox Pro is not a gaming mini PC, like the Mini it is OK for very light gaming. We are again testing the awesome Double Dragon running at 4K and it had no issues running at full 60 frames per second. We tried something more challenging with Oceanhorn 2 with the settings at 720P on Low graphics. We are getting a solid 60 frames here as well, but keep in mind the lower resolution and graphics levels.
Emulation Notes
- For emulation we already know from the Picobox Mini that these processors are actually quite good for emulation. You can run all the 8 and 16 bit systems just fine. You can even run the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation and increase the rendering resolution up to 1080P and higher depending on the game. We also saw good performance on the Dolphin emulator with mostly full frames per second.
- For the PSP emulator PPSSPP we also saw good performance, God Of War will run full speed on 1x rendering resolution, and depending on the game you can increase it to improve visual quality. And for PS2 emulation, it is unfortunately not powerful enough to run most games at full speed. Nevertheless, it is very impressive having these systems being able to run on these Mini Intel desktops.
- For emulation, the Pro is very capable. You get decent performance on DuckStation, Dolphin and PPSSPP emulators, and all the earlier classic console and computer systems
- ACEPC Picobox Pro PPSSPP
Source
Full review available at: https://droix.net/blogs/acepc-picobox-pro-review-with-video/