Summary
DROIX blog review of the ayaneo-pocket-s. Published 2024-05-17 on droix.net.
FPS / Gaming Performance
- The compatible games work very well! There are some shader cache lags now and again. But you can use 2x internal rendering and usually get 60 FPS after.
Emulation Notes
- RetroArch
- AetherSX2
- We know from the AYN Odin 2 that these newer Snapdragon processors are great for emulation. We saw that the now sadly departed Yuzu was even able to run some games at great speeds. Before we check that emulator out, let’s have a quick look at some older consoles and work our way up to the newer ones.
- Everything will work perfect on RetroArch. Though for more the modern systems, use their separate apps for best speeds.
- Dolphin emulator on the Pocket S
- Vita3k Street Fighter X Tekken
- Yuzu emulator with Cruisn Blast
- In terms of performance then the AYANEO Pocket S overall wins here. But we generally see small gaps in performance, unless it’s GPU demanding, and there can be up to 15% difference. Something to consider, do you actually need the extra performance when emulators like AetherSX2, Citra and Yuzu are discontinued?
Source
Full review available at: https://droix.net/blogs/ayaneo-pocket-s-review-with-video/