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I still have mine and it’s next to useless, from the start it was kneecapped by its weak processor and windows.

I think I tried to install a Linux OS recently, but the biggest issue is driver support and long boot times.

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Ive since replaced mine with a steam deck, which is amazing and very capable. I wouldn’t mind more power, but the form factor, and combo with a dock make it amazingly impressive.

Still, its much larger than gpd win was, would love a device that size again. I spent a whole paycheck on that thing, and would again if it was the same form factor.

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It’s less powerful than a steamdeck, and runs arm, but the Ayn Thor might be what you’re looking for.

With things like Gamenative and Gamehub you can get pretty good windows emulation through box64. I’ve been messing around with it and it works pretty well (played dark souls remastered, BPM, Katana Zero, etc. on an arm handheld).

Edit: I don’t have a Thor, I’ve been messing around with Gamenative on another device.

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Ive been looking at ayn devices, the Thor is sick. Ive been pestering my wife about one lol, maybe it’ll show up on My birthday. I don’t have an arm device yet either so i need one for sure

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I was amazed at how well x64 emulation has gotten on arm. The chip in the Thor should be pretty decent, but definitely expect pain points and worse support than the steamdeck/Linux (on x64).

I haven’t had any game not load for me yet, but performance is inconsistent (especially in 3D games). Something that seems lightweight will be sluggish and other things run surprisingly smoothly.

This site - https://www.emuready.com/ - helped me research to see if I could actually play the games in my backlog.

Edit: Also, most phone chips have shared RAM (if I recall correctly), so higher ram in the device means higher gpu VRAM. So going cheap on ram could impact what games are playable.

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