HowardRoark
Member
If you are referring to my "test" that I outlined above, you shouldn't have to mess with BIOS, you can actually limit the CPU via a Windows program as Phawx said: ThrottleStop in Windows.
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If you are referring to my "test" that I outlined above, you shouldn't have to mess with BIOS, you can actually limit the CPU via a Windows program as Phawx said: ThrottleStop in Windows.
Phawx
Member
10/25 BIOS is still portrait.
Ive been checking regularly and it still says in Hong Kong. Local post service doesnt even recognize the tracking number.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
Fed Ex tells me that my label has been created. That's it.
BIOS updated and I think my settings saved this time although I need to double-check later.
Display driver still crashes
Downloaded throttlestop to try some to start some power consumption related tests, it tells me cpu not supported.
Any other apps like it or I just need to go through bios after all?
Display driver still crashes
Downloaded throttlestop to try some to start some power consumption related tests, it tells me cpu not supported.
Any other apps like it or I just need to go through bios after all?
DrROBschiz
Member
Isnt there a newer N64 emulator nowadays?
Phawx
Member
It requires Vulkan which we don't have yet.
HowardRoark
Member
This guy used Rightmark:
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/th...e-palmtop-computer.76762/page-83#post-1397416
Well already disabled turboboost in the bios but Rightmark works well.
Fan off, screen brightness at 0 and hobbling the processor does not stop the crashes though.
Max temp ever reached was 71C.
Testing more games and Luftrausers works fine albeit its a 2d side scrolling shooter.
Terraria also worked fine, took forever to load though even when I reset the processor back to 1600mhz.
For a visual reference this is what happens whenever I try Torchlight.
To note Jedi Knight Jedi Academy works fine through the character setup page and video cutscenes but crashes as soon as you get to the game engine rendered cut scene where the graphics driver crashes but instead of it showing artifacts or continuing to crash the screen'll be frozen on the last image shown but it'll continue playing although given it only shows the frozen image even when the cutscene ends and you can control the character it doesn't help much.
I'm not sure if it continues playing without crashing more because its not rendering anything other than the frozen image or something else.
I need to widen my test portfolio and test more games.
Does anyone else have a win regardless of if it plays games without crashing or not that has torchlight to compare?
Its less than a gigabyte download.
Fan off, screen brightness at 0 and hobbling the processor does not stop the crashes though.
Max temp ever reached was 71C.
Testing more games and Luftrausers works fine albeit its a 2d side scrolling shooter.
Terraria also worked fine, took forever to load though even when I reset the processor back to 1600mhz.
For a visual reference this is what happens whenever I try Torchlight.
What its supposed to look like.
Then the driver crashes.
Over and over giving different graphical artifact errors each time until the fifth time where windows blocks the game from accessing the graphics hardware.
To note Jedi Knight Jedi Academy works fine through the character setup page and video cutscenes but crashes as soon as you get to the game engine rendered cut scene where the graphics driver crashes but instead of it showing artifacts or continuing to crash the screen'll be frozen on the last image shown but it'll continue playing although given it only shows the frozen image even when the cutscene ends and you can control the character it doesn't help much.
I'm not sure if it continues playing without crashing more because its not rendering anything other than the frozen image or something else.
I need to widen my test portfolio and test more games.
Does anyone else have a win regardless of if it plays games without crashing or not that has torchlight to compare?
Its less than a gigabyte download.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
This kind of tinkering is giving me a headache. I just want to play Steam games on the go. I really hope none of this tinkering nonsense is necessary. It's cool we can do that, and I might eventually, but I worry the device is flawed out of the box 
This kind of tinkering is giving me a headache. I just want to play Steam games on the go. I really hope none of this tinkering nonsense is necessary. It's cool we can do that, and I might eventually, but I worry the device is flawed out of the box
You don't have to mess with anything. I haven't and it is working great overall.
Night.Ninja
Banned
Has anyone tried killer instinct yet ?
Not going to bother. It just barely runs at 60 fps on my Surface Pro 4 i5 at the lowest settings/resolution and even then it won't pass the benchmark test.
This kind of tinkering is giving me a headache. I just want to play Steam games on the go. I really hope none of this tinkering nonsense is necessary. It's cool we can do that, and I might eventually, but I worry the device is flawed out of the box
I mean maybe shouldn't have picked a windows machine then? Some of the stuff is excessive I agree having to fuck with certain settings to fix errors that shouldn't be on the device from day one is ridiculous, but this was a backed windows handheld device from a Chinese company, some tinkering is expected.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
No, no tinkering is expected for a consumer device. My windows gaming PC works fine without any tinkering. GPD makes hardware already that doesn't need tinkering.
I disagree totally and it is a shame if we are expected to perform servicing on our new devices. Hopefully, however, that isn't the case. It doesn't seem to be the case for everyone, like Lyte Edge.
Thanks Lyte.
Well good news, I've played orcs must die for more than half an hour without issue.
It's a 2011 third person action tower defense.
Turboboost is still off, cpu at 1600mhz, backlight at full and fan on full speed.
Will try turning on turboboost later and see if it makes it crash.
Well good news, I've played orcs must die for more than half an hour without issue.
It's a 2011 third person action tower defense.
Turboboost is still off, cpu at 1600mhz, backlight at full and fan on full speed.
Will try turning on turboboost later and see if it makes it crash.
Thanks.OK, installed Torchlight and loaded up a save. Worked fine for me.
So this at least shows this isn't all devices.
It's mine.
I'm gonna see what Kendy has to say about this.
Just noticed 3 rows of keys are leaving marks all the way across the digitizer.
I don't like that.
twentytwo22
Member
This kind of tinkering is giving me a headache. I just want to play Steam games on the go. I really hope none of this tinkering nonsense is necessary. It's cool we can do that, and I might eventually, but I worry the device is flawed out of the box
I haven't done any tinkering with mine (unless you count updating windows "tinkering") and my unit has worked just fine out of the box *shrug* I agree that some of the maximizing is unnecessary for most people (but hey, more power to those who want to), but I also agree that buying a Windows PC with a CPU/GPU not designed for gaming and a 5.5" screen and expecting everything to be seamless is naive at best.
Tested Final Fantasy XI for about an hour earlier and it worked great. Gonna try Dolphin and PCSX2 now.
f@luS
More than a member.
I don't know. But impossible to go full screen or I'm mistaking ?
Hmm...I don't know about using a flash drive for game installs. I started downloading and installing a game and could feel the flash drive absolutely radiating heat and the GPD WIN getting hotter and hotter. It didn't overheat but decided to stop it just in case. Will just stick with the internal storage for now. Maybe I'll try again with much smaller sized games.
twentytwo22
Member
Currently installing DS2 to one, haha. Nothing getting too hot but the transfer speeds seem kind of bad.
Anyone ever run into this issue before? I tried installing a game from Steam and it would just stop downloading. Only that particular game. Restarting Steam, restarting Windows, and clearing the Steam cache had no effect. So weird.
I was using a very small-sized flash drive. Small enough that it would barely stick out of the unit and could be put into a 3DS XL case, still inserted into the system, with no problem.
Doesn't playing games off a flash drive affect the life of the drive and also cause performance issues anyway?
There are some definite QC issues going on here. I can tell that my unit from Geekbuying was actually tested before they shipped it.
I was using a very small-sized flash drive. Small enough that it would barely stick out of the unit and could be put into a 3DS XL case, still inserted into the system, with no problem.
Doesn't playing games off a flash drive affect the life of the drive and also cause performance issues anyway?
There are some definite QC issues going on here. I can tell that my unit from Geekbuying was actually tested before they shipped it.
Unless this is now a normal thing on new Windows 10 PCs (which would be weird), it already had an Admin account created and was ready to go. No set up process to go through. The desktop I bought a few months ago came the same way. I assume they just used express settings and wanted to make sure it worked. I had to go through the settings and turn off stuff like update sharing.
Shadoron
Member
I just noticed this on mine as well. Try to find a microfiber cloth that will cover the keys, and sandwich it between them and the screen when you close it . I used to do this with my 1st gen 3DS (the model that would rub the lower screen bezel against the upper screen). Worked like a charm, and I never had any scratches. Plus, you always have a screen cleaning cloth on hand.
I've been reading through what games have been crashing the Win... I don't own any of them. Would something like Fallout 3 tax the system enough to see if I have the display driver issues? Or (standard) Skyrim?
Phawx
Member
Dolphin is hit or miss. Paper Mario Thousand year door runs well.
PCSX2 is hit or miss. Kingdom Hearts 1 runs great.
NullDC is the only DC emu that works decent enough.
Saturn is hit or miss.
Anything before then works fine enough.
I haven't tried Citra on it yet.
Tizoc
Member
Nice was more interested in psone emulation but i can assume that nds emulation runs fine too?
HowardRoark
Member
Fallout 3 should definitely be enough to tax the system and see if you get any driver crashes/shutdowns. People with the worst problems have these issues after 30 seconds or so of ANY 3D rendering.
"Dear Sir or Madam
Thank you for your patient waiting.
It is estimated that your order will be shipped next week.
please don't worry ,once it is prepared , we will ship it out ASAP. and will send you a message with the tracking number.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Best regards,
Jennifer"
noice ordered from geekbuying about last week
the pre-order batch was about number ~ 500 or so
Thank you for your patient waiting.
It is estimated that your order will be shipped next week.
please don't worry ,once it is prepared , we will ship it out ASAP. and will send you a message with the tracking number.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Best regards,
Jennifer"
noice ordered from geekbuying about last week
the pre-order batch was about number ~ 500 or so
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
Don't get your hopes up. As of today, my WIN has been at the Hong Kong International Airport for an entire week.
purseowner
Member
Wow. I'm IGG backer 2000andsomething and yet I just got a text saying it's arriving Tuesday.
Out of nowhere.
Out of nowhere.
f@luS
More than a member.
I'm IGG 2030, and I got an email saying Monday a few days ago. Sounds like it might be really happening!
purseowner
Member
I have a far too expansive Steam library and will be primarily testing JRPGs and VNs (in addition to Dolphin and PCSX2). Will post results here or in the eventual OT.
(And whoever asked for Valkyria Chronicles elsewhere in the thread, if they haven't already got theirs, I'll be testing that.)
(And whoever asked for Valkyria Chronicles elsewhere in the thread, if they haven't already got theirs, I'll be testing that.)
hit me up with the trails of skies fam