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Gaming on the Epic

I feel like a big part of some of us getting the Epic was the fact it had an excellent Gpu and would make a great gaming device. Now that its out and we have our froyo, I think its a good time to start a thread about gaming on our phones. I think we should post vids of games running on our phones and share it with the world so they can see how powerful our phones really are. Im going to start getting a bunch of games and recording it, listing whether im overclocked or not and what rom i was running at the time. Feel free to add you own videos and comments
Heres a few to start off with: I will try to update regularly. Im also open to suggestions
Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus - Midnight rom v5.1 - no overclock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGzkIQZAYoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPxQ7UJPl4
Mario 64 running on N64oid - ACS rom(dont remember which one ) - no overclock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3MxuzvZUdY
Zelda 64 OOt running on N64oid - ACS rom(dont remember which one ) - no overclock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN2iTbSfte8
New Vids: 4-10-11
Metal Gear Solid PSX running on Fpse - Midnight rom v5.1 - overclocked to 1.3 ( runs the same at 1 ghz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7FWnLncQ-c
Need for Speed Shift - Midnight rom v5.1 - overclocked to 1.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RE6pJ_cHs

Just incase

Just Incase

I converted my phone to ext 4, I am able to play perfect dark longer without too many crashes, and goldeneye is smoother at 1.3ghz. still testing between kernels to see which is best..

You can probably use the video option of the shoot me app to record the game directly from your phone. Probably get better vid quality

running_the_dream said:
You can probably use the video option of the shoot me app to record the game directly from your phone. Probably get better vid quality
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really.. i was looking for a video capture app. ill check it out. thanks

just tried it.. it works ok.. but the videos arent smooth so you cant really get the full affect of the game

I think the way you are going it now is good, shows how the controls work with the on-screen controls.

ok so F Zero (n64oid) at 0 frame skips with SFR ext 4 and Vision Kernel 1.0 (set at 1.3ghz on demand, performance and 1.4ghz crashes on me) runs really well.

also, Goldeneye is now playable! , still choppy here n there, but much much less than before. it does depend on your rom, I tried a few other goldeneye roms from before. I dont think this site lets me post it up so...

the dump is located in this forum under Xperia Play, be sure to download it. Downloading mine right now, hopefully we can use their PSX emu, games, etc.
Also with Goldeneye and Pdark, the games tend to make the emu crash or become frozen. My kernel didnt like it either so had tons of data corruption I think, just switched back to twlight kernel. If your phone can handle the vision kernel, then use that for gaming..

Goldeneye doesn't really crash for me but it gets REALLY slow after a certain point.. as for psx, I've been using FPSE and it works pretty dam good. I've been playing metal gear solid perfectly.. controls are a little tricky at first though
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g

The game "Sandstorm" on Epic is AWESOME.Is there some sort of an wrestling game for the android?

ankurisbak said:
The game "Sandstorm" on Epic is AWESOME.Is there some sort of an wrestling game for the android?
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Yah sandstorm is pretty good. Its the version of the game i posted. As for wrestling you best bet is getting the n64 emulator orbthe psx emulator and getting a wrestling rom. Granted the characters will be pretty old
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g

Speedx3d is badass.

bump for some new vids

DroidApprentice said:
Speedx3d is badass.
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Yes it is but Piggy Drop is my hands down favorite game in the Market. Call of Duty is very bad ass as well.

So do most of these games run smoothly?

latindor17 said:
So do most of these games run smoothly?
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Every game I've played runs smoothly on my epic.. this thing is made for gaming I swear . Take a look at the vids in the first post if u haven't already
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g

latindor17 said:
So do most of these games run smoothly?
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Even half a year from now, the Epic will still be near the top tier of phone hardware. There are actually games out there that run well ONLY on phones with the Epic's specs. Market reviews will show you that pretty quickly.

Nexus 7 Performance?

Hello,
I have bought my nexus 7 3G 32GB about one month ago.And tried to play many games,all games ran pretty smooth without lagg except these:
nova3,nfs:mw...Also I didnt get any special effects like fire on buildings in nova,however asphalt 7 ran very smooth no lagg at all,altough many people said that it's laggy.So how could i optimize my gaming performance?I've tried trinity kernel and m-kernel.OCed at 1.7ghz and 700mhz didnt helped in games... All what i felt performance increase was only in benchmark scores.Games ran almost same as before flashing kernels...What kernel should i use only for best performance ,i dont really care about battery.And what other optimizations should i do to get all these effects in games and reduce lag?

Hi man i played those games on my nexus but havent ur problem ...r u sure it is for ur kernel?

Yes.I'm sure.By the way you mean that you don't get any lagg on nova 3 or nfs mw?

I'm a Trinity fan, but on my 7 I actually found faux kernel to provide me the smoothest gameplay.I didn't start with much lag in the first place though, biggest thing for me is on dead trigger with graphics set to ultra high there would be a stutter at times when blasting zombies with my shotgun. I could just turn graphics down, but then the zombies don't get thrown backwards which looks cool.
Faux smoothed it out a bit, though I've never had a kernel make a significant difference on any device. NFS MW plays smooth for me, as it did with the stock kernel. Haven't downloaded nova 3 on the 7 yet.
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trinty is not that good, I use franco and games play withoud lag. When I played GTA Vice City with trinty kernel, my nexus got very hot and than shutted down. With franco it just stays pretty cool.
and however, try to play that same game with some different kernels (m-kernel or faux), or put the govenor to performance and than try it again (but that really sucks battery). it is strange, those games play smoothly on my nexus 7 with franco.

How about nova 3?Is it smooth on franco or faux kernels?

Nova 3 was poor for me too. Played better on my dual core EVO 3d....checkout this post for more discussion on it...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085452
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BUMP.

[i9001]Games on Galaxy S+

Hi!
I will make a list with best games for this phone.
So my top 4 for now is: Dead Trigger,Gta 3,Temple Run 2,Vector.
(give me a like on yt,ps it's romanian voice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxnlY8fd8Uw
Put your top games here(if you can,put a video with it too)

Mc4,NFS most wanted,
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1.Modern Combat 4
2.NFS Most Wanted
3.Asphalt 7 :Heat
4.GTA:Vice City
5.Blood&Glory:Legend
6.Indestructibles by GLU
7.Wild Blood by GLoft
(7th place Cuz I'm stuck on a level)
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Favourites:
1. Dead Space
2. NFSMW
3. Springfield
4. Hill Climb Racer
P.S.: Why not adding a poll so everybody can vote and suggest new ones ???

games
Top game for me:
Need For Speed Most Wanted

My recent favourite has been Demon Hunter 3. Too bad multiplayer needs wifi. Easy Diablo clone to kill time on the bus
Also a bit off topic but what is your rom & kernel configuration for Temple Run 2? I have only played it with CM10 with several different kernels. Best seems to be latest Phenom kernel, but still game suffers a bit of random lags, especially when you get far. Sometimes makes you just wanna throw your phone to that wall I wonder if it's the alpha JB snapdragon drivers that are causing random FPS drops. Is it more playable in GB or ICS?

rousku- said:
My recent favourite has been Demon Hunter 3. Too bad multiplayer needs wifi. Easy Diablo clone to kill time on the bus
Also a bit off topic but what is your rom & kernel configuration for Temple Run 2? I have only played it with CM10 with several different kernels. Best seems to be latest Phenom kernel, but still game suffers a bit of random lags, especially when you get far. Sometimes makes you just wanna throw your phone to that wall I wonder if it's the alpha JB snapdragon drivers that are causing random FPS drops. Is it more playable in GB or ICS?
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have you already tried a 3.4 kernel - like Nexus v9.1? I dont have lags with this kernel, but perhaps i don't get that far.

A alot of people are saying that it is the alpha stage gpu drivers that qualcom hasn't updated. Even though you score good 6500ish on antutu, many high end games will lag. So it is a general problem with all JB roms and kernels for now. Qualcom drivers for ICS and GB should be better. I haven't installed CM9 yet, but have to try it at some point I guess.
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Top Games for me:
Flow Free
They need to be fed
Temple Run
Shadow Gun

Top Games
My top games are:
1. Temple Run 2
2. Benji Banans
3. Asphalt 7
And btw, I have a problem. I can't play any Modern Combat with my S Plus. Play store says that my phone isn't compatible I think it might have something to do with my ROM. I flashed CM10 Beta 3 by Ivendor and then incompatibility problems started. They all worked fine with 2.3.6 gingerbread. What could be the problem? Thanks in advance

NSF
Temple run
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gta 3 & Real Racing

top games
asphalt 7
zenonia 5
subway surfer XD
contract killer : zombie 2 (the origins)

Top game : Modern Combat 4

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NFS
wildblood
asphalt7
nova3
9mm
raven sword
modern combat 4
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Bought Asphalt 8 - Heavy Lag on GS4-i9500

Just bought Asphalt 8, honestly expected it to run flawlessly on my Black GS4-i9500 but that was not the case. Installation was fine, but game is really laggy and the graphic is kind of messed up and unstable. It's like the graphic card is not powerful enough to run it at full speed. I'm playing on default settings and I made sure there is no other application running besides Airborne. My phone is a genuine one and have not rooted it. It's the same for Minion Rush and Asphalt 7.
What might be causing this problem according to you guys and is there any way to fix this?
Many thanks.

blowmrsky said:
Just bought Asphalt 8, honestly expected it to run flawlessly on my Black GS4-i9500 but that was not the case. Installation was fine, but game is really laggy and the graphic is kind of messed up and unstable. It's like the graphic card is not powerful enough to run it at full speed. I'm playing on default settings and I made sure there is no other application running besides Airborne. My phone is a genuine one and have not rooted it. It's the same for Minion Rush and Asphalt 7.
What might be causing this problem according to you guys and is there any way to fix this?
Many thanks.
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Had no lags like this on stock. Everything ran flawlessly.
but smearing issue bothered me so I rooted it and installed perseus kernel. Everything is fast as hell. And using wanam rom.
try a factory reset. Then update to latest ota. And test again.

There is no such thing called "lag" on my I9500, on GE Port or stock Touchwiz.
But yes, my phone is rooted and got swapped external to internal.
Probably there's something wrong in your beloved storage.

blowmrsky said:
Just bought Asphalt 8, honestly expected it to run flawlessly on my Black GS4-i9500 but that was not the case. Installation was fine, but game is really laggy and the graphic is kind of messed up and unstable. It's like the graphic card is not powerful enough to run it at full speed. I'm playing on default settings and I made sure there is no other application running besides Airborne. My phone is a genuine one and have not rooted it. It's the same for Minion Rush and Asphalt 7.
What might be causing this problem according to you guys and is there any way to fix this?
Many thanks.
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It is the way it is.
Forget these guys who says Asphalt 8 run flawlessly on I9500/I9505, it doesn't. Flawlessly is 60fps all the time. S4 can't deliver that.
It doesn't matter which ROM you are using, they do little to no help on GPU performance, unless when you are OCing the GPU.
Just make sure you don't have background apps running.
For Asphalt 8 on I9500 expect a frame rate on High Quality averaging on 30fps, with peaks on 40fps and dips on 15fps.
I9505 is a few frames worse.
If you really want have a gain on FPS, you should have root, be on Android 4.2 and change the resolution to let's say 720x1280.

got ard 30fps, can't say perfect but good enough to play. Anyway racing game don't require very high fps.
If you experience HEAVY LAG then something must be wrong.
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I am playing real racing on i9500 from past few days. and IT SUCKS. fone get stuck time to time while loading game. I have to reboot it again and again

Sorry I'm a little bit out of the main subject.
Is there any way to show FPS when gaming on android devices ? I looked in playstore and there's none.
To get back to the subject, you should see what's wrong with your phone .. Asphalt runs well on S4 as it's running on IPAD 4 (but the bigger screen makes it better experience really) .. S2 also runs it well with medium graphics.

I thought the 3d titles were a bit laggy or jerky but played on iPhone 5 and we're the same smaller screen was rubbish.
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3ayachi said:
Sorry I'm a little bit out of the main subject.
Is there any way to show FPS when gaming on android devices ? I looked in playstore and there's none.
To get back to the subject, you should see what's wrong with your phone .. Asphalt runs well on S4 as it's running on IPAD 4 (but the bigger screen makes it better experience really) .. S2 also runs it well with medium graphics.
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FPS Meter (root required)
It is paid though... It used to be cheaper, I paid U$ 1.00 (maybe I bought it on specials days, don't know...) but now it is around U$ 4.00.
It shows fps on screen. It affects the performance a little bit when active, something around 5%-10%.

superandroid2011 said:
FPS Meter (root required)
It is paid though... It used to be cheaper, I paid U$ 1.00 (maybe I bought it on specials days, don't know...) but now it is around U$ 4.00.
It shows fps on screen. It affects the performance a little bit when active, something around 5%-10%.
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It effects much more than 5%-10%. It is taking down the FPS by about 10-15FPS!

I found no Lag yet on my phone. I've played and still playing Asphalt 8, Modern Combat 4, shadowgun:deadzone etc. and all run smooth.

superandroid2011 said:
If you really want have a gain on FPS, you should have root, be on Android 4.2 and change the resolution to let's say 720x1280.
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Asphalt 8 is already runing at 720p.
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tollboy said:
I am playing real racing on i9500 from past few days. and IT SUCKS. fone get stuck time to time while loading game. I have to reboot it again and again
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I had the same problem with my S4, I noticed that it only happened when playing using the Bumper Cam view.
Since switching to the hood view its never frozen or stopped once.

been playing asphalt 8 for 2 weeks now, never had a problem.
I9500 - wanamlite 1.8 + adam kernel 2.2
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xtrustkillx said:
Asphalt 8 is already runing at 720p.
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Wow. All this time, I've been thinking that it is running at 1080. Are you sure its at 720? I mean have you tried to run the game at 720p and noticed any difference?
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Works fine for me. Never had a problem

Asphalt 8, NFS Mostwanted, Fifa 2014, GTA Vicecity, all running smoothly and lagfree on my I9500 on Omega rom V14 stock kernel

i have no problem in my i9500 and i9505 i am using wanam rom in both

Somethings weird on your phone... To everyone, the Adreno 320 and PowerVR SGX544 are pretty much the same in performance. On that note, I'm playing Asphalt 8 at around 40-50 FPS. No frame drops at all. Using a Canadian SGS4 so its a S600. Running Broodplanks Pure AOSP. Its most likely the best ROM for gaming. Gets 29000 in Antutu without any over clock.

I9500
here asphalt 8 is just fine..
around 40-55 fps. No overclock.
crash rom 8.8 stock mh1 kernel

[Q] Good ROM for heavy games

Hi, how's everyone?
When i bought my nexus 4 before like 7 months it was pretty good, and can handle heavy games like modern combat 4 and Asphalt 8 in high graphics, Now i cant even enjoy playing those games because of frames lags and stuff.
Could you please tell me what i should do? I tried to flash factory image still didn't solve thus problem.
Running Purity ROM with Hells core Kernel #V56
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Led_ce4arab said:
Hi, how's everyone?
When i bought my nexus 4 before like 7 months it was pretty good, and can handle heavy games like modern combat 4 and Asphalt 8 in high graphics, Now i cant even enjoy playing those games because of frames lags and stuff.
Could you please tell me what i should do? I tried to flash factory image still didn't solve thus problem.
Running Purity ROM with Hells core Kernel #V56
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A different ROM won't make any difference, unless it has its own kernel with some performance tweaks. Set CPU to On Demand, and GPU to Performance. Might make a difference. You could try a kernel with overclock, like AK, but you should make increases incrementally and keep an eye (or hand) on possible overheating.
If you were able to run things before, but now things are lagging with the same settings, It'll be because you've got extra crap running the background hogging resources.

I think Hells Core b57 can help u, dude. I tested this kernel w/ some heavy games and it did very well :3. But, play so many heavy games w/ that kernel can make ur battery drain very fast w/ b57 version include ur phone will be heat up @@

Led_ce4arab said:
Hi, how's everyone?
When i bought my nexus 4 before like 7 months it was pretty good, and can handle heavy games like modern combat 4 and Asphalt 8 in high graphics, Now i cant even enjoy playing those games because of frames lags and stuff.
Could you please tell me what i should do? I tried to flash factory image still didn't solve thus problem.
Running Purity ROM with Hells core Kernel #V56
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PARANOID ANDROID or CYANOGENMOD.
You can't go wrong with either of these ROMS
Plus you can download Franco's kernel for PA.
Under the CPU governer choose performance. This will cause all your cores to run at 1.5ghz regardless of the load on your system. Hence maximizing performance
There's a temperature throttling option in Franco kernel.
Google sets its GPU throttling at 37 Celcius. So when your phone heats up, the performance decreases.
You can actually override this default temperature so you'll get a better performance in the LONGER RUN.
Just don't crank it up too high. We don't want your phone to be extra hot.
But 37 degrees celcius is way too low when compared to other phone GPU throttling temperature.

Thanks everyone!
That really helped me.
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