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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
Sent from my GT-I9500*powered by WanamLite 1.8

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 : [i9500] lag when gaming on stock tw 4.4.2

Hi, anyone here have this lag issue too when playing game like asphalt 8 or gta : sa on stock tw 4.4.2 ?

Noriyuki_Fariz said:
Hi, anyone here have this lag issue too when playing game like asphalt 8 or gta : sa on stock tw 4.4.2 ?
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Gameloft games are only optimised for Adreno and Mali, not PowerVR.
GTA SA lags with almost all android devices

Man, but this game no lag in stock tw 4.3 and cm11 even i used only 2 core clocked in 1.200ghz.. maybe this bug only in i9500 tw 4.4.2 ?

Noriyuki_Fariz said:
Man, but this game no lag in stock tw 4.3 and cm11 even i used only 2 core clocked in 1.200ghz.. maybe this bug only in i9500 tw 4.4.2 ?
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Probably Samsung's aggressive thermal throttling which was introduced with 4.4.2.
BTW, how on earth did you get games to only run on 2 of the 4 low power A7 cores?

MrAndroid12 said:
Probably Samsung's aggressive thermal throttling which was introduced with 4.4.2.
BTW, how on earth did you get games to only run on 2 of the 4 low power A7 cores?
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I dont know, but game realy work without lag in dual core.. yeah samsung should work solve that bug i think.. i cant use 4.4.2 then..

Noriyuki_Fariz said:
I dont know, but game realy work without lag in dual core.. yeah samsung should work solve that bug i think.. i cant use 4.4.2 then..
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How on did you know it was just running on two cores?
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MrAndroid12 said:
How on did you know it was just running on two cores?
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i disable it in stweak using MaxFour kernel.. ain't a15 run too on 1.200ghz ? i think not only a7..
yeah asphalt 8 high graphic run fine on my i9100 and gta : sa lowest setting..

Noriyuki_Fariz said:
i disable it in stweak using MaxFour kernel.. ain't a15 run too on 1.200ghz ? i think not only a7..
yeah asphalt 8 high graphic run fine on my i9100 and gta : sa lowest setting..
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No, the A15s run at 1.6Ghz... which is what I am rather concerned about.
Because a normally functioning phone should utilise all cores and speeds should be fluctuating above 1.2Ghz in for graphically intensive games in your case.
The i9100 has a optimised Mali 400 GPU which should run GTA better than most Adreno or PowerVR of that gen.
It is also worth noting that the SGS2 is running at a awfully lot lower resolution at 800*480 compared to 1920*1080 which will require a lot more processing power than the S2 to run those games at similar settings.
Both GPU and CPU are important.
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MrAndroid12 said:
No, the A15s run at 1.6Ghz... which is what I am rather concerned about.
Because a normally functioning phone should utilise all cores and speeds should be fluctuating above 1.2Ghz in for graphically intensive games in your case.
The i9100 has a optimised Mali 400 GPU which should run GTA better than most Adreno or PowerVR of that gen.
It is also worth noting that the SGS2 is running at a awfully lot lower resolution at 800*480 compared to 1920*1080 which will require a lot more processing power than the S2 to run those games at similar settings.
Both GPU and CPU are important.
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in setting a15 can run in 700mhz up to 1.600ghz, a7 100 - 1.200 but yeah i'm not a master on this thing.. you right resolution affect too in performance..

Noriyuki_Fariz said:
in setting a15 can run in 700mhz up to 1.600ghz, a7 100 - 1.200 but yeah i'm not a master on this thing.. you right resolution affect too in performance..
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Have you tried forcing it to run at 1600Mhz in settings and perhaps lock your GPU clock as well?
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MrAndroid12 said:
Have you tried forcing it to run at 1600Mhz in settings and perhaps lock your GPU clock as well?
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Yeah bro i tried everything, cpu gpu min clock set to max freq.. tried gltools too still no luck.. this not happend in tw 4.3 and cm11.. so i guest this a something bug in tw 4.4.2..

[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
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

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
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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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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Real Racing 3 at high graphic settings

Hi, i have 4gig version with ClaeanKat on Canvas a120. When i try to play Real Racing 3 on my device it lags a lot. Is there any tweak to play this game without any lag on this device? Which other ROM (no bugs) will best suit the purpose?

Wiko Rainbow
I tried wiko rainbow v13. It is so far best experience for me Haven't yet tried CM12.1 as installation failed for me :crying:

speedracer426 said:
Hi, i have 4gig version with ClaeanKat on Canvas a120. When i try to play Real Racing 3 on my device it lags a lot. Is there any tweak to play this game without any lag on this device? Which other ROM (no bugs) will best suit the purpose?
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iam playing Real Racing 3 in canvas A120 stock kitkat ROM
-if i helped your problem Hit THANKS.

Chinmayhegde said:
iam playing Real Racing 3 in canvas A120 stock kitkat ROM
-if i helped your problem Hit THANKS.
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Does it lags on medium or higher graphics settings?

speedracer426 said:
Does it lags on medium or higher graphics settings?
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I've played real racing 3 on stock rom and it works on maxed ....there's a real racing graphic settings app ....u can get it online...u want to customizer ur graphics use gltools....u can download it from xda ...just search on Google. .It should solve ur problems. ..try fake gpu in that...

micromax a120 1931 said:
I've played real racing 3 on stock rom and it works on maxed ....there's a real racing graphic settings app ....u can get it online...u want to customizer ur graphics use gltools....u can download it from xda ...just search on Google. .It should solve ur problems. ..try fake gpu in that...
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But when we use fake gpu through gl tools the game starts downloading content at monkey logo screen which I do not want to download. Is there any solution to this? Anyways, did that helped in improving graphics and performance?

speedracer426 said:
But when we use fake gpu through gl tools the game starts downloading content at monkey logo screen which I do not want to download. Is there any solution to this? Anyways, did that helped in improving graphics and performance?
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I dnt knw abt the fake gpu and downloading things but fake gpu always works most of the time for me at least ...seen better frames in implosion,dead trigger,turbo discharge ...ik it works ...but I dnt knw abt the downloading part...

micromax a120 1931 said:
I dnt knw abt the fake gpu and downloading things but fake gpu always works most of the time for me at least ...seen better frames in implosion,dead trigger,turbo discharge ...ik it works ...but I dnt knw abt the downloading part...
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Well, i am talking about Real Racing 3..may be every game has a different settings.

(SP 805)How can I increase gaming performance?

I have bad performance at modern combat 5,real racing 3and maybe other games. I have bad gaming in stock rom(5.1.1) and other custom roms too how can i solve it ?

HasanErdil said:
I have bad performance at modern combat 5,real racing 3and maybe other games. I have bad gaming in stock rom(5.1.1) and other custom roms too how can i solve it ?
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Have you tried custom kernel? or GameTuner from PlayStore,change resolution and will be good

Well you have 2 options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-gltools-1-29-t2828630
this one is an per app graphics config. You can choose witch app to run on what resolution and you can set filters like MSAA and antistropic filtering and such.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer&hl=nl
2nd one changes the resolution of your whole system to gain more framerate but things may crash like touchwiz and keyboard.
I my self use GLtools the most and i'm pretty happy with the functionality.
Offcourse you need ROOT for both of these apps.

Jovan1997 said:
Have you tried custom kernel? or GameTuner from PlayStore,change resolution and will be good
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I used game tuner and custom kerner but nothing worked and gaming problem only happenning at mc5 and real racing 3 not at other games like gta sa

SquirtingCherry said:
Well you have 2 options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-gltools-1-29-t2828630
this one is an per app graphics config. You can choose witch app to run on what resolution and you can set filters like MSAA and antistropic filtering and such.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer&hl=nl
2nd one changes the resolution of your whole system to gain more framerate but things may crash like touchwiz and keyboard.
I my self use GLtools the most and i'm pretty happy with the functionality.
Offcourse you need ROOT for both of these apps.
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I used nomone but touchwiz get fc and i know the gltools i used it but my performance at games not increased very and the performance problem not happening at all games like(asphalt 8,gta sa) but at modern combat 5 and real racing 3 have low fps and unplayeble

HasanErdil said:
I used game tuner and custom kerner but nothing worked and gaming problem only happenning at mc5 and real racing 3 not at other games like gta sa
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ohh sorry to hear that...than go sell snapdragon and buy exynos gl

Just use the Performance governor when you are gaming, for both GPU and CPU, and try to increase the freq of GPU if needed.

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Just use the Performance governor when you are gaming, for both GPU and CPU, and try to increase the freq of GPU if needed.
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Thanks

HasanErdil said:
I have bad performance at modern combat 5,real racing 3and maybe other games. I have bad gaming in stock rom(5.1.1) and other custom roms too how can i solve it ?
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I downloaded real racing 3 and played for about 2 hours so far. No perceptible slowing down or lag on my snapdragon note 4. I am on 4.4.4 (FireKat) with DVFS disabled. Stock DPI and no game tuners of any kind. Stock kernel.
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nine5raptor said:
I downloaded real racing 3 and played for about 2 hours so far. No perceptible slowing down or lag on my snapdragon note 4. I am on 4.4.4 (FireKat) with DVFS disabled. Stock DPI and no game tuners of any kind. Stock kernel.
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Is this rom work on sm-n910f or only t-mobile note4?

HasanErdil said:
Is this rom work on sm-n910f or only t-mobile note4?
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There is a 910F version as well. I'll pm you.
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HasanErdil said:
I have bad performance at modern combat 5,real racing 3and maybe other games. I have bad gaming in stock rom(5.1.1) and other custom roms too how can i solve it ?
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Snapdragon version is bad for gaming, no way around it, but since you are still on lollipop, you should install Xposed & wanam xposed module & disabe dvfs, it used to work for me, but ever since I updated to marshmallow, I am out of luck since xposed is not working now