Playing games is just the starting point, and the flagship experience needs a shot of core strengthening agent

Once upon a time, yes mobile phone Performance is often measured by game performance, and "performance testing software" such as Primordial God continues this habit. However, with the continuous efforts of SoC manufacturers, in the last generation of products, the top mobile platform represented by the second generation Snapdragon 8 can already run large games such as Primordium without pressure. So, how can we choose a flagship phone when game performance is no longer the bottleneck?

First, let's talk about games. As we all know, playing games requires fluency and stability. After all, no one wants to let the frame dropping Carton Mosaic ruin their game experience. Here we use the Red Devil 9Pro to test. The Red Devil 9Pro is equipped with the performance iron triangle composed of the third generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform+full blood version LPDDR5X+UFS4.0.

In the actual measurement, when the cooling fan was turned on, the Red Devil 9Pro scored 2175070 points in the rabbit V10 test, and also scored 5207 points in the 3DMarkWild Life EXTREME test. Its performance was quite eye-catching, and the overall performance test score was the ceiling level of the current Android flagship handset.

In the game measurement, we directly selected the original god and the collapse: the star vault railway, which currently have high requirements for mobile phone performance, for testing. In the heavy load test of the Original God, we set the image quality option to extremely high image quality+60 frames, and the test scene is a run map. The measured average frame rate of the Red Devil 9Pro with the cooling fan mode turned on is 60.4 frames. Except for the scene of map switching, it is almost a full frame line.

In the test of Collapse: Star Dome Railway, we set the image quality option to extreme image quality+extremely high frame rate. The test scene is the map running of Luofu Xianzhou Xingcha Sea Center. The measured average frame rate of Red Devil 9Pro is 58.8 frames, reaching the top level of e-sports mobile phones.

Of course, the game experience must not be as simple as the frame rate. Qualcomm also discovered this and integrated many technologies related to game experience in its hands to launch Snapdragon Elite Gaming.

Snapdragon Elite Gaming is QUALCOMM's game experience solution, which builds a bridge between users, mobile phones and developers, enabling developers to quickly introduce advanced game technologies and consumers to quickly experience the advantages of new technologies. Since the Snapdragon 855 began to provide Elite Gaming features, so far, the Snapdragon mobile platform has supported more than 50 features, bringing gamers a full range of experience improvements from frame rate, image quality to control. In the past two years, we have seen the implementation of 144Hz high brush games, 10bit HDR image quality, VRS variable resolution rendering and other technologies.

Taking the fluency that players most care about as an example, the VRS rendering technology supported by Snapdragon Elite Gaming can render different picture elements with different accuracy, reduce the GPU load and improve the frame rate; The upgraded VRS Pro technology can automatically distinguish and render images, reduce the difficulty of developers' adaptation, and enable them to support more games. Adreno image motion engine can even directly calculate additional frame insertion, so that the game can run at a higher frame rate under the same power consumption, thus further reducing the GPU computing load and achieving the effect of "high frame rate, low energy consumption". The super resolution feature of Snapdragon game introduced recently has made the game experience even better. This feature integrates improving the resolution, frame rate and power consumption, and improves the frame rate and extends the endurance without degrading the image quality.

In addition, in the first generation Snapdragon 8, an Adreno GPU control panel function was added, such as through Mi phones , players can freely control the game parameters according to their personal preferences. In Collapse: Dome Railway, if you want to pursue the best picture quality, you can turn on the "high-quality" option on the console to render at 810P or higher resolution; If you want a smooth and not hot game experience, turn on the "Balance" option to reduce the rendering resolution and improve the smoothness.

As the most popular new technology in the game recently, all flagship SoCs have begun to support ray tracing technology in succession. Starting from the second generation of Snapdragon 8, the flagship platform of Snapdragon 8 Series began to support hardware accelerated real-time ray tracing. Adreno GPU added a special mobile ray tracing acceleration unit, which can handle tens of billions of ray intersections per second. It also introduced a special Snapdragon shadow noise reducer, which is 4 times faster than other current solutions, and produces more delicate and natural ray tracing images.

Audio is also an indispensable part of the game experience. The third generation Snapdragon 8 supports Snapdragon Sound Snapdragon listening technology, which can provide a clear, balanced and immersive audio experience. Qualcomm aptX audio decoder is the core element of Snapdragon's listening technology. Its transmission rate can reach up to 420kbps, sampling rate can reach up to 96kHz, and bit depth can reach up to 24bit, ensuring lossless or near lossless audio output. It also supports 3DAudio technology, which can adjust the sound field direction and sense of distance in real time according to the user's head and headset position to create a three-dimensional surround sound effect.

In addition to games, Snapdragon mobile platform can also improve the experience of mobile phones. In terms of image, thanks to Spectra ISP and Qualcomm AI engine, users can take amazing photos and videos in any light conditions. At the same time, the fifth generation of Qualcomm AI engine and Hexagon processor provide powerful computing power, bringing a wealth of AI applications and intelligent experiences to mobile phones.

In terms of network connection, the flagship of Snapdragon 8 Series supports the latest standards such as 5G, Wi Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 to ensure that users can enjoy high-speed and stable network services anytime and anywhere. In terms of security, Qualcomm Secure Processing Unit provides hardware level security to protect users' privacy and data from disclosure.

On the whole, if you want to choose a flagship mobile phone that plays well, the game frame rate is not the only indicator. External factors such as hearing and network are also an important part of the game experience. Only when these are excellent can you find a flagship phone that really meets your needs. For those users seeking the best game experience, the flagship of the third generation Snapdragon 8 is undoubtedly the best choice.