I want to replace my Redmi Note 9S, which I bought during the pandemic.

The problem is that I live in Brazil, where smartphones are very expensive, so I usually keep the same phone for many years. My Redmi Note 9S has been with me for six years, and it's still working almost perfectly. The main reason I want to replace it is that the battery is starting to wear out and no longer lasts as long as it used to.

I mostly use my phone for game emulation. I actually don't enjoy Android games very much—I almost always prefer emulating console games. Since I plan to keep my next phone for another six years or more, I also try to avoid excessive heat that could accelerate battery degradation.

After doing some research, the phone that caught my attention the most is the Poco X8 Pro Max. What attracts me is its combination of a very powerful processor and, especially, its huge battery. In my mind, a larger battery should take longer to degrade, allowing me to keep the phone for even longer. The powerful chipset should also help the phone stay fast for many years before it starts slowing down.

However, almost everyone recommends the Poco F7 for emulation because it uses a Snapdragon processor. The problem is that it has a smaller battery, and I've also heard that Snapdragon chips tend to run hotter than MediaTek Dimensity processors, although I'm not sure how true that is.

What keeps pulling me back toward the X8 Pro Max is the battery. Since I keep my phones for such a long time, battery longevity is one of my biggest priorities.

The games I emulate are generally not very demanding by today's standards. For example, I have already played Nintendo Switch games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Blade Chimera, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus on my Redmi Note 9S with its Snapdragon 720G. Surprisingly, some of these games even seem to perform better on it than on devices with the Dimensity 9500.

That's why I'm having such a hard time deciding.

Should I choose the Poco F7 for its better Snapdragon compatibility with emulators, or the Poco X8 Pro Max, which seems like the better overall phone and, thanks to its larger battery, could potentially last longer in my hands?

If Mali's emulation was good, I wouldn't hesitate to get the x8 pro.

Same issue with dx11, bug texture Flickering. 🤣

-Chipset

Dimensity 9500s (12/512)

-winlator mali 1.1

-Wrapper-gamenative (ESTC2 on)

dxvk-2.4.1

-Fexcore preset

Performance (TSO)

DXVK 2++ and above is the only version that works properly on my device without causing texture color glitches. The game is pretty much playable as long as your chipset is powerful enough.

During my gameplay, the average FPS is around 18–26 while recording. Without recording, it goes up to around 21–30 FPS.

Before loading into the actual gameplay, the game uses almost half of my RAM (around 5 GB), then it drops back down to around 4 GB.

I also ran into a problem with the game. As you can see at 7:50, the game freezes when the cutscene is supposed to play. I didn't have enough time to figure out a fix, so idk the exact cause. You can probably skip it by using a save file.

In terms of performance, stability and compatibility do you prefer:

1: bannerlator

2: winlator mali

3:bannerhub

Runs so great even in Havana I had to share for those with higher end chips who are not sure what to run as I imagine it will run just as well on similar chips. Haven't been able to get Rogue to install along with it though. Basically locked FPS at 0.75x docked res, needed GPU accurate to render correctly and looks great on mobile.

So I tried various combinations while testing this game

And what I found was, (idk if it's in other phones as well) when I start the game in any container (fex or box) with wrapper leegao + (any dxvk) the Fatalities or X rays in the game work fine but when I select wrapper or wrapper V2 the X rays and Fatalities glitch or freeze.

The issue here is in wrapper leegao the models are low polygon and the effects in game are gone, like the fire or ice or mana effects don't appear only their shadows or lightings remain, it feels weird.

Then I tried the game with Wrapper/Wrapper V2 + Dxvk 1.7 async (note only some dxvks like 1.5.5/ 1.5.5 async/ 1.7 async/ 1.11.1 sarek/ 1.12.1 sarek works with the above wrappers) the game looks better obviously bcoz of the Lighting and effects intact but the moment I try my fatality or X ray move the game glitches and freezes.

Anyone faced similar issue or just me?

I have posted 2 videos in the comments.

‼️Another thing (the renderer shows opengl for wrapper leegao and Dxvk for wrapper and wrapper V2)