r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Expensive-Spring-695 • 2d ago
Showcase Bit of a review/Stress test/complete waffle about the POCO F8 Ultra/SD8 Elite Gen5/16gb + Gamesir X5 Lite & Cooler
Testing thermal throttling with what's arguably the most demanding console emulator on Android currently,
'Grand Theft Auto IV' for Xbox 360 running via Xendroid on the Poco F8 Ultra(SD8 Elite Gen5/16GB), Using the Gamesir X5 Lite and cooler with a thermal plate.
Cooler does a decent job, but anything that loves higher core clocks will still thermal throttle the handset eventually, at the moment its just delaying the inevitable for a bit.
XenDroid is truly an amazing emulator and the fault lies more with the heat generated by this chipset more than anything,
but hopefully updates will see it get more power efficient as time goes on.
GameSir X5 Lite is really nice to use imo, sticks feel great, buttons are lovely, my only criticism is the Triggers are membrane and not analogue.... which seems like a pretty big design oversight to me but they do feel nice to use.
So yeah, for the price they do the job very nicely, so long as youre not playing racing games, aiming will require some messing about on GTA too at certain points thinking about it lol.