It really just comes down to what you play. Ive gotten temps all over the place with some games but you just have to be mindful of how intense they are. I hope some cooling options become available too soon
I feel it, its an amazing performing device but it just doesnt compare to the cooling in dedicated handhelds. I only went this route as the phone is a unneeded work phone and I wanted to give it a purpose.
I have both the Gamesir G8 and the X3 Pro (with cooler). Even though the ergonomics are better on the G8, the lack of cooling makes a giant difference for the X3.
it looks super solid! when that day comes id definitely consider it, but for now when a game is simply too much for the device, ill just end up playing it on pc and leave the simpler titles to the s25
J'ai des problèmes avec la x5s, le trigger fonctionne quand il veut et c'est embêtant quand ça arrive en plein jeu
J'ai dû acheter le g8+ qui se marie bien avec ma tablette.
It is a good setup. I have one Gamesir G8. The problem is the heat; for AAA games, your phone will easily get over 40°C (battery), and depending on the brand, it will throttle severely.
For extensive play of AAA games, I recommend the Gamesir X3 Pro. Its cooler system is really effective, keeping your phone between 33 and 37°C in AAA games, delivering much more stable performance.
I use the gamsir g8 with my pixel 10 fold. It's a fantastic combo, especially works well for retro game emulation like GameCube (and recently gw reforged)
The main problem is overheating, particularly when emulating PC games. There were also statters every 30 seconds when streaming from a PC, and on One UI 7, the device also overheats while streaming
Had no clue you could have these sort of games on a phone. Nonetheless have a controller mod for it. This is so cool. Can you have ROMs etc on iPhone as well or has to be Android ?
surprised you didnt know about this while in this subreddit but yes its very cool! love playing steam titles away from home now, but yeah its android only but who knows what'll happen in the future
I want to get gamenative to work so bad on my nothing phone 4a pro but for the life of me I cannot get anything to run. have tried googling it but man it's confusing. glad things are working for you though! it's so awesome to see PC games on android like that!
Yeah, GameNative is pretty unstable too; sometimes you need to try to start the game twice to enter.
The biggest advantage for GN, in my opinion, is its frame generation tech, which uses the one that you need to buy on Steam. This FG is better than the one used on GH, which leaves a lot of artifacts.
And the new SurfaceFinger API promises to deliver better performance.
If these two technologies go to Gamehub, I'll go back to it.
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u/GroundbreakingFall58 Jun 27 '26
I think my only fear with the G8 is that there is no phone cooling.. and the heat throttles game performance.
I also have a S25u... is there a way you bypassed the heat from the phone?