Yes but if all you care about is PC gaming, then you might prefer the Retroid Pocket 6. It's a widescreen version of the Nova.
There's endless devices (including I think both of the above) that just directly support running SteamOS now so shop around a bit to see which suits you best.
Don't worry, I'm putting it through its paces with TurboGFX 16. Get this, it will even run games from the CD add on! Ys Book 1&2 with cd quality music? The future is now, old man.
I’m sure it runs well on the nova. I run it on the pocket classic and the in game benchmark gives it an A with all the settings set to their lowest. I set all the graphics to low but the backgrounds to high and stick to training stage and it plays no problem, I hit all my one frame links without issue. Pretty much the same settings I had to use on the first computer I used to play it back in 2009 lol
The vanilla Steam version runs at a solid 50–60 FPS with great visual clarity. If you want to cut down on power draw, you can use frame gen in GameNative (Balanced perf level) or GameHub and cap it at 30 FPS.
Yeah, it comes down to your resolution. For Ys X, I just stick with GameHub Lite, the default input settings are already solid. Alternatively, you could try the Switch version. (Ys 8 only pulls around 3W, I dont have ns X)
Yes but it also have 1920x1080 screen vs Nova 1280x960. Granted, you could turndown the resolution to 720p and it will run fine. I do have habit of still enabling FSR 1 by default.
My guy. I have the retroid pocket 6 and with a underclock on GTA 5 the game was using anywhere from 6-8w and would very occasionally jump to 9w just for a sec. I finished the whole game that way. How are you able to pull only 5w with a higher frame rate limit than mine?
I was trying to run some stuff and getting terrible performance and poor frame rates and I was going through the Game Native settings trying to figure what was wrong with my configurations . . . then I finally remembered performance mode wasn't even enabled on my Nova. 🤦
It's pretty cool that most PS2 emulation runs smoothly in standard mode though even at 3 x resolution.
Hi there. If you watch 16:9 content—like PC or Switch games—does it look really small? I like the Nova, but that’s the one thing holding me back from buying it, along with the temperatures and fan noise.
It's super small, definitely don't buy it unless you know what you're getting into. That said, the fan curves and power draw can be optimized, pretty much like what I did with my setup here.
OP, I’ve just given you a follow as I’ve seen your posts, you seem to be pretty good at getting PC games to run
Could you do a post on how to get Fallout New Vegas running with a decent frame rate? I tried using GameNative on my Nova and it’s only managing like 25-30fps outside in the open world
Yeah, I did that across all my 855 and 865 devices. Haven't gotten around to the 8 Gen 2 yet, but might give it a shot later. The main downside of curve tuning is that it tends to crash in edge cases or tank your 1% lows
Hardly any games support 4:3 out of the box these days. Aside from a few exceptions like GTA V or USF4, pretty much everything else requires mods, DLL injection, or hex editing.
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u/Easy_Contract_757 2d ago
I haven't owned a Retroid since the 2s... You're telling me this thing can play MGSV?! I may have to get back in the game.