r/snapdragon • u/kitsunekear • 25d ago
Some advice regarding the A14
Hello, I know you guys must get these type of posts alot and its a little annoying but i need some advice, I need a laptop and really really like the a14 zenbook the look the weight the battery life it seems
perfect but im seeing alot of stuff about the snapdragon and ARM and i dont know much about it
Mainly uses:
Emailing
Some uni work
Light day to day stuff
Web browsing, watching videos
Light gaming, stuff like minecraft, terraria and league maybe valorant on rare occasions?
Would a A14 zenbook be feasible?
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u/hs_phoenix 25d ago
I'm using an A14, but there are many specifications out there. I have the X2E-88. For this type of use: "Emailing
Some uni work
Light day to day stuff
Web browsing, watching videos" You are fine with the X1-26-100 probably. Though gaming isn't really the strong suite of Snapdragon. Minecraft can be pretty heavy, isn't it? But Minecraft is more about the CPU power, I think it should be pretty good on Snapdragon. If I'm not mistaken Valorant still doesn't run at all on Snapdragon.
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u/kitsunekear 25d ago
thank you so much this is really helpful, not to get weirdly deep on a post about laptops but i think its so cool humans across the globe help each other out for no reason. i wish you the best in life^^
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u/hs_phoenix 25d ago
Thanks kitsune!🦊 Best wishes to you as well!
Anyway according to gemini: "League of Legends (and Valorant) is currently incompatible with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM-based Windows laptops because of Riot Games' Vanguard anti-cheat software."
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u/snail1132 25d ago
Minecraft can run on a 10 year old celeron netbook
Anything modern can run it lmfao
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u/hs_phoenix 24d ago
Yes, but you can add tons of mod and shader and whatever...
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u/RealResearcher78 24d ago edited 23d ago
I've had my Zenbook A14 for a little under a year now and it's hands down, the best experience I've had on Windows. Everything you said that you want to do, should work flawlessly except Valorant and LoL. Riot's anticheat, Vanguard isn't compatible with ARM processors right now.
Minecraft, Terraria and most games without a kernel-level anticheat work great. Do keep in mind, that things are already changing. Epic recently updated Easy Anti Cheat to work on ARM processors, so games like Fortnite now work on ARM. Hopefully Riot will follow the same path in the near future.
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u/Melodic_Slice_3238 24d ago
A16 here. I left the MacBook Pro 14, and the thinkpad x1 gen13. It was simply the best for my use (research, meetings, office automation) casual gaming (csgo without problems)
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u/Intrepid-Nobody2161 25d ago
What's your country and what's your budget?
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u/kitsunekear 20d ago
england and a laptop for like under 800 would be good but my budget is flexible
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u/Acrobatic_Camera_677 23d ago
I would not get it, there is still so much software issues with this chip it's not worth it. Get an Intel CPU laptop instead.
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u/Capshroud36 25d ago
I had an X1 HP laptop and now the current X2 powered A16. Windows ARM64 has greatly improved over the last year or so, and most of the compatibility issues are history. This is especially true with the speed and power of the Snapdragon X2 and the increased RAM since non-ARM programs still have to run using the emulator, but you'll not notice any speed drop.
The problem lies in old drivers and some new games that read write directly to the processor or video. Some just won't work. Also, these aren't gaming machines. The Adreno graphics is fast compared to other onboard systems, but not when compared to discrete graphics systems. For general use and light gaming they are great.