sábado, 10 de diciembre de 2016

Some Compatible Games!

Here's a list of games GPD Win owners have tested and played well. The game should be around 720p/30fps minimum to be eligible for this list, please specify what settings the game used, the resolution, and FPS. Updated daily:
  • Prince of Persia Sands of Time with Widescreen Patch
  • Psychonauts -- can't recommend this enough, almost feels like it was made for it
  • Towerfall: Ascension
  • Bioshock -- some control difficulties with the nubs, but still fun
  • Four Sided Fantasy
  • Axiom Verge
  • Binding of Issac Rebirth
  • Terraria
  • Rogue Legacy
  • Starbound
  • Half Life 2 -- Ran great on Medium settings. No noticeable slowdown that I could see. Gotta love the source engine!
  • Portal 1
  • Portal 2
  • Golf With Your Friends
  • Thrillville : Off the Rails is running on the HIGHEST SETTINGS at 720p 60fps, XINPUT and Mouse settings work great!
  • War Thunder
  • The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
  • The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
  • Fallout 3 (check compatibility fixes for this title)
  • Rocket League
  • Resident Evil Revelations 1 -- runs smooth
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Stardew Valley
  • Fuel
  • Alice: Madness Returns
  • Street Fighter x Tekken
  • Dead Space 1
  • Thumper
  • Nuclear Throne
  • Freedom Planet
  • Tetrobot & Co.
  • KOTOR 2 (Steam, internal HD) -- runs great, 720p. I got the old 'black screen' bug after the prologue, which has nothing to do with the Win itself. Google suggested lowering the textures setting, so hopefully that'll work.
  • Ronin (Steam, default settings, internal HD) -- no problems
  • Super Meat Boy (Steam, default settins, internal HD) -- no problems
  • Titan Souls (Steam, default settings, internal HD) -- no problems
  • Spelunky (GOG, default settings, SD card) -- no problems
  • Invisible Inc (GOG, default settings, SD card) -- no problems
  • Borderlands 1
  • Borderlands 2
  • Borderlands 3
  • Factorio -- Touch screen works nice. I think most factorio games chug a little bit when zoomed out. its nice, as apparently the GUI can be scaled up!
  • South Park : The Stick Of Truth -- Runs Perfectly, Just as well as on my desktop computer. Supports 360 controller out of the box. Excellent.
  • Rayman Legends --Runs perfectly. Ideal game to play on the WIN really. Looks and plays great.
  • Black Mesa (HL1 Remake) -- Seemed to run great, despite it's notoriously bad loading times which were made worse by me running off a micro SD card.
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • GTA San Andreas - works perfectly - amazing! (Using Xpadder for gamepad support)
  • Extreme Landings (win 10 store app) - great use of touch controls and the built in gyroscope
  • Fallout New Vegas --like Fallout 3, but with controller supprt, and windows 10 compatible, 30 fps, sometimes as high as 45!
  • Divinity Original Sin: Enhanced Edition (Steam, 720p, internal HD) -- The game auto-detects lowest settings. Runs at 24fps, which is still quite playable given the nature of the game. Turning off VSync and AA didn't make any difference.
  • Gabriel Knight: 20th Anniversary -- (GOG, 720p, SD card) no problems
  • Megaman Legacy Collection (Steam)
  • SEGA Classics (Steam) -- steady 30+ FPS @ 720p
  • PAC-MAN 256 (Steam) -- steady 30+ FPS @ 720p
  • Street Fighter Ultra IV (Steam) -- steady 30+ FPS @ 720p
  • The Detail (Steam) -- steady 30+ FPS @ 720p
  • The Swapper (Steam) -- steady 30+ FPS @ 720p
  • Nidhogg -- Works at full speed
  • Divekick -- Works at full speed
  • Pinball Space Cadet -- feels like it's made for this device
  • Magic 2014 -- works out of the box. I didn't change any settings yet (except for shadows, I now realize)
  • Skifree -- had no problems
  • INSIDE -- runs totally playable at 720p (probably 30fps)
  • Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara -- runs flawless
  • Stanley Parable -- Runs perfectly at Medium settings, 720p. (60ish fps most of the time)
  • Hitman 2
  • Worms Armageddon -- plays great, 60 fps and maxed. Requires some mapping, as controller isn't supported.
  • Gothic 2
  • Jamestown -- (bullet hell shooter on Steam) works at full speed and is a perfect fit for the device.
  • Parkitect -- Currently in early access on Steam. Essentially a modern day update of Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 & 2. Ran great, Mouse controls worked pretty well
  • La-Mulana -- (the original, never played the remake. You may encounter some odd behavior at first but those are windows 10 issues, not win issues)
  • Lethal League -- (really fun and no problems supporting 4 players)
  • Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt -- (runs fine on this system, though it's a gamemaker title so no surprise)
  • Fairy Bloom Freesia -- (no problems I can detect)
  • Valkyria Chronicles -- (Steam, 720p, SD card) - runs great!
  • Awesomenauts
  • Life is Strange -- runs well at 1280x720 considering it's an adventure game of sorts. 22-30fps, xinput controls are great.
  • One Finger Death -- Punch runs perfectly with xinput controls. Dunno if it's 60fps but it's smooth.
  • Rogue Legacy -- Runs at 30fps when you first start it, simply go to options, switch Full Screen on, switch off shadow effects and restart for a whopping 60FPS! also works great with XInput.
  • Puzzle Quest -- Garlic Bread could run this game, perfect speed constantly, the GPD Win doesn't even get warm! simply go to options and choose Joystick mode and XInput will work nicely however I use Touchscreen for my moves, play how you like.
  • Bejeweled 2 -- Runs amazing as you can expect, works as if it was made for the touch screen.
  • Atom Zombie Smasher -- Brilliant to play however does not have controller support, you won't really need it though.
  • Intergalatic Bubbles -- Very low priced game on Steam and if you like Bust a Move, you'll love this, runs freaking great, constant 60fps and the device stays very cool!
  • Pool Nation -- Looks better than the Xbox One version of Pool Nation FX, runs damn nice at 60fps+ but remember to switch on XInput before starting the game, for the record, Pool Nation FX ran poorly at around 15fps so I deleted that from my library.
  • Ziggurat -- Another game which ran nicely as soon as it was installed, lowering the settings to minimum got it running at that nice 60fps and it didn't look much different from the Xbox One version still, seriously!
  • DOOM 3 BFG Edition -- ran it with default settings, no tweaking. Looked pretty close to 50fps and 720p
  • Senran Kagura Shinovi VS -- full screen 720p runs great by default it is set to borderless, and it stutters alot, but changing to fullscreen fixes it.
  • Hyperdemsion Neptunia U action unleashed -- full screen 720p runs great by default it is set to borderless, and it stutters alot, but changing to fullscreen fixes it.
  • Also Steins;Gate -- runs great 720p full screen
  • Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend -- 720p arcade, with vsync, light bloom effects and anti aliasing off runs pretty good, framerate sometimes dips to 50 but usually stays at or near 60
  • Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD -- fullscreen 720p works great
  • Snow -- fullscreen 720p with everything on low works great too
  • Midnight Club 2 -- Also runs perfectly on max settings.
  • Torchlight 2 -- low settings 720p framerate 30-40
  • Dark Messiah of Might and Magic -- works great, fps about 30-50, settings on high
  • Risk of Rain -- this games are made for gpd win
  • Jet Set Radio -- runs perfect, but looks like it´s locked at 30 fps
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids -- works perfectly at 720p medium (doesn't get very hot either)
  • Oh Sir! -- works flawlessly as expected (mouse mode)
  • Poker Night 2 (steam) -- works great on low settings 720p
  • Motor Rock -- works great if you disable cutscenes/movies in the config file
  • Geometry Wars 3 -- runs well
  • TrackMania Nations Forever (steam) -- 40fps average in 720p (never drops below 30fps in game), 46fps in 800x600 and 49fps in 640x480. Very playable in 720p mode, just be sure to use lowest graphic settings. Maybe it could be hard to pull gold but still definitively fun. You must be in XInput mode BEFORE launching the game or it will not detect the gamepad. I think it's free on steam so give it a try.
  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (steam) -- On lowest settings I get between 45fps and 60fps. Very pleasant * to play, gameplay is fast and there is no feeling of lag or slowdown.
  • The King of Fighters XIII: Steam Edition (steam) -- Runs full speed 60fps all the time; feels like there is a bit of input lag, or something not quite perfect with the input (strange feeling I have also with most emulators, hard to describe - could be linked to the discussion about the 20hz controller rate polling), but still very nice to play.
  • Ys Origin (steam) -- 720p 60fps. Just gorgeous, exactly the kind of game perfect on the GPD Win.
  • Hotline Miami (steam) -- 720p 60fps. Very fun game; maybe shoulders buttons need to be remapped to R2/L2 for more confortable play.
  • Dust: An Elysian Tail (steam) -- 720p 60fps most of the time, never drops below 50fps. This is a real GEM! I bought this today for a ridiculous 2,79€ and got hooked!! Reminds me of Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (PS4 / PS Vita)
  • Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate HD -- runs beautifully, turned every setting to it's lowest just in case (not too many settings in the menu)
  • UT2k4 -- low settings 720p 30-40fps -- Requires Pinnacle Game Profiler (perfect)
  • Insaniquarium Deluxe -- No bios changes were applied for this video and there were background stuff running like Stem downloading games. It still ran perfectly.
  • LEGO star wars the complete saga
  • Iron Bridage
  • Stock Car Extreme
  • Race 07 -- runs well
  • GTR2 -- runs well
  • Left 4 Dead 2 -- runs pretty well (40fps ish) at lower settings. The original Left 4 Dead has buggy 'black' light effects so avoid.
  • Limbo
  • Hyper Light Drifter
  • Shmups: Ikaruga -- runs great
  • Geometry Wars -- runs great
  • Space Giraffe --runs great

GPD WIN PERFORMANCE BOOST GUIDE

Please note that these settings have worked perfectly for me and haven’t caused any issues on my GPD WIN as of yet. I will be showing you some bios tweaks which can be risky which can brick your GPD WIN so please do this at your own risk. That being said, these settings have given me better results in games than compared to stock bios settings. Also, my GPD WIN has no driver crashing issues so if you are one of those unlucky people to get a GPD WIN with SOC defect, these settings might not work on your GPD WIN. In other words, these settings should work perfectly with a non-defective GPD WIN. So now that you have warned, let’s get on with it.

Firstly, we will be doing bios tweaks

•   Go to BIOS settings by hitting DEL when booting up and go to SAVE & EXIT and click on RESTORE DEFAULTS. 
•   After restoring everything to stock, go to bios again. Go to ADVANCED and click on THERMAL>THERMAL CONFIGURATION and change PASSIVE to 75C on PROXY SENSOR, AMBIENT PARTICIPANT, CHARGER DISPLAY SENSOR, and CHARGER BOARD SENSOR. After that save settings and exit
•   Go to BIOS again. This time, go to CHIPSET>NORTH BRIDGE>INTEL IGD CONFIGURATION. In this tab, we will be doing a lot of changes. Enable GFX BOOST, IGD THERMAL, and POWER METER LOCK. Disable/Enable IGD TURBO ENABLE (SEE UPDATE 2) and set DVMT PER ALLOCATED to 512M. Save settings and exit
•   Go to BIOS again. Go to CHIPSET>NORTH BRIDGE>MEMORY CONFIGURATION OPTIONS. Ok this change which we are about to make is the most dangerous one because it can cause your GPD WIN not to boot again (source- PHAWX). I did the change but can’t honestly tell if gaming fps has improved because of this or not, so if you think you don’t want to take any change then don’t. The setting is to change DRAM SPEED GRADE to FAST. If you decide to do it, save it and exit. Note this time it will take longer than usual to reset so be patient. If everything goes well, congrats your GPD WIN isn’t bricked!

Now that we are done with BIOS tweaks. It’s time to reinstall Windows 10

•   Follow Phawx’s awesome tutorial to reinstall windows 10. Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPqkEgWwcdM
•   When you are done reinstalling the OS and setting it up. Just go to customize and set everything to OFF. Don’s use EXPRESS SETTINGS.
•   Install the drivers. Link - http://www.mediafire.com/file/31owja8j34c54il/GPD+WIN+drivers%EF%BC%8820160928%29.zip
•   Install new wifi drivers to get 5GHZ working. Link - http://www.mediafire.com/file/m65e7jjkmh3agoc/GPDwin_PCIe_1.558.53.14.zip
•   After installing the drivers, everything should be working fine. 
•   What I suggest is not to update windows at all and disable automatic updates using services. I have done this and haven’t had any issues in windows so far. 
•   Next let’s set up Intel Graphics configuration. Make sure you use the graphics drivers provided in the driver pack, don’t update it or anything. Go to GRAPHICS PROPERTIES>POWER and disable both EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE FOR GAMING and POWER SAVING TECHNOLOGY. Click on apply to save the settings.
•   Now go to 3D. Turn of MORPHOLOGICAL ANTI ALIASING. Change general settings to PERFORMANCE and click on apply to save.
•   Now go to DISPLAY and add a custom resolution. Put 544 in WIDTH and 960 in HEIGHT and 60 in REFRESH RATE. Click on ADD to save. This resolution is good for playing some newer games and you can pretty decent FPS as well.
•   This step is optional but you change GAMMA from COLOR SETTINGS to .8 or .9. This change makes some games look really good.

Now that we have set up Windows. It’s time for THROTTLESTOP. This software is awesome and helps out in a lot of the games I have tried. 

•   Install ThrottleStop 8.30. Link - https://www.sendspace.com/file/ghbhyh
•   So here’s the things about this software. It basically can make your chip run at its base clock of 1.6ghz which can help in a lot of games and vice versa. I have noticed that certain games run better on base clocks instead of turbo boost. I am guessing this happens due to throttling but this software basically helps with the throttling and makes some games run better than being on turbo boost.
•   To play games on base clocks of 1.6ghz, tick on SET MULTIPLIER and DISABLE TURBO and turn on. 
•   To play games on turbo boost, just untick DISABLE TURBO.
•   If you are just browsing and surfing the net, I suggest you run the chip on base clocks. Also untick SET MULTIPLIER when you are doing simple tasks on Windows.

That’s all. We are done setting up your GPD WIN for max performance!!!


Note: I tested all these settings and played with my GPD WIN for the past 5 days without any issues. On these settings, my max temp was around 77C while playing Alice: Madness returns (960x544 res with some .ini tweaks around high 35fps to 55fps) for an hour without any crashes or hiccups. Battery life went from 76 to 37 in an hour so lost about 40% in an hour which isn’t bad on brightness level of 50%. Some games where base clocks help with fps are in Hyper Light Drifter and Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands. In others like Fable: Lost chapters and Hitman blood money turbo boost helped a lot. So my suggestion is just to switch back and forth from turbo to base to see if there’s any boost in fps or decrease in a specific scene of the game. When switching remember to wait for couple of seconds for GPU to kick in. Hope my guide will help you to achieve solid performance! Also if you have any questions, let me know.  


UPDATE: Guys Disable IGD TURBO ENABLE. These changes will make your GPU to run at 100% at 400mhz all the time. This tweak locks it 400mhz all the time and does go higher than that and helps with certain games. 


UPDATE 2: Check out these comparisons with some bios tweaks. It seems that some games perform better or worse by setting IGD TURBO ENABLE to Auto or Disabled but keeping POWER METER LOCK to enabled all the time.


http://imgur.com/a/tHObt


UPDATE 3: To stop games from throttling at high temps for long periods of gaming, make this change in the bios. ADVANCED - CPU CONFIGURATION - CPU THERMAL CONFIGURATION - DTS - ENABLED


UPDATE 4: Enable IGD TURBO ENABLE in bios to get GPU running at 600mhz most of the time. This tweak doesn't lock 600mhz but tries to run to run it at that frequency most of the time. (SOURCE - nex86)


UPDATE 5: THROTTLESTOP is awesome. Set your own clocks you want your GPD WIN to at run whenever.


Tick SET MULTIPLIER to set the clocks according to what you want.

30T = 2400mhz (Maximum turbo boost for z8700)
29T = 2320mhz 
28T = 2240mhz
27T = 2160mhz
26T = 2080mhz
25T = 2000mhz 
24T = 1920mhz
23T = 1840mhz
22T = 1760mhz
21T = 1680mhz
20T = 1600mhz (Base clock for z8700)

GPD WIN runs at 2400mhz by default which causes a lot of heat which can get uncomfortable while playing games for a long period of time so a quick fix for the heat is to set your max frequency less than 2400mhz. Setting it at 1600mhz is the best solution to get the least amount of heat out of your system since games will be running at its base clocks which can hurt fps in certain games . So instead of settling for base clocks, set it to 2000mhz (IDEAL SETTING FOR ME) or whatever you prefer to get the best out of heat and fps. 
GRID AUTOSPORT on on a GPD WIN with Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 and 4 GB RAM

UPDATE your Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4

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http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_364503.html?lkid=10251915&lkid=10251920
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OTHER GPD WIN VIDEOS

How to Play Nintendo 64 Games on GPD WIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5_F-7hXn8&t=4s


GPD WIN - RESTORE BIOS DEFAULT - Optimized Defaults Aptio Setup Utility 2016 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQuisWD-uY&t=22s
GPD WIN Update Intel HD Drivers to PHDGD Skylake intellimodder32 Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4&t=256s
GPD WIN Wifi Fix After Windows 10 Aniversary Update, Solve Conection Problem on GPDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uC50dfGPTI

DIRT 3 - GPD WIN - on Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 Z8750 Processor - 4 gb RAM

DIRT 3 on on a GPD WIN with Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 and 4 GB RAM

UPDATE your Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4

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WHERE TO BUY GPD WIN:
http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_364503.html?lkid=10251915&lkid=10251920
(buying on this link you are help me improving my chanel)
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OTHER GPD WIN VIDEOS

How to Play Nintendo 64 Games on GPD WIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5_F-7hXn8&t=4s


GPD WIN - RESTORE BIOS DEFAULT - Optimized Defaults Aptio Setup Utility 2016 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQuisWD-uY&t=22s
GPD WIN Update Intel HD Drivers to PHDGD Skylake intellimodder32 Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4&t=256s
GPD WIN Wifi Fix After Windows 10 Aniversary Update, Solve Conection Problem on GPDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uC50dfGPTI

Need For Speed Most Wanted - GPD WIN - on Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 Z8750 Processor - 4 gb RAM



Need For Speed Most Wanted running on on a GPD WIN with Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 and 4 GB RAM

UPDATE your Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4

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WHERE TO BUY GPD WIN:
http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_364503.html?lkid=10251915&lkid=10251920
(buying on this link you are help me improving my chanel)
---------------------------------------------


OTHER GPD WIN VIDEOS

How to Play Nintendo 64 Games on GPD WIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5_F-7hXn8&t=4s


GPD WIN - RESTORE BIOS DEFAULT - Optimized Defaults Aptio Setup Utility 2016 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQuisWD-uY&t=22s
GPD WIN Update Intel HD Drivers to PHDGD Skylake intellimodder32 Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4&t=256s
GPD WIN Wifi Fix After Windows 10 Aniversary Update, Solve Conection Problem on GPDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uC50dfGPTI

UNRAVEL - GPD WIN - on Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 Z8750 Processor - 4 gb RAM

UNRAVEL running on on a GPD WIN with Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 and 4 GB RAM

UPDATE your Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4

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WHERE TO BUY GPD WIN:
http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_364503.html?lkid=10251915&lkid=10251920
(buying on this link you are help me improving my chanel)
---------------------------------------------


OTHER GPD WIN VIDEOS

How to Play Nintendo 64 Games on GPD WIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5_F-7hXn8&t=4s


GPD WIN - RESTORE BIOS DEFAULT - Optimized Defaults Aptio Setup Utility 2016 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQuisWD-uY&t=22s
GPD WIN Update Intel HD Drivers to PHDGD Skylake intellimodder32 Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4&t=256s
GPD WIN Wifi Fix After Windows 10 Aniversary Update, Solve Conection Problem on GPDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uC50dfGPTI

Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain - GPD WIN - on Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 Z8750 Processor - 4 gb RAM

Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain running on on a GPD WIN with Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 and 4 GB RAM

UPDATE your Drivers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4

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WHERE TO BUY GPD WIN:
http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_364503.html?lkid=10251915&lkid=10251920
(buying on this link you are help me improving my chanel)
---------------------------------------------


OTHER GPD WIN VIDEOS

How to Play Nintendo 64 Games on GPD WIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5_F-7hXn8&t=4s


GPD WIN - RESTORE BIOS DEFAULT - Optimized Defaults Aptio Setup Utility 2016 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQuisWD-uY&t=22s
GPD WIN Update Intel HD Drivers to PHDGD Skylake intellimodder32 Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG-W_FiXX4&t=256s
GPD WIN Wifi Fix After Windows 10 Aniversary Update, Solve Conection Problem on GPDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uC50dfGPTI