Not sure if you guys aware of this but apparently enabling 4xAA in Developer Options smoother the games. I tried Stick Tennis game with 2D GPU rendering enabled but it doesn't do anything but once I enabled 4xAA, it boost up instantly.
Will test in different game as well:angel:
That isn't the purpose of antialiasing
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Not sure it was bugs of CM or not.
New version of CM without need to tick 4xAA which suppose given better quality but drop the performance. It run smooth now without enable it.
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Not sure if you guys aware of this but apparently enabling 4xAA in Developer Options smoother the games. I tried Stick Tennis game with 2D GPU rendering enabled but it doesn't do anything but once I enabled 4xAA, it boost up instantly.
Will test in different game as well:angel:
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I can confirm this behavior.
On my stock N10 4.2.1 (no root / no custom ROM), enabling 4xAA boosts some games.
For example, running Machinarium without the option enabled is totally unplayable (3-5FPS). When enabled, the game runs as smooth as hell.
I can also confirm this... Need for speed's frame rate was poor on my nexus 10 compared to my note 2 (first thought this was due the much higher resolution on the nexus 10 and just played it on the note), until I enabled anti aliasing in dev options on the nexus after reading the tip on a nexus 10 guide site. Now it plays smooth as butter and looks better for AA being applied.
Could anyone else confirm on other games? Possibly explain the frame rate improvement?
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Machinarium was very very jerky and almost non responsive before I enabled 4xAA. Its running super smooth now.
Whats the default AA when this option is not ticked? Is it higher or zero?
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Machinarium was very very jerky and almost non responsive before I enabled 4xAA. Its running super smooth now.
Whats the default AA when this option is not ticked? Is it higher or zero?
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Okay, I might be an idiot, but I'm not finding the developer options on my N10 (or my N4, for that matter). I remember playing with them on previous tablets, including (I'm pretty sure) the N7.
What am I missing?
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Okay, I might be an idiot, but I'm not finding the developer options on my N10 (or my N4, for that matter). I remember playing with them on previous tablets, including (I'm pretty sure) the N7.
What am I missing?
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Go to the settings menu, and scroll down to "About tablet." Tap it.
Scroll down to the bottom again, where you see "Build number." (Your build number may vary from ours here.)
Tap it seven (7) times. After the third tap, you'll see a playful dialog that says you're four taps away from being a developer. (If only it were that simple, eh?) Keep on tapping, and *poof*, you've got the developer settings back.
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Is there an app that will display frame rates in games?
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stonebear said:
Is there an app that will display frame rates in games?
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Try fps counter
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Im not saying you guys are wrong with this option helping performance in games but technically shouldn't enabling AA decrease performance not gain? I know that when enabling AA in PC game graphics options without a doubt will lower performance.
I just confirmed this with Slotomania.
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Try fps counter
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Found fps meter.
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Im not saying you guys are wrong with this option helping performance in games but technically shouldn't enabling AA decrease performance not gain? I know that when enabling AA in PC game graphics options without a doubt will lower performance.
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This is what I'm wondering also, one would think that enabling this option would require more resources...
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You mean 4xMSAA? I can't find 4xAA option in developer options.
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akhil7j said:
You mean 4xMSAA? I can't find 4xAA option in developer options.
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Yes
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im on android 2.3.7 (vodafone 845) and many games lag... is there any way to increase fps or atleast reduce lag (already rooted and used chainfire 3D with all of its plugins) thank you
Have you tried overclocking?
Do you have a lot of picture, live wallpaper, running service going on?
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no no everything's turned off thanks for replying
yep i did try
i have also tried enabling hardware acceleration but no luck...
What phone are you using?
Do you mind to post your running services and your launcher screens?
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What phone are you using?
Do you mind to post your running services and your launcher screens?
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im using vodafone 845 aka huawei joy/u8120 im using go launhcer ex with fancy widget power control calendar brightness toggle widget and 5 home screens
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im using vodafone 845 aka huawei joy/u8120 im using go launhcer ex with fancy widget power control calendar brightness toggle widget and 5 home screens
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I know why it lag,
Forgive me if I say anything wrong.
First, it is a mid-low end phone. If I'm right,it don't have a or a dedicated gpu. And the processor clock is around 600-800mhz? (Can't find this processor information)
And without a gpu, games can't load well.
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I know why it lag,
Forgive me if I say anything wrong.
First, it is a mid-low end phone. If I'm right,it don't have a or a dedicated gpu. And the processor clock is around 600-800mhz? (Can't find this processor information)
And without a gpu, games can't load well.
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This is true. Your device is actually a low end device. Having only 128mb - 179mb (accessible) ram (which is a major factor) would cause lag.
Go launcher is a Ram hog! It doesn't bother the gaming performance on my G2. I suggest try a different launcher so you can get more ram. I'm just taking a wild guess.
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I prefer you use launcher pro. I'm using it as well. Clean and fast.
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Theonew said:
This is true. Your device is actually a low end device. Having only 128mb - 179mb (accessible) ram (which is a major factor) would cause lag.
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:S so there's nothing i can do right?
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:S so there's nothing i can do right?
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You can buy a new phone
(joke.. )
the funny thing is iphone 3g managed to play so many games without hiccup.
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the funny thing is iphone 3g managed to play so many games without hiccup.
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You should learn about processor and not about the clock only.
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You can buy a new phone
(joke.. )
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except that
melvinchng said:
I prefer you use launcher pro. I'm using it as well. Clean and fast.
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okay man thanks
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:S so there's nothing i can do right?
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Have you tried using any scripts?
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Have you tried using any scripts?
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yes v6 supercharger which what i have to say is a phone saver it really really speeds up multitasking but no diferrence at games.. i think ill just have to cope with the lag
Now that GTA3 has the ability to adjust the graphics, what settings do you find give the best looks : performance ratio?
I got everything at max and minimum lag.
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What is your CPU clock speed
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SyncV2 said:
I got everything at max and minimum lag.
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Cm9 or gingerbread?
Looks like cm9. Says cm_tenderloin which is what cm9 says
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I'm running at max settings on CM9 0.5 at 1.7 GHZ. Very minimal lag, looks great, and using a Sixaxis PS3 controller puts it over the top. Amazing!
Off topic a bit: but I got up to the sniper mission and lost all my data. Can anyone provide me a save game file?
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How are you guys getting it to run on ics? mine starts to load the game then just quits.
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How are you guys getting it to run on ics? mine starts to load the game then just quits.
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You could have just a bad download. This happened on my Nexus S, would try to start the game and it would crash about a third of the way through loading.
I would start with deleting the "com.rockstar.gta3" folder under "Android/data" on your SD card. Doing that will force the game to redownload data. Keep in mind if you do that you'll use any game progress.
I activated "developer settings" in Nexus 10.
After this I checked option force gpu acceleration.
Now adobe reader and other applications are much faster with screen scroll.
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Rom Toolbox should also be faster (for anyone who uses it); given that they didn't add hardware acceleration yet anyway
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Rom Toolbox should also be faster (for anyone who uses it); given that they didn't add hardware acceleration yet anyway
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Thanks this has made some of the slow games run a bit better :good:
Google really should enable this by default now. Pretty much every app works fine with it on.
Does this increase battery drain ?
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Google really should enable this by default now. Pretty much every app works fine with it on.
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That's because pretty much every app is already using GPU acceleration. So for those apps, checking the box does nothing.
But for apps that do not use GPU acceleration (because the developer is too lazy to code properly) it can help. Some apps are written so badly, that they will actually break when forcing GPU rendering. Which is why it isn't checked by default.
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Does this increase battery drain ?
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Technically it should reduce battery drain, as the GPU would consume less power to do the same graphical task than the CPU (since the GPU is actually made for it).
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That's because pretty much every app is already using GPU acceleration. So for those apps, checking the box does nothing.
But for apps that do not use GPU acceleration (because the developer is too lazy to code properly) it can help. Some apps are written so badly, that they will actually break when forcing GPU rendering. Which is why it isn't checked by default.
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Technically it should reduce battery drain, as the GPU would consume less power to do the same graphical task than the CPU (since the GPU is actually made for it).
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Most still don't. They work fine with it but they still don't use it by default.
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Maybe a stupid question, but how does one activate developer settings?
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Maybe a stupid question, but how does one activate developer settings?
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Settings, About Tablet, then keep tapping the build number
Appreciate it
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I don't see a Force GPU acceleration in my developers settings
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Adobe Reader and evernote are the applications where forcing GPU acceleration made a huge difference for me.
Without it, big PDFs were extremely choppy, scrolling pages and zoom was a pain, after that, everything ran extremely fluid.
I kinda suspect it's because some changes must have been made in the way android used to force GPU acceleration form 4.0, and now, in those applications forced is not as default.
You know you guys now have to run some sort of benchmark tests or post a short video showing GPU-on and GPU-off performance! :laugh:
Is there any kind of negative effect of doing this?
I've noticed it a few times and thought of doing it, but figured if it was the best option then it would be on by default.
There must be a reason it is disabled? Battery? Compatibility? Kittens dying?
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Is there any kind of negative effect of doing this?
I've noticed it a few times and thought of doing it, but figured if it was the best option then it would be on by default.
There must be a reason it is disabled? Battery? Compatibility? Kittens dying?
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Yes it creates random reboots that people are talking about.
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As far as ive tested and after 48 hours with it enabled i got 0 reboots. I had those the first two days, since ive stopped using chrome, not a single freeze.
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I don't see a Force GPU acceleration in my developers settings
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I think it's called "Force GPU Rendering" in dev settings. I enabled it and tested on an app that usually scrolls choppy and slow. I noticed smooth and fast scrolling after enabling.
It is not enabled by default because Google cannot guarantee compatibility with all apps. Apps that make heavy use of custom widgets *may* have rendering issues. It is something that app developers should opt-in for but often the developers do not, despite there being no issues. 98% of apps work great with it forced on.
It shouldn't cause reboots or the like unless a particular app that isn't compatible somehow crashes the kernel(not likely). *If* it causes an issue with an app then usually it will not render 100% correctly or at worst it will force close.
How i get smooth scrolling like iphone 4 in my gs3
Buy an iPhone
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The scrolling seems more controlled in android. By fast flick scrolling you can scroll past long pages instead of scrolling a 30 times.
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Easy optimize the system correctly. Plenty of topics on here about that, search.
- Start with disabling unneeded Samsung Services (that usually Google services are already taking care of) etc.
- Remove unwanted Start-ups.
- If using another launcher, make sure it isn't the launcher at fault. ie. Many Apex launcher betas has problems scrolling..
Android is like Windows, Linux etc needs tuning and Samsung doesn't do a great job at it. Easy for Apple, same software on the same basic hardware config and its all controlled by one source.
Want that feel get a Nexus, where it's untainted and controlled by Google. If not be prepared to tweak it, fun for geeks not fun for those that ain't or have no time.
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Android is like Windows, Linux etc needs tuning and Samsung doesn't do a great job at it. Easy for Apple, same software on the same basic hardware config and its all controlled by one source.
Want that feel get a Nexus, where it's untainted and controlled by Google. If not be prepared to tweak it, fun for geeks not fun for those that ain't or have no time.
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One question ... Maybe stupid but I will fire anyway.
I see lots of people stating that for full feel of android we should get a nexus, but I assume that this recommendation is only for those that will never play with ROMs, right?
Cause I know that nexus devices will get their stock updates sooner than others, but usually in a couple of days we start getting the RoMs based on that new version, with some tweaks. I see the nexus guys also playing with ROMs that have stock flavor but with tweaks ... So what's the difference?
Aren't we all at the end with a close to stock ROM with some tweaks?
Hugo
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Try going into developers options and set transition animation scale to 0.5x, makes homepage scrolling a bit better
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Get an I phone that's the only way
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relisys667 said:
How i get smooth scrolling like iphone 4 in my gs3
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Install The revo rom for have what you want.is the only one
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Nova scrolls smooth for me.
What ROM are you using ?? Also what version of android ?
I could probably create a flashable package for you
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Quintinio said:
Buy an iPhone
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Simply you can't.
Smoothest scrolling i get is using supernexus +siyah 1.8 with lulzactiveq governor, btw my wife's iphone 4 isn't very smooth.. Very jerky etc, it doesn't have original front glass on it so may have issues with touch response perhaps
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Use liquidsmooth rom. Im using it. Its damn smooth. Even smoother than iphone 4
More over stop comparing it with iphone. There is no point. Iphone has no widgets or anything. All it has to handle are the icons, how tough would that be. More over the code is perfectly optimised for the device.
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Google play is having the square enix game Deus Ex: the fall for only 0.99 cents over its usual 8$ price tag. Grab while you can!
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How isnperformance? I see people complaining about fps lag and hard to use controls.
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How isnperformance? I see people complaining about fps lag and hard to use controls.
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I have it and works fine for me, no lag and controls are easy, they have 2 modes. 1is kind of weird but one works like any other fps game.
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How isnperformance? I see people complaining about fps lag and hard to use controls.
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Devs claim on the review replies that controller support is being done so the controls will be a non issue
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Are you guys on stock rom/kernel? Keeps crashing for me, "back to desktop" so to speak. I'm rooted on CR with bins kernel if anyone have any suggestions?
Son of a...I missed it!
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Are you guys on stock rom/kernel? Keeps crashing for me, "back to desktop" so to speak. I'm rooted on CR with bins kernel if anyone have any suggestions?
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It crashed for me also.You have to do the same instructions To make it work that are for gta san andreas.You can go here and go to page 3 i think.It explains what you have to do.I think i had to do that once or twice and then it would work fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580819
For me, Deus Ex : The Fall crashed after choosing any Main Menu option. Enabling Android Settings-Developer options-Force GPU rendering allows the game to run properly.
In my case it started to work somewhere between the kk update and some foldermount tinkering. Nice to here about the gpu trick, might come in handy even though it breaks lecturenotes.