WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.839 man Resident Evil Village looks great on this gaming PC or at least I assume it 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:12.040 does cuz that has nothing to do with what you're looking at right now Apple 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:18.119 of all companies is pushing mobile gaming to a level that I wouldn't have 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.160 thought possible modern AAA titles 00:00:18.119 --> 00:00:24.359 running not in the cloud but in the palm 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:27.720 of your hand is Apple's best gaming 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:30.320 computer an iPhone I mean sure we're 00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:36.160 running it at 720p the graphics are set to low and the FPS isn't crazy high but 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:42.079 when modern games already look pretty darn good at low and you're scaling down 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:44.039 to a screen this size I mean hey 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:48.640 playable is playable and at the end of the day all any of us really want is 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:53.640 access to Quality games that were made to be enjoyed so if we can run them well 00:00:51.840 --> 00:01:00.199 enough on a device that we were going to have in our pockets anyway I hate to use 00:00:56.559 --> 00:01:03.800 apple words but this is kind of magical 00:01:00.199 --> 00:01:06.240 like this magical segue to our sponsor 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:09.880 the ridge upgrade your everyday carry to the ridge wallet it's RFID blocking 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:15.280 technology protects your cards from digital theft while its durable materials ensure that it lasts for years 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:20.439 to come click the link below and use code Linus to get 10% off your purchase 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:25.240 and get free shipping don't get me wrong there are plenty of good even great 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:30.520 mobile games it's just that the vast majority of them come with annoyances 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:32.280 like microtransactions time Gates boring 00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.520 activities you need to slog through before you can enjoy the actual fun 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:40.320 gameplay that they show off in the countless trailers that you've probably 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:46.240 seen sometimes here on our channels by contrast AAA assuming it's not a game as 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:50.600 a service tends to be the opposite allowing me to marry the convenience of 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:55.280 this with the enjoyment of something more like this it looks really great but 00:01:53.600 --> 00:02:00.680 there are definitely problems and I'm definitely noticing the occasional FPS 00:01:57.119 --> 00:02:02.280 drop but it's very usable 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:08.840 like man that character model looks pretty good for low settings I will say 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:11.239 that the uh oh um you go left back into 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:16.640 the left you said back into the left ehy there's nothing here 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:19.160 plof um nope I'm dead the onscreen 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:24.080 controls take up a solid 50% of the screen control issues aside this is 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:29.360 absolutely playable though it's worth noting that playable doesn't mean easily 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:34.280 playable we observed some pretty toasty temperat during extended gaming sessions 00:02:32.040 --> 00:02:39.040 and even not that extended reaching Apple's serious thermal state after just 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:44.760 one and a half minutes when we tried running at the iPhone 15 Pro's native 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.360 resolution of 1179 p and if you were 00:02:44.760 --> 00:02:52.760 hoping to have the same experience that I am right now and you don't have an 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:56.360 iPhone 15 Pro the answer is no it won't 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:58.560 even launch on an iPhone 15 or lower 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:04.040 than that which could almost be an entire video on a more Apple Centric 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:05.959 Channel like what per app per device 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:11.599 granular performance skating is going to mean for a Marketplace like the App 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:15.400 Store but who could do such a deep 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:17.000 dive no idea anyway the simple version 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:22.040 is I think this could end up being a little overwhelming for your more casual 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:25.959 iOS gamer who assumes well what I have a reasonably modern device I should just 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:30.040 be able to download and play most things on the store coming back to thermals 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:35.159 though it should be noted that sirious is still one state shy of critical and 00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:40.239 two degrees of separation pun intended from shut down so it's not like the 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:44.760 device isn't working as intended and if you use a controller whether it's a USBC 00:03:42.519 --> 00:03:49.879 one like this or less ideally a Bluetooth controller then pop it back 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:52.599 down to 720p rendering all of a sudden 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:59.280 no overheating hands and some of the other problems disappear as well okay 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:00.879 here we go oh this is so much better ah 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:08.120 it wasn't back into the left was oh wait that is left well okay 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:11.680 whatever the point is this might take up a bit more space in your bag and good 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:17.560 luck keeping it in your pocket especially if you're wearing clothing designed for women but dare I say it 00:04:14.959 --> 00:04:22.639 makes the experience enjoyable I think I do dare say that 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.400 like this is not bad I would even go as far as to say that this is more 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:30.560 comfortable than some of the dedicated handhelds that have come out recently 00:04:27.520 --> 00:04:33.039 comfortable like our toasty 3D down 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:38.280 jacket for the fall and winter months it looks and feels good LTT Store.com 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:42.440 speaking of which while the steam deck kicked off a revolution in portable 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:48.800 gaming how sick would it be if you just didn't need one for comparison then I've 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:50.800 got both the most popular and the most 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:56.520 powerful portable gaming decks the Nintendo switch and the r Alli Z1 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:01.759 extreme let's see if these deliver a good enough for betterer experience to 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:06.520 justify if y carrying around their bulk the bigger screen is very unforgiving 00:05:04.520 --> 00:05:12.280 but there's no doubt that the game is running way smoother in spite of the 00:05:09.400 --> 00:05:17.080 fact that an Rog Ally costs only about 70% as much as the latest iPhone with 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:22.080 that said it's a completely separate device that you're going to have to 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:26.280 carry around man the way the the way the 00:05:22.080 --> 00:05:29.199 Shadows are handled is really 00:05:26.280 --> 00:05:33.240 ugly yeah whatever just chill chill brother 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:38.600 what happened is that the dad this messed up man if I had to guess I'd say 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:42.800 the frame rate is at least double maybe even a little bit more and yep at the 00:05:41.080 --> 00:05:47.319 same resolution and gameplay settings it is three to four times higher but it's 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:53.560 worth noting that the Alli is pushing slightly fewer pixels at 720p because it 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:55.919 uses a 16x9 aspect ratio rather than 19 00:05:53.560 --> 00:06:00.199 and a half by9 why does your ally run so loud oh you're in 30 W turbo mode 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:05.080 because it's plugged in the good news is that even turning it all the way down to 00:06:01.919 --> 00:06:07.240 15 watts where we would get 2 and 1/2 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:11.599 plus hours of battery life we're still getting well over 100 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:16.919 FPS it's a markedly better gaming experience let's try the 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:23.160 switch wow I'm not sure what I expected from 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:25.680 the switch but um that kind of stutter 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:30.800 probably wasn't it espe since it's streaming sorry you said it's 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:36.160 streaming oh oh there's no option to play Resident 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:41.560 Evil Village you can only play Resident Evil Village Cloud I didn't even know 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:42.720 the switch had a cloud service and know 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:47.039 you have to buy the game and then you get access to this game specific what 00:06:45.039 --> 00:06:51.120 you buy the game and you just get a cloud version of the game I don't make 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:58.400 the rules l i mean the graphical Fidelity looks amazing but the latency 00:06:53.800 --> 00:07:01.800 is really bad really 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:05.639 bad look at this you we don't even need 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:09.440 to use slow-mo capture to show you guys 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:11.120 this like I let go and the screen's like 00:07:09.440 --> 00:07:14.479 what really blows me away is even if you were okay with this gaming experience 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:18.240 you're not going to be able to take it with you on the go because in order to 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:22.160 game from the cloud you need a strong internet connection the only way I can 00:07:20.080 --> 00:07:27.120 see this making sense to Nintendo is if they are desperate for a response to 00:07:24.440 --> 00:07:31.800 competition after they just don't bother launching more powerful hardware for 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:38.319 know 6 and a half years and I didn't think the Alli had a bad screen and it 00:07:33.599 --> 00:07:40.759 doesn't but the iPhone is so much better 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:49.479 look at the fire the AL looks so washed out with comparison y just way richer 00:07:44.919 --> 00:07:51.520 with that said 120 FPS versus 30 FPS 00:07:49.479 --> 00:07:56.639 definitely an advantage but do you want to carry this around everywhere it's 00:07:54.479 --> 00:08:00.360 obviously going to be a personal choice for my part whether I would choose it or 00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:05.120 not I'm just just blown away that this exists at all and Impressions aside I 00:08:03.080 --> 00:08:08.919 want to talk about the hard numbers to identify how the various factors affect 00:08:06.960 --> 00:08:14.440 performance we took a baseline pure raster measurement testing with the 00:08:11.080 --> 00:08:16.879 prioritized performance preset at 720p 00:08:14.440 --> 00:08:21.960 without metal FX upscaling we're going to talk about Metal FX later that landed 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:29.520 Us in the 40 FPS average range with dips to about 30 frames per second as I 00:08:25.479 --> 00:08:32.000 experienced it's very playable but what 00:08:29.520 --> 00:08:39.039 happens if we step up to the prioritized Graphics preset we expected to get some 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:42.440 lower percent of the original FPS and I 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:44.680 guess if you think about it we did zero 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:48.560 zero is a percent now to be clear it didn't imediately crash at the 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:54.320 prioritized Graphics preset and it looked noticeably better up until it did 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:56.680 especially the Shadows but with us 00:08:54.320 --> 00:09:02.079 already sneaking below that all important 30 FPS Mark at prioriti 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:07.399 performance it feels like prioritized Graphics is more of a preview of how the 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:09.959 game might look on a future iPhone or a 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:14.000 larger more powerful Apple device rather than something you are actually intended 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:17.760 to use today the next thing we tried was to dial it back to Performance 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:24.839 prioritization and then set our resolution to Native 2556 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:28.160 x179 and here even without the extra eye 00:09:24.839 --> 00:09:30.640 candy it hit the iPhone hard utilizing 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:36.480 nearly all of our GPU while netting us about 22 frames per second average with 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:40.320 our 1% lows falling in the 12 FPS 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:42.800 territory that is also not a good 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:47.079 experience and at this point if I was Capcom I do love by the way they are 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:51.519 taking an aspirational approach and they didn't dumb down the port but if I was 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:55.800 them I would probably stick a disclaimer in front of both of these options in the 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:59.720 menu explaining hey I know the game's running like crap but there's nothing 00:09:57.560 --> 00:10:04.040 wrong with your phone or the game it's just that these settings are intended 00:10:01.079 --> 00:10:08.640 for more powerful or for future Hardware now it's time to talk about Metal FX 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:14.320 upscaling unlike NVIDIA's first iteration of dlss we saw very little in 00:10:11.560 --> 00:10:18.279 the form of Garbo artifacting and I think a big part of this is because 00:10:15.880 --> 00:10:23.320 we're using a smaller screen but I also think part of it is that Apple's done a 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:29.160 pretty solid job of it I was able to pick it out but it didn't bother me when 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:33.600 I was just trying to experience the game the bad news is we didn't see much in 00:10:31.160 --> 00:10:40.639 the way of a performance Improvement at 720p I mean 10% more FPS is 10% I'm not 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:43.120 going to say no to it but 1% lows were 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:49.360 basically the same which indicates to me that the render scale wasn't actually 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:52.480 changed that much however at our pseudo 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:56.920 1200p with metal FX enabled we go from a 00:10:52.480 --> 00:11:00.360 pathetic 22 FPS to 31 frames per second 00:10:56.920 --> 00:11:03.079 a 40% gain that still Falls well short 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:08.160 of the almost doubling we saw in our 1% lows now that is fantastic and indicates 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:13.279 that they are rendering at a significantly lower resolution probably 00:11:10.680 --> 00:11:18.360 closer to 720p and that their upscaling is working pretty darn well now at this 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:23.399 point you might be thinking to yourself I mean that's nice lus but what you'll 00:11:20.040 --> 00:11:25.560 be gaming for 20 minutes this must crush 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:31.320 the battery life of the iPhone but you're actually mistaken gaming at 1200p 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:36.560 should be possible for over 2 hours with brightness maxed and at 720p you can 00:11:33.880 --> 00:11:40.160 expect more like three it's not amazing but you can comfortably turn the 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:44.760 brightness way down to get a lot more time out of it when you consider that 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:49.560 handhelds like the Ally or the steam deck generally only last for 2 to 3 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:54.160 hours depending on your power settings that's kind of awesome and if this is 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:59.839 just the start of what we can expect from metal and Apple's a series Silicon 00:11:56.880 --> 00:12:03.920 frankly I am not impressed I'm excited I mean a few years ago I 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:08.360 wouldn't have even believed that this was coming but here we are which either 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:13.279 means that Apple's engineering team is awesome or that I'm an incurable cynic 00:12:10.760 --> 00:12:17.600 probably a little bit of both and one big Advantage for the iPhone that I've 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:23.120 only just touched on is the display this is a super retina xdr OLED which 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:29.279 marketing mumbo jumbo aside means that it is pretty freaking awesome it clocks 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:32.720 in with a pixel density of 460 PPI like 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:36.120 the Alli it refreshes it up to 120 htz 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:38.839 but unlike the Alli the HDR experience 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:44.120 is phenomenal like it is just immediately obvious to the eye how much 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:49.519 better this looks and a big part of that is thanks to its OLED per pixel local 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:54.639 dimming not to mention the Staggering 1,600 nits of peak brightness that it 00:12:51.880 --> 00:12:59.079 can hit based on our testing you can complain about the size but it is quite 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:03.240 literally the nicest screen in your your house and probably the best screen on 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:08.920 anything that could be called a handheld console and while the game title list is 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:12.959 short today unlike the Android gaming phones that are on the market this thing 00:13:10.880 --> 00:13:17.279 is slated for access to some very serious titles Village should be out by 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:21.519 the time this video is up the Resident Evil 4 remake is out later this year and 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:27.839 Assassin's Creed Mirage is slated for early 2024 arguably that list is still 00:13:25.199 --> 00:13:32.880 very short but these are major releases from Big Developers like Capcom and 00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:36.560 Ubisoft so it's clear that when Apple said they were going to make porting 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:42.079 games to Apple silicon easier they meant it now there is another alternative for 00:13:39.160 --> 00:13:46.480 the Android users out there sort of a few years ago xcloud came to Android for 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:52.320 Game Pass ultimate subscribers which is super cool but for gamers who are more 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:57.079 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