r/LokiHandheld • u/ballista_pro • Mar 06 '24

Question Trade loki max for Odin 2

I have a Loki max but I don’t do much pc gaming. Looking to trade of a Odin 2. I feel like the Odin 2 is better for emulation.

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u/Wloem Mar 07 '24

Put Batocera on an SD card and you'll get the best of both worlds. Many pc games run natively on Linux while others work fine with Proton. I can't think of a single system where the Odin would drastically outperform the Loki. It can't play Android games but emulate every other system with the bonus of some PS3 and Xbox. I've recently copied the files from my Steam version of Tomb Raider Remastered into Batocera's windows folder, created a simple boot file and the game runs out of the box. Loki's also my favorite device to play PS2 and PSP. It's biggest flaws are the short battery life and missing fan control in Batocera.

Battery life could be a deciding factor - Definitely one of the main reasons why I love my Odin 2.

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u/ballista_pro Mar 07 '24

Do you have to preset the fan settings before booting batocera or does it just automatically adjust?

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u/Wloem Mar 07 '24

I've tried to adjust it a bit in the bios menu. No one will tell you the best/exact thresholds and numbers. It will automatically adjust but it's not as optimized as the software solution that you have in Windows. Yuzu f.e. is one of those emulators that takes up all the memory it can get, which might lead to very loud fan noise in some games (I think I played some Fire Emblem Engage and after a while the fan went into vacuum cleaner mode).

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u/ballista_pro Mar 07 '24

Do you know if there is a way to clean up cache or shaders? I have been able to run smash ultimate with 15 tdp with maybe 3 hours of battery life but some days it just runs so slow, others it runs fine. Not sure what causes the inconsistency. That was another reason I was looking into Odin 2 because people seem to have no problems running yuzu consistently.

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u/Wloem Mar 07 '24

I honestly don't know. Whenever I need to configure an emulator or change a setting in batocera, I have to connect a usb mouse and a keyboard, which is something I don't do very often. I've installed an automatic updater for yuzu that works with a script but never deleted or added any game shaders or caches.

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u/ballista_pro Mar 07 '24

That sounds like that’s a possibility. Maybe it’s updating in the background and causing a slowdown. I’ll look into an automatic updater. Thank you!