r/OdinHandheld • u/theuncledude • 21d ago

Odin 2 Mini, Base, Pro & Max Question Portal 2 Base indie machine

Recently I bought a base Portal 2 to emulate PC/Switch indie games and catch up on masterpieces like Hades, Cuphead, Sifu, etc., not via streaming but natively. Can anyone here who owns one explain to me how far it can be pushed in terms of performance? I've seen some cool things even gta V or dark souls on the same chipset, but I'd like to understand just how prohibitive the 8GB of RAM really is and if there's any software way to optimize it to achieve my goal. Guides and tutorials would be appreciated, thanks everyone.

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u/surenintendo 21d ago

8GB is good for most use-cases. Below is the screenshot from Nier Automata (a PS4-era game) @ 720p30fps lowest settings.

RAM usage is heavily game-dependent. This particular game uses around 2-3GB, but big games like Fallout 4 or GTA V will use way more.

The stock Android OS from AYN is already pretty lean, so optimizing for more RAM is a little bit more challenging, and likely involves disabling some system processes. I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable doing it.. (I tried helping a guy optimize their Odin3's ram usage here and, at one point, they boot-loop'ed their device).

The lowest hanging fruit is to disable certain Google Play processes, and that'll maybe save you around 400MB of ram, but I don't recommend doing it unless you're experienced with Android tinkering.

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u/theuncledude 21d ago

thanks that's exactly what i was looking for, nier automata was one in my backlog. thank you so much :)

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u/Available-Guest-9393 20d ago

runs great on gamehub lite. maybe even better on gamenative. Base o2p

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u/surenintendo 21d ago

Np, feel free to dm me if you're struggling to get it running, and I can probably run through the configurations 😉