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Best Android Tablet's CPU for games?

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pascalwalt

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Hello all. I need your knowledge on cpu's.

I am thinking to buy an adroid tablet of 7 to 10'' of chinese market(is this ok?) and i want to know whats the best cpu for games

So far...

Cortex A8 1.2Ghz
RK2918 1.2GHz (is it same like cortex A8 1.2ghz?)
Cortex A9 1GHZ
X220 1Ghz Rockchip


Whats the best of this?

2) Is capacitive screen needed? Multitouch?
 
pascalwalt said:
Hello all. I need your knowledge on cpu's.

I am thinking to buy an adroid tablet of 7 to 10'' of chinese market(is this ok?) and i want to know whats the best cpu for games

So far...

Cortex A8 1.2Ghz
RK2918 1.2GHz (is it same like cortex A8 1.2ghz?)
Cortex A9 1GHZ
X220 1Ghz Rockchip


Whats the best of this?

2) Is capacitive screen needed? Multitouch?
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The CPU doesnt have much to do with gaming performance, it's all about the intergrated GPU "Graphics Processing Unit".

Different SoC's "System on Chip" include different combinations of CPU and GPU.

The Cortex A9 could come with tegra 2, Mali 400 or a PowerVR chip, without knowing the name of the SoC or the device your considering it's impossible to answer your question.

The Cortex A8 usually comes with a PowerVR GPU, either SGX530/SGX535 or SGX540 if your lucky. I'm going to take a guess and say RK2918 and X220 probably use SGX530 which is "OK" for gaming, poor compared to high end devices.

Yes you need multitouch and a capacitive screen, it will be very difficult to play most games on a resistive or capacitive screen without multitouch.
 
Just got your message, I have no experience with any of the tablets you've linked to but the Zenithink tablets based on specs alone look good.

The sites that were good enough to list specs claim they were dual core with Mali 400 clocked at 300MHz
 
If you're talking about CPUs then Cortex A9 is your best bet...and it usually comes with better GPU than other CPUs you mentioned so get that.

I also heard that some Cortex A9 versions have GPUs that don't support Flash...do ask the provider about flash before you buy it.
 
shad0wboss said:
I also heard that some Cortex A9 versions have GPUs that don't support Flash...do ask the provider about flash before you buy it.
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Flash works fine on every device I've seen available with Cortex A9, I don't know where you heard that from but it's wrong.
 
mali 400 graphic chip but no dual core A9

Ainol NOVO 8 Android 2.3 8GB Cortex A9 HDMI 8.0 inch 1280x768+trackball+Free Remote Controller

SGX 530 GPU + dual core A9

McBub: Low-Priced 7" N7A-II Cortex A9 Dual core Capacitive Touch Screen Tablet pc 1.0GHz Android 2.2 512MB/4GB Bluetooth HDMI MID black(CN101769), USD 152.99, 7" N7A-II Renesas Cortex A9 Dual core Capacitive Touch Screen Tablet pc 1.0GHz Android 2.2

Dual core A9 but no graphic accelerator mensioned, just 3d acceleration

http://www.merimobiles.com/Opad_Renesas_GPS_RENA3_GPS_dual_core_android_table_p/meri0669.htm

Zenithink A9 no dual core mensioned no graphic chip. But the owner claims its a super gaming tablet . Its mali 400 i think

http://www.mcbub.com/item/8GB-HD-A9...-1GHz-1080P-HDMI-Camera-3G--CN104053--138058/



Cortex A8 at 1,3ghz

http://www.mcbub.com/item/8-inch-An...-HD-Capacitive-Multi-Touch--CN103116--137127/

And an unknown A10? Supports up to 1,5ghz but in future firmware now it suports 1GHZ

http://www.merimobiles.com/Ainol_NOVO_7_Android_2_3_8GB_1_5GHz_CPU_Dual_Camer_p/meri0723.htm

Whats the best from all this? Maybe the main question is this....mali 400 or SGX 530 GPU ?
 
shad0wboss said:
McBub: Low-Priced , USD 199.99, 8GB HD A9 Tablet PC 10.2 inch Zenithink 3 ZT-280 C91 Android 2.3 Capacitive Multi-Touch 1GHz 1080P HDMI/Camera/3G (CN104053)

This one seems reasonable...get A9, don't go for A8..

EDIT: actually this one:

Ainol NOVO 8 Android 2.3 8GB Cortex A9 HDMI 8.0 inch 1280x768+trackball+Free Remote Controller

It has higher resolution = better GPU ...
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Higher resolution doesnt mean better GPU.

They both use Mali 400 according to links I've read, also the Zenithink A9 is clocked at 1GHz vs 800MHz on the Novo 8

The real questions are what version of Mali 400 do these devices use? single, dual or quad version? what are they clocked at? I have no idea so it's hard to say which is best for gaming.

I really which they would be more open with specifications on these tablets.
 
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