Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite dares to game, reaching 30 FPS in Baldur's Gate 3

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The bare minimum performance, but suggests a beefy integrated GPU

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite has some gaming and graphics prowess as seen in a demo where a reference laptop was shown to be running Baldur's Gate 3 at 1080p resolution and around 30 frames per second.and shared it, Baldur's Gate 3 was running at 1080p with a framerate"hovering around 30 FPS." For reference, 30 frames per second is generally considered to be the minimum playable framerate for games.

It may be the case that the Snapdragon X Elite was running the game at 30 frames per second simply because that's all it was capable of, or perhaps the graphics settings were tuned to achieve the highest quality without dipping below 30 frames per second. It's also not clear if 1080p means real 1080p, or a lower resolution upscaled. We've asked Qualcomm for clarification about what graphics settings the demo used.

 

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