Can you use the RK3588 for Gaming?

Hey guys, so this is primarily aimed at people with MNT Reform with the RK3588 processor module.

I have a question because I’ve been thinking about buying a Reform for a while and I’m interested in whether you can run games like Terraria, Stardew Valley maybe even PUBG or something with this processor. I know you have to sacrifice a lot on performance when you use the reform in comparison with normal pc but it would still be cool to be able to play some modern stuff on the Reform. I hope someone can help me thanks in advance

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Hi, yes you can play games on the RK3588 MNT Reform. From your list, Stardew Valley even works on the A311D which is not as powerful (@josch has been playing it a lot).

Stuff that I’ve been playing with on my RK3588 Reform and Pocket Reform:

  • Dolphin Emulator (finished Resident Evil Zero today)
  • DuckStation Emulator
  • Half-Life using Xash3D engine
  • Dex (box86)
  • All kinds of Wadjet Eye point+click adventures using AGS engine (compiled natively)
  • VirtuaVerse (box64)
  • ShadowRun Hongkong (via box86, surprisingly GPU intensive)
  • Doom 3 (via Dhewm3)
  • Zachtronics games like Exapunks (box64)
  • Quake
  • Quake 3 Arena
  • Thimbleweed Park (box64)
  • Return of Monkey Island (box64)
  • Fallout: New Vegas (box86 + wine, somewhat unstable)
  • SNES, C64, Amiga, Mac Classic, Dosbox emulators
  • Celeste 64
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Thank you for the answer

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Note, that the Reform does not run Windows, so to run Windows games, you need to run them via Wine or Proton if you are using Steam. Unfortunately, PUBG does not seem to work well with Proton: https://www.protondb.com/app/578080

Furthermore, the Reform is not an x86 (Intel) platform but an ARM notebook. Most commercial PC games are developed for x86 and not form ARM, so you have to go through an emulator like box64.

Also please remember, that other than @minute nobody has the rk3588 in their Reform yet. But this is being worked on and should be ready soon: minute: "i just shot some pictures for the RCORE RK3588 mo…" - Mastodon

All of that being said, taking into account that many games are not made for Linux and many games are not made for ARM, gaming is still very much possible. Have a look at this thread: MNT Reform Gaming Thread

The performance of the RK3588 should blow the A311D out of the water, so the things that work on my laptop should work much better on the RK3588. For example, as Lukas already said, I played over 40 hours of networked multiplayer in Stardew Valley and we are now going through Mr. Qi’s quests. We just managed to grow 400 Qi beans and find 4 prismatic shards. On low graphics settings, I can even play Torchlight 2 on my A311D Reform: josch: "I did not expect that the MNT Reform with Banana …" - FLOSS.social

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Oh, and since you asked about Terraria, I tried that out too and since the game works natively under Linux, you just need to wrap it in box64 to make it work. And it does work:

I installed it via the minigalaxy client for GOG. But actually playing it, the game is still a bit too slow. Since it works in theory, the increased performance of the RK3588 might make Terraria playable there.

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That is a most excellent selection of games!

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