Qualcomm Claims New Snapdragon Chip Will Run Most Windows Games on ARM Laptops
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Qualcomm claims most Windows games will work on new Arm laptops with Snapdragon X Elite chipset using emulation to run x86/x64 games nearly at full speed.
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Some games with kernel-level anti-cheat won't work, but Qualcomm has tested with top Steam games and believes most will perform fine.
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Developers have option to fully port games to native ARM64 for best CPU performance and power usage.
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Hybrid ARM64EC apps allow some native execution with other parts emulated for near-native speeds.
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Success depends on emulation quality, which Qualcomm has struggled with before, unlike Apple which controls the full hardware and software stack.