OnePlus 5 Gaming Performance
Aside from a OnePlus 5 release date, price, and of course our review,
we decided to take the smartphone for a spin in terms of gaming
performance. After all, it’s one of the first Snapdragon 835 SoC-powered
devices to be made available in India, and the one with the most RAM at
this point. One Plus 5 specifications
include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core SoC clocking up to 2.45GHz,
an Adreno 540 GPU, 6GB of RAM with 64GB storage (or 8GB of RAM with
128GB of storage), and a full-HD display (1920x1080 pixels). For the
purpose of this piece, we checked out the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage
version.
OnePlus 5 gaming-specific features : While Samsung incorporated options to tweak with the Galaxy S8 and S8+ performance
with a Game Mode, Game Launcher, and choices of resolution, the OnePlus
5 takes a more minimalist approach to the proceedings. Just two
gaming-specific features exist: Gaming Do Not Disturb Mode and Dash Charge While Gaming.
The former lets users select games to add to a Do Not Disturb list.
This, as the name suggests, turns off notifications and other
interruptions like accidentally pressing hardware keys, ensuring
complete immersion. As for the latter, it lets the OnePlus 5 charge
while playing games as fast as it would if it wasn’t. This isn’t just
for gaming though: video streaming or GPS usage won’t impact charging
either.
OnePlus 5 gaming performance : As you’d expect, we
checked out a host of graphically demanding titles. We started off with
Asphalt 8, and were treated to lush visuals and gorgeous weather effects
as well as detailed car models. Everything looked fantastic on the
OnePlus 5 for most part, but we noticed that underneath the spectacle of
god rays and lashing rain that made up Asphalt 8’s Iceland and Tokyo
levels, the frame rate was less than satisfactory. There was a
perceptible amount of slowdown that made it far from optimal.
Dropping down the image quality to Medium rectified this. We hope
that an update from Gameloft fixes this issue, since the Samsung Galaxy
S8 and S8+ delivered smoother gameplay with less RAM and a comparable
SoC, and the OnePlus 3T with last year’s internals and 6GB RAM was
running the game just fine.
Things looked better in Breakneck, a
futuristic racer in the mould of the Wipeout series of PlayStation
games. Not only does it look fantastic on the OnePlus 5, the performance
held up even in the busiest of segments with enemies and effects
galore. We had a similar experience with Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade.
This shooter, based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, looked good and
played just as well despite high resolution textures and large numbers
of enemies onscreen, making killing orcs and giant robots a smooth
spectacle.
The
lag-free gameplay extended to Vainglory - the mobile equivalent to Dota
2. Visuals looked great while the frame rate was consistent. Our only
grouse was the pre-applied scratch guard on the OnePlus 5 resulted in
finer taps not being recognised, forcing us to tap harder than we’d
like, before removing it altogether.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas OnePlus 5 performance : An
evergreen title on Google Play is 2013’s mobile release of PS2 monster
hit Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game comes with its own options
for resolution, shadows, and reflections. With 8GB RAM and the fastest
SoC on the market, the OnePlus 5 almost succeeds where other phones do
not - making Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas playable on the highest
possible settings. But it’s not quite perfect.
There’s the odd,
infrequent drop in frame rate just to remind you that series creator
Rockstar isn’t going to issue an update anytime in the near future, to
optimise for modern mobile hardware. That aside, the specifications of
the OnePlus 5 allow it to brute force the game, making for an enjoyable
experience. Suffice to say, reducing the game to its default settings
made this open-world epic a lot more fluid and responsive, and therefore
the sweet spot for this title.
For most part, the OnePlus 5 seems to be more than a solid choice for
gaming on the go. Asphalt 8’s performance remains an oddity. Hopefully
it gets rectified in the weeks to come.What’s admirable is how
the phone handles heat. Regardless what we threw at it, from the likes
of Breakneck and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas all the way to popular,
network intensive fare like Clash Royale and Pokemon Go
(which ran fine as they aren’t too much of a stress on most devices in
terms of graphics) the OnePlus 5 rarely got warm. It might not have the
edge to edge Infinity display of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, or its
stunning screen, but the reduced bezels on the sides make for a more
immersive experience compared to its predecessors.With just about
the same amount of RAM as a competent gaming PC, and a cutting-edge
SoC, the OnePlus 5’s performance lives up to what it promises on paper.
If you can get over the fact that it looks like an iPhone 7 Plus and may
even see a OnePlus 5T refresh later in the year, you have a compelling
piece of hardware.
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