I've pushed XCPUScalar 2004 to its PDA game limits on my 400Mhz iPAQ 4150, and the results are surprising.Firstly, let me say that is a boon to PDA owners, especially if you own a Pocket PC with an XScale-based processor. Ditto that if you're a Quake fanatic and you like your mayhem served up with a few extra frames per second.
You can find Pocket Quake on Pocketmatrix.com on the download page.. It's an awesome port of the original Quake desktop pc game engine to the Pocket PC.
I opened the throttle all the way to 530Mhz during my experiments, which is the maximum clock setting that this utility would allow. I guess that's a good thing, because in the interests of "research" (for my own personal gain, of course) I could realize my goals and make my Pocket PC execute like it's on fire.
These points briefly sum up my findings:
The vaunted 'Autoscale' feature is not all that it's cracked up to be on the PDA game front, andYes, it really is possible to run your PDA at 530Mhz and have it live to tell the tale.
One caveat (and obligatory disclaimer): Do not, I repeat, do not try the experiments in my extended XCPUScalar review. If you're anything like me and you simply have to try it, it's at your own risk. I completely understand if you do, especially after seeing my extraordinary XCPUScalar 2004 results.
I've posted complete CPU benchmarks compiled with the Quake timedemo, which is a free pocket pc download. It ports the original desktop PC Quake game engine using Pocket Quake with great success.
What's more surprising is that it's also completely playable as well with an interactive mode. You can actually play the full Quake version if you own the original CD. More on that in my post as well.
Please note that all tests were conducted in tandem with my pocket pc registry optimization tweak for even greater speed gains. The registry hack seems to work on most, if not all, Pocket PCs.
Little did we know that PPC software technology would provide another boost to our aging, yet functional, PDAs. View
