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 (1920×1080 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 optima
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