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(Image credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm is upping the ante on gaming support for its Snapdragon X and upcoming X2 series chips. In a blog post, the ARM SoC manufacturer announced a new control panel, downloadable GPU driver updates, and improved anti-cheat support, including Denuvo and BattleEye.
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Qualcomm already has anti-cheat support built into its Snapdragon platform, but its latest update significantly expands the number of anti-cheat programs that work with its X-series ARM SoCs. Tencent's Anti-Cheat Expert, Robolox's Hyperion, Denuvo, InProtect GameGuard, BattleEye, and Uncheater are all now supported. Epic has also updated its Easy Anti-Cheat software to provide kernel-level anti-cheat capabilities for the Snapdragon platform.
Qualcomm is working to add AVX2 emulation to its Snapdragon Windows-compatible chips. The Snapdragon X2 Elite reportedly already supports AVX2 emulation, but outgoing Snapdragon X-series chips will get the update in the "coming weeks". This will help Snapdragon chips to run the growing number of AVX2 applications on Windows, which also include video games.
This latest update further solidifies Qualcomm's resolve to make the Windows gaming experience better on its Snapdragon Windows SoCs.
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