Qualcomm quietly demos Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control on Snapdragon X Elite laptops

/ The company invited a few influencers to try them in Barcelona and San Diego.

By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

The red Snapdragon X Elite reference design laptop Qualcomm used to show off the games. Image: Qualcomm

If you read my scoop last week, I bet you’ve been wondering — how well could a Snapdragon chip actually run Windows games? At the 2024 Game Developers Conference, the company claimed Arm could run those titles at close to x86/64 speed, but how fast is fast?

With medium-weight games

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