Gaming Experience On The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G With Max Graphics Settings

Gim CODM (Irvan Meidianto / YOU)

JAKARTA - As the flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G has the highest specifications in its class. Especially for playing mobile games.

It has a 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Of course, it can provide a smoother gaming experience.

The high refresh-rate capability is matched by the 5nm Exynos 2100 System-on-chip (SoC). Samsung's latest SoC is juxtaposed with the Mali G78 GPU, which makes CPU performance increase by 48 percent from the previous generation.

Then the RAM chip and storage use LPDDR5 which is 1.5x faster than LPDDR4X, and is 20 percent more power efficient. While the storage chip is UFS 3.1, three times faster than UFS 3.0.

Mobile Legends game (Aditya / VOI)

As a result, the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G is able to play the Genshin Impact game with the maxed-out graphic settings. The same thing is also found in other competitive game settings such as Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) and Mobile Legends Bang Bang.

Unfortunately for the game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile), the graphics settings are stuck at Smooth Extreme. PUBG Mobile hasn't brought an update for after 90Hz graphics on the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G.

PUBG Mobile game settings on the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G (Aditya / VOI)

The screen is good, the SoC is fast on the Galaxy S21 5G supported by a 4.000 mAh battery. Even if it is installed, the power-efficient CPU and GPU performance can make it used to play games for hours.

Even if it is used to play games for a long time, the Galaxy S21 5G screen is still comfortable because it is equipped with an Eye Comfort Shield. The experience of playing games and watching videos is also more immersive thanks to the stereo speakers from AKG which are supported by surround sound technology from Dolby Atmos.