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Topic: Qualcomm processors and the Adreno GPUs......anyone using this setup yet?
Looking at getting a new Asus Vivobook to be used solely for DJing. It contains the following processor:

Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E 78 100 Processor, with accompanying Qualcomm Adreno GPU.

I can't find any specs on VRAM with this particular GPU, and the recommended requirements from Virtual DJ don't mention the Snapdragon line. I'm not well versed in GPU specs, so I'm not sure if Virtual DJ will play nice with this configuration, especially with Stems 2.0. Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks!
 
Posted Mon 09 Sep 24 @ 5:09 pm
VDJ won't run natively on ARM processors yet, but Adion said back in July that it's coming at some point (no ETA).
 
That's disappointing. There are some really good deals right now on some of these machines.

Thanks for the quick response.

When you say "natively", do you mean it will run, just that it's using an emulator or something in the background? Is it a situation where it will work, but shouldn't be trusted for performances?
 
It's not just VDJ, it's the drivers for sound cards, controllers etc.

These machines are probably alright for someone starting with a clean slate and using basic functionality but if you have any sort of legacy gear it just may or may not work.

I asked Denon recently about driver support and this was the reply:

​We would not expect the drivers to work with Snapdragon for legacy products due to the ARM structure. There's a possibility that it could work when the software is compatible, but we cannot guarantee it.

The reason there are so many deals is that uptake has been poor and the difference in performance and battery life isn't anywhere close to the difference when apple moved to their M series processors.

Looks like another fail to be honest, especially with this years Intel processors about to be announced having better performance and battery life to match.
 
But VDJ will work with Apple's M-series processors, which are also ARM, correct?
 
Yes, they are supported but the Snapdragon X is currently not.
 
Just saw your update as well...I'm using a Denon DJ SC Live 4, so there's another reason not to go with the ARM environment I guess.
 
Wait a few months for Lunar Lake processors to come out if you can.
 
 
Unfortunately, I can't. My old machine and my SC Live 4 don't like each other. (Both work fine with other equipment, just not each other), so I need to replace sooner rather than later.
 
VirtualDJ itself currently works ok using emulation when using prepared stems.
Real-time stems are a bit too slow at the moment as the current stems can't be accelerated as is using the Qualcomm's NPU.
It is indeed something we are working on though.

Regarding hardware compatibility, you indeed need to make sure that the device you want to use is either USB audio/midi compliant, or that drivers are available.
The DJM S11 ASIO drivers are not compatible for example, even though the MIDI part works fine.