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14 Aug 2026, 6:00 PM	Tom's Hardware	4.5	Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to ZTE handset, turns smartphone into a gaming PC — Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 24GB of RAM runs The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra A modder attached two desktop CPU coolers to a ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone (Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, 24GB RAM) and successfully ran The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra settings, effectively using the phone as a gaming PC. The cooling modification was necessary to sustain peak SoC performance without thermal throttling. Why: Demonstrates that current flagship mobile SoCs paired with adequate cooling can deliver desktop-class gaming performance, which is relevant if you are building or evaluating mobile-first game streaming, cloud gaming edge clients, or Android-based compute workloads. The Snapdragon 8 Elite with 24GB RAM is now in the same conversation as low-end discrete GPU setups for 1080p gaming. hardware mobile gaming snapdragon

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14 Aug 2026, 6:00 PM

Tom's Hardware

4.5

Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to ZTE handset, turns smartphone into a gaming PC — Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 24GB of RAM runs The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra

A modder attached two desktop CPU coolers to a ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra smartphone (Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, 24GB RAM) and successfully ran The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra settings, effectively using the phone as a gaming PC. The cooling modification was necessary to sustain peak SoC performance without thermal throttling.

Why: Demonstrates that current flagship mobile SoCs paired with adequate cooling can deliver desktop-class gaming performance, which is relevant if you are building or evaluating mobile-first game streaming, cloud gaming edge clients, or Android-based compute workloads. The Snapdragon 8 Elite with 24GB RAM is now in the same conversation as low-end discrete GPU setups for 1080p gaming.