How To Confirm Compatibility of Games and Applications with Qualcomm Laptops

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. What is ARM architecture?
3. What is Windows on ARM (WoA)?
4. Instructions on checking a games compatibility
5. What about checking an applications compatibility?

Introduction

Dell is producing laptops that use a Qualcomm Central Processing Unit (CPU) and are running a Windows ARM64 operating system. There are software applications and games that are not compatible with the Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) architecture. There are popular third-party applications and games that display varying levels of compatibility with the ARM architecture.

Dell Qualcomm Products:

• Latitude 5455 laptop
• Latitude 7455 laptop
• XPS 13 9345 laptop
• Inspiron 14 5441 laptop
• Inspiron 14 Plus 7441 laptop

There is a website that you can go to check your games compatibility with your Qualcomm laptop in lists. The following section takes you through how to check your games compatibility in its list.

Dell Engineering has generated a list of applications that you can check for Application supportability at the end of this article.

What is ARM architecture?

ARM architecture is used to create 32-bit and 64-bit chips which have low power requirements but high performance. They have been used for years to run various devices such as SmartPhones, E-Readers, Tablets, TVs, and many other consumer and industrial products. They have developed into high-performance, low-cost, and energy-efficient solutions for CPUs, Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)s, Neural Processing Unit (NPU)s, and interconnect technologies. They are now running Laptop, Desktop, and Server products.

What is Windows on ARM (WoA)?

Microsoft has released a version of the Windows operating system that they have designed to run on ARM processors. They are adapted to maximize the use of the ARM architecture for the best performance.

Instructions on checking a games compatibility

The following steps take you through visiting the website and checking for your games compatibility:

• https://www.worksonwoa.com/ 

1. Click View games and browse to the next page to search for your game.

   

2. Type the name of your game into the search bar and press the Enter key to run a search for your game.

   

3. The website generates a list of games with that name.

4. Click a game in the list to open a new page that shows the support status of that game.

   

5. You can use back in the browser or use the breadcrumbs at the top of the page to go back to the games search page and view another search result or search for another game.

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What about checking an applications compatibility?

Dell Engineering has collated a list of over 300 applications and their compatibility with this operating system. 

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