Sure thing. Buckle up, because this is going to be a wild ride through the world of handheld gaming consoles. So, there’s this gadget, right? The GPD Win 5 — it’s got some serious oomph under the hood. Or so I heard.
Anyway, what’s crazy is, back in late July, GPD hinted at this beast packed with an AMD Strix Halo chip. And then bam, it pops out at the ChinaJoy expo in Shanghai. I mean, never been to one of those, but it sounds like a hoot. All these creators in China are, like, drooling over it. I guess they started poking around its insides doing benchmarks. Who does that? Nerds. That’s who.
This guy, Jobs_Bao — awesome name, by the way — he’s there running some fancy tests. Cinebench R23, Time Spy. Might as well be speaking elf language to me. But here’s the kicker: scores came back, and it’s like this tiny machine thinks it’s a desktop with an Intel Core i9-13900HX or something. It’s flexing, basically. Hits this score, 30,495 points, with the CPU toasting itself at a peak of 80.3 degrees Celsius. I’d be melting. The thing’s fan, though — 95dB — sounds more like a jet engine than a handheld. But who cares, right? As long as it’s cool enough to hold.
Graphics-wise, it’s boxing close to the RTX 4060. They’ve crammed a whole world in there, but GPD slapped it with a 70-watt cap on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395. Means it’s not using all its juice, like a car driving with the handbrake up. Still punches out some games at 1080p Ultra settings. Imagine sitting on a bus blasting through “Black Myth: Wukong” at over 80 FPS. Someone out there is nodding their head ferociously.
Speaking of power, the battery’s 5,170mAh. It’s separate from the console, which is kind of quirky. Could be annoying. Or maybe it’s great — a swappable battery is a lifesaver, I hear. But it does weigh down the thing. Approx 340 grams, they say. People got thoughts about this design choice. Like, really, who came up with that?
Two versions of this Win 5 exist. The high roller with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and the humble one with Ryzen AI Max 385. Graphics options include a Radeon 8060S and 8050S GPU, respectively. No clue about the pricing, though. Fingers crossed it’s not, like, sell-your-kidney expensive.
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Boom. Done.
