You know that moment when you’re just minding your own business, and suddenly, boom, there’s this gadget that just screams “Look at me!” So, GPD did this thing, teasing us with their fancy new handheld console powered by some AMD Strix Halo. Sounds intense, right? They dropped this bombshell at ChinaJoy in Shanghai. I wasn’t there, but I can imagine the scene.
A few peeps in China got their hands on it first—lucky them—and they’ve been running it through the wringer. Jobs_Bao even went all-in at the expo, firing up Cinebench R23 and Time Spy benchmarks on this bad boy, then throwing the results all over Bilibili. If you’re into numbers, which I’m sometimes not (math class flashbacks, ew), it scored a cool 30,495 on Cinebench. Like, that’s on par with some serious desktop-class Intel Core i9s. But here’s the kicker—it maxed out at 80.3 degrees Celsius. So hot, it almost sizzles, yet the exhaust was just barely breaking 45 degrees, with those fans going full rock concert at 95dB. Crazy, right?
Graphics-wise, Time Spy hit up with 9,680 points. Almost rubbing shoulders with the RTX 4060. But here’s the plot twist—the GPD folks nerfed the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395, capping it at 70 watts when it could go up to 120 watts. Talk about potential left on the table! Still, it should handle most games at max settings on 1080p. PureDIY—another one of those creators who got theirs early—played Black Myth: Wukong on it and clocked more than 80 FPS. Makes you wanna try it, doesn’t it?
Okay, so here’s what really caught my attention—the battery. It’s not your usual situation. They went with a 5,170mAh capacity, but—and this is big—it’s removable. You can just pop it off and travel around with this chunk of power weighing about 340 grams. Some might not love the heft, but on the flip side, swapping it out on the go? Genius. Except, yeah, if you’ve got it hooked to its giant 180-watt charger, maybe keep it attached.
Now, options. You got your top-tier model with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and a Radeon 8060S GPU, with memory up to 128GB. Then there’s a budget variant—budget being, well, still unknown in price—with Ryzen AI Max 385 and Radeon 8050S. Nobody’s spilled the beans on cost yet, so guess we’ll keep checking our feeds for updates.
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