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FINALLY an AMD Handheld Gaming PC!!

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What if you could have the power of a full windows PC in a device the size of your palm, or at least the size of a Nintendo Switch? Aya definitely has you covered… but the experience isn't perfect.

 

 

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This product is giving me "I'm not getting you a Switch, we already have a Switch at home" vibes

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2 minutes ago, Iloveunisuj said:

Maybe it hasn't come out yet, and its a pre production model

Yes it is, they said so at 7:36

Fuck you scalpers, fuck you scammers, fuck all of you jerks that charge way too much to tech-illiterate people. 

Unless I say I am speaking from experience or can confirm my expertise, assume it is an educated guess.

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This makes for some reason super angry, when he says "we're at least gonna put the link in the description" and the first link is to their stupid sponsor

 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aya-neo-world-s-first-7nm-handheld-gaming-device--2#/

 

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2 minutes ago, CyberneticTitan said:

7" 720p screen on a thousand dollar device. Surprised Linus and writer was ok with that.

 

watch from here, they literally say why it works well. its a handheld, not a laptop

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Just now, glascake said:

This makes for some reason super angry, when he says "we're at least gonna put the link in the description" and the first link is to their stupid sponsor

 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aya-neo-world-s-first-7nm-handheld-gaming-device--2#/

It is in their advertising contracts to put it first. Also why the pinned comment on YT is also probably a link to their sponsor. Practically every company sponsoring a youtuber with a dedicated portion of the video being an ad will demand to have their link placed first in the description and pinned in the comments.

Fuck you scalpers, fuck you scammers, fuck all of you jerks that charge way too much to tech-illiterate people. 

Unless I say I am speaking from experience or can confirm my expertise, assume it is an educated guess.

Current setup: Ryzen 5 3600, MSI MPG B550, 2x8GB DDR4-3200, RX 5600 XT (+120 core, +320 Mem), 1TB WD SN550, 1TB Team MP33, 2TB Seagate Barracuda Compute, 500GB Samsung 860 Evo, Corsair 4000D Airflow, 650W 80+ Gold. Razer peripherals. 

Also have a Alienware Alpha R1: i3-4170T, GTX 860M (≈ a 750 Ti). 2x4GB DDR3L-1600, Crucial MX500

My past and current projects: VR Flight Sim: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=dG38Jx (Done!)

A do it all server for educational use: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=vmmNcf (Cancelled)

Replacement of my friend's PC nicknamed Donkey, going from 2nd gen i5 to Zen+ R5: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=WmsW4D (Done!)

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2 minutes ago, djenson said:

 

watch from here, they literally say why it works well. its a handheld, not a laptop

I mean my $400 phone has a higher resolution display in a smaller size. If a Snapdragon 855 can drive a 1080p display, a Ryzen chip should have no problem doing so.

 

If you want to conserve battery, give the user a choice to turn down the resolution. It's not a laptop, but god forbid you do anything else like watching a movie from it.

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10 minutes ago, CyberneticTitan said:

7" 720p screen on a thousand dollar device. Surprised Linus and writer was ok with that.

Its a fucking handheld, 7 inches is actually a little big for some people. And building such a tiny x86 system, especially as an indie hardware dev, is downright expensive. Also it is 800p, not 720p. They didn't want smartphone level pixel densities, so they cheaped out and went with a reasonable 800p. 

 

4 minutes ago, CyberneticTitan said:

I mean my $400 phone has a higher resolution display in a smaller size. If a Snapdragon 855 can drive a 1080p display, a Ryzen chip should have no problem doing so.

 

If you want to conserve battery, give the user a choice to turn down the resolution.

You are seriously asking a young breakout hardware developer to offer some sort of scroll wheel or drop down menu to easily adjust the resolution at any time. Or maybe the indie dev can save a lot of money by getting an 800p screen for their crowdfunded project.

 

Cut the devss a break, they are a fucking crowdfunded project, they aren't being given any sort of corporate backing. They only have as much money to spend as they do backers. Also such a dial would seriously break a lot of games running in full screen mode, and would likely require working with the game devs to add compatibility, depending on the game's engine. 

 

Samsung or any big smartphone maker can get a contract for million of low quality 1080p screens for their $400 androids, but that would be impossible for a crowdfunded project. Linus actually complemented the decent pixel density. No need for 1080p on a sub 7 inch screen, just ridiculous unless you are holding it up to your face. Not recommended for a fat handheld console. 

Fuck you scalpers, fuck you scammers, fuck all of you jerks that charge way too much to tech-illiterate people. 

Unless I say I am speaking from experience or can confirm my expertise, assume it is an educated guess.

Current setup: Ryzen 5 3600, MSI MPG B550, 2x8GB DDR4-3200, RX 5600 XT (+120 core, +320 Mem), 1TB WD SN550, 1TB Team MP33, 2TB Seagate Barracuda Compute, 500GB Samsung 860 Evo, Corsair 4000D Airflow, 650W 80+ Gold. Razer peripherals. 

Also have a Alienware Alpha R1: i3-4170T, GTX 860M (≈ a 750 Ti). 2x4GB DDR3L-1600, Crucial MX500

My past and current projects: VR Flight Sim: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=dG38Jx (Done!)

A do it all server for educational use: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=vmmNcf (Cancelled)

Replacement of my friend's PC nicknamed Donkey, going from 2nd gen i5 to Zen+ R5: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathanpete/saved/#view=WmsW4D (Done!)

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1 minute ago, Nathanpete said:

Its a fucking handheld, 7 inches is actually a little big for some people. And building such a tiny x86 system, especially as an indie hardware dev, is downright expensive. Also it is 800p, not 720p. They didn't want smartphone level pixel densities, so they cheaped out and went with a reasonable 800p. 

 

You are seriously asking a young breakout hardware developer to offer some sort of scroll wheel or drop down menu to easily adjust the resolution at any time. Or maybe the indie dev can save a lot of money by getting an 800p screen for their crowdfunded project.

 

Samsung or any big smartphone maker can get a contract for million of low quality 1080p screens for their $400 androids, but that would be impossible for a crowdfunded project. Linus actually complemented the decent pixel density. No need for 1080p on a sub 7 inch screen, just ridiculous unless you are holding it up to your face. Not recommended for a fat handheld console. 

Damn chill out bro, it's just a device.

 

 

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Give one to Wendell at Level1Techs. He'll put Linux on it and it'll be a much better experience for it 😉

"You don't need eyes to see, you need vision"

 

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If you can only have one would you pick this or an ASUS ROG Phone?

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Hot diggity.. Might just get one of these.

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1 minute ago, cliffordwilcu said:

If you can only have one would you pick this or an ASUS ROG Phone?


My phone's screen is broken.. But i would still take this. @cliffordwilcu

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47 minutes ago, Nathanpete said:

It is in their advertising contracts to put it first. Also why the pinned comment on YT is also probably a link to their sponsor.

I have no problem with them linking their sponsor first, it annoys me that at 0% of their videos they forget to link their sponsor, yet i have to to see just one video where they say, and the link to xy is in the description and it ACTUALLY is. Of course this doesn't effect views or subscribers, it just shows that the community is not priority number one, since they always forget to link to the not sponsered product.

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1 hour ago, James said:

 

Can you guys let me borrow it so I can see how much battery life I can get out of it with various tweaks? Thanks

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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So the cheapest option starts from 699, yet the option of "backing the project" give us 869 for 1....... whahhhh?

 

Weird pricing aside, the line where Linus goes "pricing similar to GPD" is whats really triggering me a bit - similar product with some stuff fixed and problems compared to the GPD line and in the end the price is the same - way too high (for me!).

 

Anybody got information on how much 1 of these MD Ryzen 5 4500U would cost? Just for information......

 

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I wonder if it would be possible to use this for things like ps4/ps5 remote play

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Speaking of typing on consoles, I've had this idea since playing the first "Beyond Good and Evil" (2004 or 5).  the way you do text entry in that, with enhancements, would make for a good joystick OSK.  in BG&E, when typing, you use the stick to select your letter by rotating a letter ring, then tapping a button to select.  very basic, and enough for the game itself, but an absolute leap over the regular up/down/left/right you'd have to on every other on-screen joystick keyboard there is (XBOne's OSK, AndroidTV's OSK, Amazon Prime Video's Set top abomination, any others like them), even without the enhancements I have in mind.  I came up with this sketch ~2005, and only just found it again while cleaning my desk about a week ago.  I'l be cleaning this up in inkscape soon.

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something tells me that someone, somewhere will get their hands on it and try and put a 3090 in it

Don’t take everything I say seriously 

take it with a grain of s a l t

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4 hours ago, glascake said:

All I want for christmas is linus / the team actually putting the link in the description. How hard can it be?

You cant actually buy this now, its video about a product that needs to be crowd funded and is projected to ship in May 2021.

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4 hours ago, CyberneticTitan said:

7" 720p screen on a thousand dollar device. Surprised Linus and writer was ok with that.

You will likely be holding it a foot or more away from your face so at that range you wont be able to see individual pixels so all you would be doing with a higher resolution display is wasting battery power, making it harder to run your games at a good FPS and increasing the cost of the device. Bigger numbers are not always better.

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Not sure why this hasn't been brought up yet, but the split screen keyboard used on the Surface Go (and Surface RT originally) is a pretty good native keyboard solution for typing. I can even use it lying down on a sofa resting my arms and type with it quite comfortably.

 

Maybe not for doing a 2-3 page Word doc, but certainly usable for punching out a piece like this in a pinch.

 

Maybe that 8 inch screen size is the sweet spot. I'm wondering why they haven't considered doing a "thicker" Surface Go type device with beefier hardware/battery under the hood. It would certainly be doable, and I for one would gladly jump at a handheld gaming device that I could also use with Steam streaming.

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Cool. I always wanted a pocket size Windows PC like the old days. Hope they come out with a keyboard attachment.

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