Steam Deck Competitors are ALREADY Here

[Plouffe]

We tried both AMD and Intel versions of the GPD Win Max, a "handheld" portable computer for gaming on the go. Can it beat the Aya Neo, and can it rival what we've seen from the Steam Deck so far?

 

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[EvilTelephone]

Excellent video! I was wondering how the new GPD Win Max would stack up.

 

Quick correction, I don't believe this is the first GPD product with Xe graphics. The GPD Win 3 that you guys previewed a while back also has Xe graphics, though it may be a different generation. I bring this up because Doom Eternal also stutters like crazy on the Win 3, just like what you experienced making this video. I posted an issue report on Intel's graphics forums and it sounds like a known driver issue and their engineers are working on it.

 

Playing around with Xe graphics has been wild. Some games that you think would work fine don't work at all, but I have to say Intel's fixes generally come out pretty quick. A recently example is Persona 4 Golden, which didn't work at all on Xe graphics. Intel just released a driver update that fixed it, but it was surprising that such a simple game graphically would need special consideration.

 

Overall I'm happy with my Win 3, but it really shows that Intel's driver maturity is going to hold the Xe graphics based systems behind AMD, for now. I'm hoping that now that Intel is getting into the DGPU space, their mobile graphics drivers will also improve.

Edited September 1, 2021 by EvilTelephone
Changed wording on some sentences to be less assumptive.

[Luscious]

When an 8 inch handheld has better connectivity than a XPS 17 LOL. GPD is definitely onto something or madly old school. Either way I love handheld PC's with full keyboards on them. They are useful for more than just gaming, way easier to carry than a laptop and way more capable than a tablet.

 

Now if GPD could get past that Rising Sun Electronics image and put a bit of effort into their retail sales I'd be down to buying their product. How their customer support goes is an entirely separate issue, but just the fact their "buy now" button on their website doesn't even work is a glaring example of how poorly handled this outfit is operating. I just hope they can get their act together and not go the way of Viliv.

[MultiGamerClub]

8:02 - With motion blur turned off.

 

Good, because fuck motion blur!

[YellowJersey]

It's always funny when someone who isn't from the GTA tries to pronounce, "Toronto."

It's "cherono!" :P